About Masalgaon Village

Masalgaon is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 249 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masalgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masalgaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249141
Area (hectares)	111.09 hectares
Population	498
Male Population	249
Female Population	249
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 Masalgaon compares

By the 2011 count Masalgaon is the 37th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 111.09 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Masalgaon

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

Masalgaon lies about 23 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 65 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 Masalgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	2.1 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	23 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	49 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	65 km

Villages closest to Masalgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masalgaon village had a population of 498. That makes it the 37th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Masalgaon village has 249 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masalgaon has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Masalgaon is 249141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masalgaon covers 111.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masalgaon falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Masalgaon is Dehradun, about 65 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 Masalgaon.

Masalgaon is about 23 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masalgaon is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 2.1 km away. Uttarkashi is about 23 km away. Mussoorie is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.