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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Masagram
| other_name =
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.1383868|N|88.0307007|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
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| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| population_total = 4,310
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 713401
| registration_plate = WB
| website = {{URL|purbabardhaman.gov.in/}}
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'''Masagram''' is a village in Ajhapur gram panchayat of [[Jamalpur, Bardhaman|Jamalpur]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in [[Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision]] of [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Masagram is located at {{coord|23.1383868|N|88.0307007|E|source:yahoomap_region:IN-WB|format=dms}}.

It is located near the banks of the [[Damodar River]]. It is around {{convert|7|km}} south of [[Palsit]] and {{convert|12|km}} from [[Saktigarh, Bardhaman|Saktigarh]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.india9.com/i9show/Masagram-74670.htm | title = Masagram | access-date = 2009-08-22 | publisher = India9}}</ref>

===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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman | work = Table 2.2 | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 25 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 18 February 2019}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Masagram Junction railway station 01.jpg|thumb|Masagram Junction railway station]]
[[Masagram railway station]] is {{convert|23|km}} from [[Bardhaman Junction railway station]] and {{convert|72|km}} from [[Howrah Station]] on the [[Howrah-Bardhaman chord]].<ref>Eastern Railway local time table</ref><ref>Eastern Railway Time Table.</ref> As of January 2019, [[Diesel Multiple Unit|DEMU]] services are available on the [[Bankura-Masagram line]] between Bankura and Masagram. There is a station at Gram Masagaram.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-bankura-masagram-demu-78056/67667/955/8691 | title = 78056 Bankura-Masagram DEMU| publisher = India Rail Info |access-date = 29 January 2019}}</ref>

It is located off [[National Highway 19 (India)|National Highway 19]] and [[State Highway 15 (West Bengal)|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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbbse.org/sburdwan.htm | title = West Bengal Board of Secondary Education | work= Burdwan| access-date = 29 January 2019}}</ref>

==Culture==
Masagaram celebrates the [[Gajan (festival)|Gajan]] of [[Dharmathakur]]. [[Kali#other forms|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.<ref>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}}</ref>

[[David McCutchion|David J. McCutchion]] mentions the 18th-century Praneswara temple and the octagonal temple with duplicated ''chala'' (curved roof) at Masagram.<ref>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}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Purba Bardhaman District}}

[[Category:Villages in Purba Bardhaman district]]

Masagram - Revision history

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