About Masanian Village

Masanian is a large village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,040, made up of 1,622 males and 1,418 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 597 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masanian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masanian village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143505
Area (hectares)	597 hectares
Population	3,040
Male Population	1,622
Female Population	1,418
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masanian compares

By the 2011 count Masanian is the 31st largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 597 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Masanian

Masanian is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masanian as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Masanian from other places

Masanian lies about 30 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Vadala Granthin, about 4.6 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 Masanian
Nearest railway station	Vadala Granthin	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	5.7 km
Nearest town	Batāla	5.7 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	30 km

Villages closest to Masanian

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

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Common questions about Masanian

As per the Census of India 2011, Masanian village had a population of 3,040. That makes it the 31st largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Masanian village has 1,622 males and 1,418 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masanian has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Masanian is 143505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masanian covers 597 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masanian falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Masanian is Vadala Granthin, about 4.6 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 village for Masanian.

Masanian is about 30 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masanian is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Vadala Granthin is about 4.6 km away. Batala is about 5.7 km away. Batāla is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.