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About Musal Village

Musal is a mid sized village in Kalamb tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 536, made up of 281 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 541.44 hectares hectares.

Musal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Musal village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Kalamb
Area (hectares) 541.44 hectares
Population 536
Male Population 281
Female Population 255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Musal compares

By the 2011 count Musal is the 55th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 839 residents. Its 541.44 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Musal

Musal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Musal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Musal from other places

Musal lies about 31 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Yavatmal 1, about 32 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Musal
Tehsil headquarters Kalamb 17 km
Nearest town Ghātanji 22 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 31 km
Nearest railway station Yavatmal 1 32 km

Villages closest to Musal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalamb tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Musal

As per the Census of India 2011, Musal village had a population of 536. That makes it the 55th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 839 residents.

Musal village has 281 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Musal has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Musal covers 541.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Musal falls under Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Musal is Yavatmal 1, about 32 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Musal.

Musal is about 31 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Musal is in Kalamb tehsil of Yavatmal district. Kalamb is about 17 km away. Ghātanji is about 22 km away. Yavatmal is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusal (under 2 km), Khorad Bk (1.8 km) and Rudha (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Musal today is likely to be higher.

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