About Masarhi Village

Masarhi is a large village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,539, made up of 2,407 males and 2,132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 221503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masarhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masarhi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Handia
Pincode	221503
Area (hectares)	223.08 hectares
Population	4,539
Male Population	2,407
Female Population	2,132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Masarhi compares

By the 2011 count Masarhi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 223.08 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Masarhi

Masarhi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Masarhi 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masarhi from other places

Masarhi lies about 38 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Handia Khas, about 9.6 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 Masarhi
Tehsil headquarters	Handia	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Handia Khas	9.6 km
Nearest town	Phulpur	18 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	38 km

Villages closest to Masarhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masarhi village had a population of 4,539. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Masarhi village has 2,407 males and 2,132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masarhi has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Masarhi is 221503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masarhi covers 223.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Masarhi falls under Handia tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Masarhi is Handia Khas, about 9.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Masarhi is about 38 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masarhi is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Handia is about 9.0 km away. Handia Khas is about 9.6 km away. Phulpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.