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About Masona Village

Masona is a mid sized village in Sagri tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,119, made up of 546 males and 573 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 276138, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masona village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Sagri
Pincode 276138
Area (hectares) 102.35 hectares
Population 1,119
Male Population 546
Female Population 573
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Masona compares

By the 2011 count Masona is the 245th largest of the 835 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 102.35 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Masona

Masona 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 Masona as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masona from other places

Masona lies about 32 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Ghosi, about 7.4 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 Masona
Nearest town Ghosī 5.9 km
Nearest railway station Ghosi 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagri 20 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 32 km

Villages closest to Masona

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masona village had a population of 1,119. That makes it the 245th largest of the 835 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Masona village has 546 males and 573 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masona has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Masona is 276138. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masona covers 102.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Masona falls under Sagri tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Masona is Ghosi, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Masona.

Masona is about 32 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masona is in Sagri tehsil of Azamgarh district. Ghosī is about 5.9 km away. Ghosi is about 7.4 km away. Sagri is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arazi Bibipur (1.6 km), Bibipur (1.6 km) and Chak Abhbhan (4.2 km).

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

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