Masagram

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title: "Masagram" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-purba-bardhaman-district"] topic_path: "general/villages-in-purba-bardhaman-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masagram" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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subdivision_name1West Bengal
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Purba Bardhaman
established_title
government_typePanchayati raj (India)
governing_bodyGram panchayat
unit_prefMetric
population_total4,310
population_as_of2011
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demographics_type1Languages
demographics1_title1Official
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timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
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registration_plateWB
website
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Geography

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Location

Masagram is located at .

It is located near the banks of the Damodar River. It is around 7 km south of Palsit and 12 km from Saktigarh.

Urbanisation

95.54% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 4.46% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Masagram had a total population of 4,310 of which 2,157 (50%) were males and 2,153 (50%) were females. Population in the age range of 0-6 years was 433. The total number of literates in Masagram was 2,812 (72.53% of the population 7 years and above).

Transport

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Masagram railway station is 23 km from Bardhaman Junction railway station and 72 km from Howrah Station on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord. As of January 2019, DEMU services are available on the Bankura-Masagram line between Bankura and Masagram. There is a station at Gram Masagaram.

It is located off National Highway 19 and State Highway 15 links it to Memari on Grand Trunk Road.

Education

Masagram High School is a coeducational high school affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.

Culture

Masagram celebrates the Gajan of Dharmathakur. Raksha Kali is worshipped with a newly made idol on the last Tuesday of the Bengali month of Vaisakha. There are nine Shiva temples built in different architectural styles.

David J. McCutchion mentions the 18th-century Praneswara temple and the octagonal temple with duplicated chala (curved roof) at Masagram.

References

References

  1. "Masagram". India9.
  2. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  3. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  4. Eastern Railway local time table
  5. Eastern Railway Time Table.
  6. "78056 Bankura-Masagram DEMU". India Rail Info.
  7. "West Bengal Board of Secondary Education". Burdwan.
  8. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District), {{in lang. bn, Vol II, page 598, Radical Impression, Kolkata. {{ISBN. 81-85459-36-3
  9. McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 48, 60. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN. 978-93-81574-65-2

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