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- LGD code
- 46266
- Pincode
- 246166
- Post office
- Parsundakhal
- Population
- 316
- Households
- 79
- Literacy rate
- 69.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1257 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 207
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 78 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 228 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 49 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Masaon compares
By population, Masaon ranks #94 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.3%
−0.4% vs mandal average
- Masaon
- 69.3%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,257
+71 vs mandal average
- Masaon
- 1,257
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
4.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Masaon
- 4.0
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Masaon at a glance
Masaon is a village of 316 people in 79 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 94th-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 69%, about the same as the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,257 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 6 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 49 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246166, served by Parsundakhal post office; the LGD village code is 46266. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic, 5 km away. The village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 373 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Masaon
- LGD code
- 46266
- Pincode
- 246166
- Post office
- Parsundakhal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 316
- Population (projected 2026)
- 373
- Households
- 79
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1257
- Literacy rate
- 69.3%
- Coordinates
- 30.10936°N, 78.81169°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pauri
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajkumar Pori
- Block / Mandal
- Pauri
Getting there
How to reach Masaon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun78 kmcapital
- Delhi228 km
- Kolkata1267 km
- Mumbai1365 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara49 km
- Bus stopDevprayag21 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Nautiyal's Clinic5 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM13 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum13 km
- CollegeCHAURAS GROUND13 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station25 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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