Masat, Hooghly
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Masat | |
|---|---|
Census Town | |
  Masat Location in West Bengal, India  Masat Masat (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°44′13″N 88°11′30″E / 22.736986°N 88.191802°E | |
| 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 a census town in Chanditala I CD block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Location
2.5miles
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre.
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly.
Masat[1] is located at 22°44′13″N 88°11′30″E / 22.7369°N 88.1918°E and is a gram panchayat.
Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Nababpur, Bhagabatipur, Kumirmora and Ramanathpur form a cluster of census towns in Chanditala I CD block.[2]
CD block HQ
The headquarters of Chanditala I CD block are located at Masat.[3]
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, 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).[4][5] 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.[6]
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).[5]
