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- LGD code
- 537446
- Pincode
- 441908
- Post office
- Konda Kosra
- Population
- 3,266
- Households
- 797
- Literacy rate
- 70.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1009 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,719
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 747 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 407 km
- Nearest railway station
- Wadegaon · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Palandur · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Masal compares
By population, Masal ranks #7 of 88 villages in Lakhandur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.7%
+0.7% vs mandal average
Masal70.7%
Lakhandur mandal70.0%
Bhandara district75.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,009
+17 vs mandal average
Masal1,009
Lakhandur mandal992
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
Masal4.1
Lakhandur mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Masal at a glance
Masal is a village of 3,266 people in 797 households (Census 2011) in Lakhandur taluka, Bhandara district, Maharashtra, the 7th-largest of 88 villages in Lakhandur taluka. Literacy is 71%, about the same as the taluka average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Bhandara district centre, 11 km from Nanded, the nearest town, 23 km from Wadegaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441908, served by Konda Kosra post office; the LGD village code is 537446. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Palandur, 12 km away. The village votes in Bhandara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhondekar Narendra Bhojraj. The population is estimated at 3,851 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Masal
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 2
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Pauni
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,070
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 626
- Forest area (ha)
- 70
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Masal
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Key facts — Masal
- LGD code
- 537446
- Pincode
- 441908
- Post office
- Konda Kosra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,266
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,851
- Households
- 797
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1009
- Literacy rate
- 70.7%
- Coordinates
- 20.83632°N, 79.77285°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhandara-Gondiya
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhandara
- Member of Parliament
- Prashant Padole
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bhondekar Narendra Bhojraj
- Block / Mandal
- Lakhandur
Getting there
How to reach Masal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai747 kmcapital
- Hyderabad407 km
- Chennai864 km
- Delhi903 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationWadegaon23 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Palandur12 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India23 km
- Petrol pumpPremsai Petrol Pump24 km
- CollegeNisha Chitrakala & Shilpkala Mahavidyalaya26 km
- Police stationPolice Station27 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)