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About Masthol Village

Masthol is a mid sized village in Chhatna tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 799, made up of 397 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722137, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masthol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masthol village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Chhatna
Pincode 722137
Area (hectares) 249.42 hectares
Population 799
Male Population 397
Female Population 402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
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 Masthol compares

By the 2011 count Masthol is the 84th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 685 residents. Its 249.42 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Masthol

Masthol is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masthol 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. The nearest villages by name are Malbedya, Malpara, Mandashpara and Mangalda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Masthol

As per the Census of India 2011, Masthol village had a population of 799. That makes it the 84th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 685 residents.

Masthol village has 397 males and 402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masthol has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Masthol is 722137. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masthol covers 249.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masthol falls under Chhatna tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Masthol notes the nearest railway station 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 Masthol.

Masthol is in Chhatna tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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