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- LGD code
- 510075
- Pincode
- 383230
- Post office
- Umedgadh
- Population
- 1,339
- Households
- 307
- Literacy rate
- 75.5%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 628
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 37 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 496 km
- Nearest railway station
- Langhnaj · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gozaria General Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Masal compares
By population, Masal ranks #61 of 138 villages in Idar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.5%
+5.4% vs mandal average
- Masal
- 75.5%
- Idar mandal
- 70.1%
- Sabar Kantha district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
−12 vs mandal average
- Masal
- 938
- Idar mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Masal
- 4.4
- Idar mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Masal at a glance
Masal is a village of 1,339 people in 307 households (Census 2011) in Idar taluka, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, the 61st-largest of 138 villages in Idar taluka. Literacy is 76%, 5 points above the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Sabar Kantha district centre, 10 km from Linch, the nearest town, 7 km from Langhnaj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 383230, served by Umedgadh post office; the LGD village code is 510075. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gozaria General Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Mahesana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Patel Mukeshkumar D.. The population is estimated at 1,579 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Masal
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- IDAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MASAL
- Total area (ha)
- 655.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 441
- Forest area (ha)
- 8.05
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Masal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Masal
- LGD code
- 510075
- Pincode
- 383230
- Post office
- Umedgadh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,339
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,579
- Households
- 307
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 75.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.51885°N, 72.48030°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Patel Mukeshkumar D.
- Block / Mandal
- Idar
Getting there
How to reach Masal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar37 kmcapital
- Mumbai496 km
- Delhi737 km
- Hyderabad925 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLanghnaj7 km
- Bus stopJagudan8 km
- Hospital / PHCGozaria General Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank10 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil8 km
- CollegeMechanical and Mechatronics Department3 km
- Police stationBSF10 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Masal
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Masal
6 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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