About Maskanwa Village

Maskanwa is a mid sized village in Mankapur tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,508, made up of 776 males and 732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maskanwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maskanwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gonda
Tehsil	Mankapur
Pincode	271305
Area (hectares)	98.02 hectares
Population	1,508
Male Population	776
Female Population	732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Maskanwa compares

By the 2011 count Maskanwa is the 134th largest of the 460 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents. Its 98.02 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Maskanwa

Maskanwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maskanwa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Maskanwa from other places

Maskanwa lies about 45 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is S Narayan Chhapia, about 2.0 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 Maskanwa
Nearest railway station	S Narayan Chhapia	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mankapur	16 km
Nearest town	Ayodhya	27 km
District headquarters	Gonda	45 km

Villages closest to Maskanwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maskanwa village had a population of 1,508. That makes it the 134th largest of the 460 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents.

Maskanwa village has 776 males and 732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maskanwa has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Maskanwa is 271305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maskanwa covers 98.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Maskanwa falls under Mankapur tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maskanwa is S Narayan Chhapia, about 2.0 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maskanwa.

Maskanwa is about 45 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maskanwa is in Mankapur tehsil of Gonda district. S Narayan Chhapia is about 2.0 km away. Mankapur is about 16 km away. Ayodhya is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.