Masagram
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Masagram is a village in Ajhapur gram panchayat of Jamalpur
Jamalpur, Bardhaman
Jamalpur is an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jamalpur police station serves this block...

 block in Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision
Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision
Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision is a subdivision of the Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Memari municipality and six community development blocks: Khandaghosh, Jamalpur, Memari–I, Memari –II, Raina–I and Raina–II. The six blocks...

 of Bardhaman district
Bardhaman District
'Bardhaman district is a district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Bardhaman, though it houses other important industrial towns like Durgapur and Asansol...

 in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

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Geography

Masagram is located at 23.1383868°N 88.0307007°E.

It is located near the banks of the Damodar River
Damodar River
Damodar River originates near Chandwa village, Palamau district, on the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the Jharkhand state in eastern India, and flows eastward for about 592 km through the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal to the estaury of the River Hooghly...

. It is around 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of Palsit
Palsit
Palsit is a town in Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Palsit is located at -Transport:...

 and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Saktigarh
Saktigarh, Bardhaman
Saktigarh is a town in Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Transport:Saktigarh is the railway junction of the Howrah-Bardhaman chord and main lines. It is from Howrah Station via chord and via main line. It is from Bardhaman. It is part...

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Transport

Masagram railway station is 23 kilometres (14.3 mi) from Burdwan (Rail Station) and 72 kilometres (44.7 mi) from Howrah Station
Howrah station
Howrah Station is one of the four intercity train stations serving Howrah and Kolkata, India; the others are Sealdah Station, Shalimar Station and Kolkata railway station in Kolkata. Howrah is situated on the West bank of the Hooghly River, linked to Kolkata by the magnificent Howrah Bridge which...

 on the Howrah Burdwan chord line. On completion it will be a terminus station of Bankura Damodar Railway (under construction).

It is located off NH2
National Highway 2 (India)
National Highway 2 , commonly referred as Delhi-Kolkata Road is a busy Indian National Highway that runs through the states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. It constitute a major portion of historical Grand Trunk Road along with NH 91 and NH 1 in India...

 and a road leads to Memari
Memari
Memari is a town and a municipality in the Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Memari is located at...

 on Grand Trunk Road
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road also formerly known as Uttarapatha, Shah Rah-e-Azam or Sadak-e-Azam or Badshahi Sadak is one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads...

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