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About Masakpur Village

Masakpur is a small village in Balurghat tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 129, made up of 63 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masakpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Balurghat
Pincode 733103
Area (hectares) 68.71 hectares
Population 129
Male Population 63
Female Population 66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
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 Masakpur compares

By the 2011 count Masakpur is the 273rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 68.71 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Masakpur

Masakpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masakpur 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 Mamna, Manail, Mangalpur and Manipur. 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 Masakpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Masakpur village had a population of 129. That makes it the 273rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Masakpur village has 63 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masakpur has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Masakpur is 733103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masakpur covers 68.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masakpur falls under Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Masakpur 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 Masakpur.

Masakpur is in Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur 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 Masakpur today is likely to be higher.

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