# Masal Bk Village, Chimur, Chandrapur (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Chimur, Chandrapur 

# Masal Bk

Masal Bk is a village in Chimur sub-district of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **2,078 people in 563 households**, the 15th largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.4%.

- 2,078people (2011)
- 563households
- 78.5%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Masal Bk PIN code and other codes

Masal Bk falls in Chimur sub-district, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockChimur
- Census village code540574

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Masal Bk from nearby towns?

- Chimur (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Chandrapur (district HQ)110 km by road
- Warora (nearest town)64 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Masal Bk?

27 services counted by the Census are inside Masal Bk; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chimur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nagpur
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Masal Bk known for?

About 88% of the 528 hectares of village land is sown, and 321 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Masal Bk

Of every 100 households in Masal Bk in 2011, 66 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Masal Bk · ■ Chimur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**69%

Tap water ****3%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**85%

Use banking services ****65%**

**69%

Television ****19%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**35%

Own their home ****96%**

**92%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Masal Bk?

■ Masal Bk · ■ Chimur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**77.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1132**

**960

Working population ****58.9%**

**56.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 69.9% for women. 63% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 296 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 567 (46%) · **■** Household industry 35 (3%) · **■** Other work 83 (7%) · **■** Marginal 242 (20%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chimur

- Jambhul Ghat2,305 people
- Motegaon2,304 people
- Doma2,298 people
- Kajalsar2,112 people
- Shirpur2,036 people
- Mangalgaon1,742 people
- Khambala1,690 people
- Kewada1,677 people

[All 259 villages in Chimur](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/chandrapur/chimur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Masal Bk from Chandrapur?110 km by road
- What is the population of Masal Bk?2,078 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masal Bk in?Chandrapur district (Chimur sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Masal Bk?78.5% (Census 2011)