# Masal Tukum Village, Chimur, Chandrapur (Maharashtra)

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Village · Chimur, Chandrapur 

# Masal Tukum

Masal Tukum is a village in Chimur sub-district of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **722 people in 174 households**, the 67th largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.4%.

- 722people (2011)
- 174households
- 83.4%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Masal Tukum PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockChimur
- Census village code540570

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

## How far is Masal Tukum from nearby towns?

- Chimur (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Chandrapur (district HQ)117 km by road
- Warora (nearest town)60 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 Tukum?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chimur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chimur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Chimur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 18 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 Tukum known for?

About 61% of the 205 hectares of village land is sown, and 61 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 Tukum

Of every 100 households in Masal Tukum in 2011, 75 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Masal Tukum · ■ Chimur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**69%

Tap water ****1%**

**21%

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

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**85%

Use banking services ****83%**

**69%

Television ****22%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Tukum?

■ Masal Tukum · ■ Chimur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**77.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**960

Working population ****61.9%**

**56.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 75.9% for women. 61% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 223 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (43%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 14 (3%)

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

- Amarpuri747 people
- Gadpipari744 people
- Nandara734 people
- Kitadi Tukum730 people
- Yerkheda718 people
- Khairi704 people
- Bhiwkund697 people
- Shivan Payali697 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Masal Tukum from Chandrapur?117 km by road
- What is the population of Masal Tukum?722 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masal Tukum in?Chandrapur district (Chimur sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Masal Tukum?83.4% (Census 2011)