Panagarh–Morgram Highway runs from the junction with NH 19 at

Panagarh Panagarh is a small town in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Panagarh is located at . It has an average elevation of . Urbanisation According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durga ...

Darjeeling Mor to NH 12 at

Morgram Morgram (also spelled Moregram) is a village and gram panchayat in the Sagardighi CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Morgram is located at . Villages in Morgr ...

. It passes through

Kanksa Kanksa is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History As per Peterson’s District Gazeteer of 1910, the south-western ext ...

Ilambazar Ilambazar is a census town, with a police station, in Ilambazar CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. A traditional weaving and trading centre it serves as a gateway to Birbhum district. History ...

Hetampur Hetampur is a large village in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated near Dubrajpur. The village is famous for the Royal and historical palace and reputed college. Geography Location He ...

Dubrajpur Dubrajpur is a city and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Dubrajpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 77 metres (252 feet). Connectivi ...

, Suri,

Rampurhat Rampurhat is a city and a municipality in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Rampurhat subdivision. According to Census 2011 Rampurhat is the third most populous city in Birbhum district and 82 ...

Nalhati Nalhati is a town and a municipality in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal near the West Bengal / Jharkhand border. This town is named after the ''Shakti peeth'' Nalhateshwari temple, which according t ...

and Lohapur. It is mostly a two lane (30 feet wide) highway with a total length of . Panagarh to Suri is and Suri to Morgram is .Panagarh to Rampurhat distance is 120Km and Morgram to Rampurhat is 35 Km The Dubrajpur-Morgram sector is part of

NH 14 National Highway 162 (NH 162) is a National Highway in India. It is a spur road of National Highway 62. NH-162 traverses the state of Rajasthan in India. NH162 route was extended from Pali to Bhatewar. Route Bar,Sojat City, Pali, Marwad, ...

and the Dubrajpur-Panagarh sector is part of SH 14.

Junctions

, it meets the

Bolpur Bolpur is a city and a municipality in Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bolpur subdivision. Bolpur municipal area includes Santiniketan, Sriniketan and Prantik. The city is known as a Cultural a ...

Santiniketan Santiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son ...

Road. A little after Ilambazar it meets the road from

Jaydev Kenduli Jaydev Kenduli is a village and gram panchayat in Ilambazar community development block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is believed by many to be the birthplace of Jayadeva, an issue that is still ...

, off the highway. At Dubrajpur it meets two roads – one coming from

Raniganj Raniganj is a neighbourhood in Asansol of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is governed by Asansol Municipal Corporation Geography Location Raniganj is located at . It has an average elevation of 91 met ...

Punjabi Mor and an alternative road coming from Suri via

Bakreshwar Bakreshwar is a village in Dubrajpur CD Block in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited and Bakreswar Thermal Power Pla ...

. At Suri, the headquarters of

Birbhum district Birbhum district () is an District#India, administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five Divisions of West Bengal, administrative divisions of West Bengal. The distr ...

, several roads converge – one from

( State Highway 6), one from

Sainthia Sainthia (formerly Nandipur) is a city and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The city is known as business city of Birbhum district. The city is under the jurisdiction of Sainthia po ...

, and an alternative road from

via

, which also branches off to Rajnagar( State Highway 6). The road to

Dumka Dumka ( Santali: ᱫᱩᱢᱠᱟᱹ), the headquarters of the Dumka district and Santhal Pargana region, is a city in the state of Jharkhand, India. It was made the headquarters of the Santhal Pargana region, which was carved out of the Bha ...

via

Massanjore Dam Massanjore Dam is a hydropower generating dam over the Mayurakshi River located at Massanjore near Dumka in the state of Jharkhand, India. The Massanjore dam (also called Canada Dam ), across the Mayurakshi, was commissioned in 1955. It was formall ...

meets it at Saharakuri.

Tarapith Tarapith is a 13-century Hindu temple in Chandipur village Rampurhat II CD block in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district of the Indian state of West Bengal, known for its Tantric temple and its adjoining cremation (Maha Shmashan) grounds ...

is off the highway and the Tarapith Road meets it just before

Rivers

The highway crosses

Ajay River Ajay (/ˈədʒɑɪ/) is a river which flows through the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The catchment area of Ajay River is . See also List of rivers of India This is a list of rivers of India, starting in the west and movin ...

just before entering Ilambazar,

Bakreshwar River The Bakreshwar River is a tributary of the Mayurakshi River. It originates in Santhal Parganas division of Jharkhand.Selim, Mohammad, ''Irrigation Projects in Birbhum District'',''Paschim Banga'', February 2006, (in Bengali), Birbhum special iss ...

after Dubrajpur, goes over the Tilpara Barrage across the

Mayurakshi River Mayurakshi River (also called Mor River) is a major river in Jharkhand and West Bengal, India, with a long history of devastating floods. It has its source on Trikut Hills, about from Deoghar in Jharkhand state. It flows through Jharkhand and ...

, Dwarka River before Rampurhat and the Brahmani river before Nalhati.

Cost

The highway from Ilambazar to Moragram was constructed by AFCONS at a cost of $150-million funded by

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field office ...

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