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About Masru Village

Masru is a small village in Salbani tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 227, made up of 125 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721516, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masru village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Salbani
Pincode 721516
Area (hectares) 102.64 hectares
Population 227
Male Population 125
Female Population 102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 816
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 Masru compares

By the 2011 count Masru is the 232nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 102.64 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Masru

Masru is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masru 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 Maldiha, Mandalkupi, Mangalmari and Mankuri. 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 Masru

As per the Census of India 2011, Masru village had a population of 227. That makes it the 232nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Masru village has 125 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masru has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Masru is 721516. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masru covers 102.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masru falls under Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Masru 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 Masru.

Masru is in Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Masru today is likely to be higher.

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