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 ...

Chanditala I Chanditala I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Chanditala I CD block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of t ...

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, with the highest density of population, of all the subdivisions of Hooghl ...

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-Chinsurah (' ...

in the state of

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

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Geography

Location

Masat is located at and is a gram panchayat.

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 m ...

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, Hooghly, Masat, Jangalpar ...

, 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. Gang ...

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, N ...

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, ...

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, Dudhkalmi, ...

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, ...

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 six municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are

Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality is the civic body that governs Uttarpara Kotrung and its surrounding areas (Bhadrakali, Hooghly, Bhadrakali and Hind Motor) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. It is the oldest munic ...

, Konnagar Municipality,

Serampore Municipality Serampore Municipality is the civic body that governs Serampore and its surrounding areas ( Mahesh, Tin Bazar, Battala and partly Chatra) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Serampore is the first town ...

, Baidyabati Municipality,

Rishra Municipality Rishra Municipality is the civic body that governs Rishra and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the Li ...

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 gram panchayat are Aushbati, Azabnagar, Banamalipur, Chhunche, Krishnanagar and Masat.

Demographics

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

Transport

Railway and road

Baruipara railway station Baruipara railway station is a railway station in Baruipara, a small town on the Howrah–Barddhaman chord line and is located in Hooghly district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The station is from Howrah and is a part of the Kolkata Su ...

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

Kolkata Suburban Railway The Kolkata Suburban Railway (colloquially called Kolkata local trains or simply locals) is a suburban rail, suburban and regional rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in West Bengal, India. Its network has 45 ...

network. The main road is SH 15 (Ahilyabai Holkar Road). It is the main road of the town and is connected to NH 19 (old number NH 2).

Bus

Private bus

* 26 Bonhooghly -

Champadanga Champadanga is a Town in Tarakeswar (community development block), Tarakeswar CD Block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly District, Hooghly district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Geography Champada ...

* 26A

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

- Aushbati * 26C Bonhooghly - Jagatballavpur

Bus routes without numbers

Howrah Station Howrah railway station (also known as Howrah Junction) is a railway station located in the city of Howrah, of Kolkata Metropolitan Area, West Bengal, India. It is the largest and busiest railway complex in India, as well as one of the busie ...

- Bandar (Dhanyaghori)

Education

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. 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 a coeducational singing school in Masat Paschimpara Kalitala. It offers all type of musical courses.

References

{{Hooghly District Cities and towns in Hooghly district Census towns in Chanditala I CD Block