About Masid Village

Masid is a large village in Kulpi tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,128, made up of 1,124 males and 1,004 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743332, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masid Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masid village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Kulpi
Pincode	743332
Area (hectares)	110.64 hectares
Population	2,128
Male Population	1,124
Female Population	1,004
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
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 Masid compares

By the 2011 count Masid is the 37th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents. Its 110.64 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Masid

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

Masid lies about 14 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Udairampur, about 5.8 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 Masid
Nearest railway station	Udairampur	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kulpi	8.4 km
Nearest town	Diamond Harbour	8.8 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	14 km

Villages closest to Masid

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masid village had a population of 2,128. That makes it the 37th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents.

Masid village has 1,124 males and 1,004 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masid has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Masid is 743332. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masid covers 110.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Masid falls under Kulpi tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Masid is Udairampur, about 5.8 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 Masid.

Masid is about 14 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masid is in Kulpi tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Udairampur is about 5.8 km away. Kulpi is about 8.4 km away. Diamond Harbour is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.