About Masras Village

Masras is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 92 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masras Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masras village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	249186
Area (hectares)	112.52 hectares
Population	184
Male Population	92
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Masras compares

By the 2011 count Masras is the 152nd largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 112.52 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Masras

Masras is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masras 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 Masras from other places

Masras lies about 48 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 14 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 Masras
Nearest town	Mussoorie	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	26 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	48 km

Villages closest to Masras

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masras village had a population of 184. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Masras village has 92 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masras has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Masras is 249186. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masras covers 112.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masras falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Masras is Dehradun, about 14 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 Masras.

Masras is about 48 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masras is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 8.8 km away. Dehradun is about 14 km away. Dhanaulti is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.