Masat | |
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  Masat Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Masat Masat (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°44′13″N88°11′30″E / 22.736986°N 88.191802°E /22.736986; 88.191802 | |
| District |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 22,007 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 712701 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Serampore |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Chanditala |
| Website | Masat |
Masat is acensus town inChanditala I CD block inSrirampore subdivision ofHooghly district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Masat[1] is located at22°44′13″N88°11′30″E / 22.7369°N 88.1918°E /22.7369; 88.1918 and is agram panchayat.
Gangadharpur,Manirampur, Masat,Jangalpara,Dudhkalmi,Nababpur,Bhagabatipur,Kumirmora andRamanathpur form a cluster of census towns in Chanditala I CD block.[2]
The headquarters of Chanditala I CD block are located at Masat.[3]
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 areUttarpara Kotrung Municipality,Konnagar Municipality,Serampore Municipality,Baidyabati Municipality,Rishra Municipality andDankuni 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).[4][5] All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Villages and census towns in Masatgram panchayat areAushbati,Azabnagar,Banamalipur,Chhunche,Krishnanagar and Masat.[6]
As of the2011 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).[5]
Baruipara railway station is the nearest railway station on theHowrah-Bardhaman chord ofKolkata Suburban Railway network. The main road isSH 15 (Ahilyabai Holkar Road). It is the main road of the town and is connected toNH 19 (old number NH 2).
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.[7][8]
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.[9]
Kajal Patra Singing School, established in 2002, is a coeducational singing school in Masat Paschimpara Kalitala. It offers all type of musical courses.[10]
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