Masat is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

in Chanditala I CD Block in

Srirampore subdivision Srirampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanised, and the one with the highest density of population, of all the subdivisio ...

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura ('' ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Masat is located at and is a

Gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bo ...

Gangadharpur Gangadharpur is a census town in the Chanditala I CD Block located in the Srirampore subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Gangadharpur is located at . It has an elevation of 14 met ...

Manirampur Manirampur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Manirampur is located at: Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalm ...

, Masat,

Jangalpara Jangalpara is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Jangalpara is located at: It is 28 km from District headquarters Hooghly. Gan ...

Dudhkalmi Dudhkalmi is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Dudhkalmi is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Nab ...

Nababpur Nababpur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Nawabpur is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Na ...

Bhagabatipur Bhagabatipur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Bhagabatipur is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudh ...

Kumirmora Kumirmora is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Kumirmora is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, N ...

and

Ramanathpur Ramanathpur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Ramanathpur is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalm ...

form a cluster of census towns in Chanditala I CD Block.

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Chanditala I CD Block are located at Masat.

Urbanisation

Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above). All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Gram panchayat

Villages and census towns in Masat

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are:

Aushbati Aushbali is a village in Chanditala I community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Aushbali is located at: . Gram panchayat Villages and census towns in Masat gram panc ...

Azabnagar Azabnagar is a village in Chanditala I community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Azabnagar is located at . Gram panchayat Villages and census towns in Masat gram ...

Banamalipur Banamalipur is a locality in Agartala, Tripura, India. Politics Banamalipur assembly constituency is part of Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency), Tripura, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in Sout ...

, Chhunche, Krishnanagar and Masat. Map of Masat GP , CHANDITALA-I

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India, Masat has a total population of 15,007, consisting of 9,033 males and 5,974 females. The population of children under 6 years old is 752. The total number of literate people in Masat is 6,286 (86.64% of the population over 6 years of age).

Transport

Railway and road

Baruipara railway station is the nearest railway station on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord of

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network. The main road is SH 15 (Ahilyabai Holkar Road). It is the main road of the town and is connected to

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(old number NH 2).

Bus

Private Bus

* 26 Bonhooghly - Champadanga * 26A

Serampore Serampore (also called ''Serampur'', ''Srirampur'', ''Srirampore'', ''Shreerampur'', ''Shreerampore'', ''Shrirampur'' or ''Shrirampore'') is a city of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarter of the Srirampo ...

* 26C Bonhooghly -

Jagatballavpur Jagatballavpur is a census town in Jagatballavpur CD Block in Howrah Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Jagatballavpur is located at . Demographics As per 2011 Census of India Jagatballavpur h ...

Bus Routes without Numbers

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- Bandar (Dhanyaghori)

Education

* Colleges Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya, established in 1998, is a coeducational undergraduate college in Masat. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, history, political science, education and commerce. *High Schools Masat Aptap Mitra High School is a coeducational higher secondary school at Masat. It has arrangements for teaching Bengali, English, history, philosophy, political science, economics, geography, eco-geography. accountancy, business economics & mathematics, mathematics, physics, chemistry and bio-science. * kajal patra singing school established in 2002, is coeducation singing school in masat paschimpara kalitala. It offers all type musical course.

References

{{Hooghly District Census towns in Chanditala I CD Block