# Masit Palkot Village, Dasua, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/dasua/masit-palkot/ Village · Dasua, Hoshiarpur # Masit Palkot Masit Palkot is a village in Dasua sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **144212**. The 2011 Census counted **1,855 people in 398 households**, the 30th largest of 379 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.9%. - 1,855people (2011) - 398households - 85.2%literacy - 144212PIN code ## Masit Palkot PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Masit Palkot is 144212.** Masit Palkot falls in Dasua sub-district, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab. - PIN code144212 - Gram panchayatMasit--Palkot - Community development blockTanda - Census village code030860 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Masit Palkot from nearby towns? - Dasua (sub-district HQ)23 km by road - Hoshiarpur (district HQ)29 km by road - Urmar Tanda (nearest town)6 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 Masit Palkot? 13 services counted by the Census are inside Masit Palkot; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Budhi Pind - ○Degree college10+ km · Hoshiarpur - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshiarpur - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post office5–10 km - ○Public bus service5–10 km - ○Railway station5–10 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Masit Palkot known for? The main crops are **wheat**. About 87% of the 270 hectares of village land is sown, and 225 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 Masit Palkot Of every 100 households in Masit Palkot in 2011, 98 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 77 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 48 a two-wheeler and 11 a car. ■ Masit Palkot · ■ Dasua rural average Electricity for lighting ****98%** **97% Toilet within the home ****70%** **61% No toilet (open defecation) ****30%** **38% Tap water ****4%** **24% Drinking water within premises ****98%** **89% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****77%** **63% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****22%** **35% Use banking services ****90%** **85% Television ****86%** **88% Mobile phone ****69%** **78% Computer with internet ****4%** **3% Two-wheeler ****48%** **55% Car / jeep / van ****11%** **10% None of these assets ****2%** **3% Own their home ****96%** **96% 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 Masit Palkot? ■ Masit Palkot · ■ Dasua rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%** **83.9% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946** **981 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966** **827 Working population ****29.9%** **30.3% ### Women and men Literacy is 88.7% for men and 81.5% for women. 47% of men and 12% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 105 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (19%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 306 (55%) · **■** Marginal 33 (6%) 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 Dasua - Safdarpur1,955 people - Dhugga Kalan1,930 people - Talwandi Salhan1,899 people - Himmatpur1,860 people - Jaura1,848 people - Panwan1,848 people - Chak Mehra1,847 people - Pandori Atwalan1,817 people [All 398 villages in Dasua](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/dasua/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Masit Palkot?144212 - How far is Masit Palkot from Hoshiarpur?29 km by road - What is the population of Masit Palkot?1,855 (Census 2011) - Which district is Masit Palkot in?Hoshiarpur district (Dasua sub-district), Punjab - What is the literacy rate of Masit Palkot?85.2% (Census 2011)