About Masit Village

Masit is a mid sized village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,330, made up of 715 males and 615 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144620, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masit Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masit village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Tehsil	Sultanpur Lodhi
Pincode	144620
Area (hectares)	449.49 hectares
Population	1,330
Male Population	715
Female Population	615
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Masit compares

By the 2011 count Masit is the 17th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 449.49 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Masit

Masit is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masit 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masit from other places

Masit lies about 50 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Jogiwala, about 16 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 Masit
Nearest town	Zira	16 km
Nearest railway station	Jogiwala	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sultanpur Lodhi	27 km
District headquarters	Kapurthala	50 km

Villages closest to Masit

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sultanpur Lodhi 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 Masit

As per the Census of India 2011, Masit village had a population of 1,330. That makes it the 17th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Masit village has 715 males and 615 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masit has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Masit is 144620. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masit covers 449.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masit falls under Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Masit is Jogiwala, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Masit.

Masit is about 50 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masit is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. Zira is about 16 km away. Jogiwala is about 16 km away. Sultanpur Lodhi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.