About Masun Village

Masun is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 54 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249192, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249192
Area (hectares)	94.36 hectares
Population	111
Male Population	54
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masun compares

By the 2011 count Masun is the 213th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 94.36 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Masun

Masun is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masun as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Masun from other places

Masun lies about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 24 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 Masun
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	13 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	13 km
Nearest town	Tehri	13 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	24 km

Villages closest to Masun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masun village had a population of 111. That makes it the 213th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Masun village has 54 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masun has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Masun is 249192. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masun covers 94.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masun falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Masun is Rishikesh, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Masun.

Masun is about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masun is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 13 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 13 km away. Tehri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.