Masratu is a

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Katkamdag Katkamdag is a village in the Katkamdag CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Katkamdag is located at . Area overview Hazaribagh district is a plateau ...

CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the

Hazaribagh district Hazaribagh district is one of the oldest districts of Jharkhand state, India and the district headquarter located in Hazaribagh town. It is located in the north east part of North Chotanagpur Division. The boundary of this district consists of dis ...

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

Geography

Location

Masratu is located at .

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Masratu (location code 368709) had a total population of 5,996, of which 3,161 (53%) were males and 2,835 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 904. The total number of literate persons in Masratu was 3,806 (74.74% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Hazaribagh'', Masratu covered an area of 3.75 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 7 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 685 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had 6 primary schools, 3 middle schools, other educational facilities at

Hazaribagh Hazaribagh is a city and a municipal corporation in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the administrative headquarters of Hazaribagh district and divisional headquarters of North Chotanagpur division. It is known ...

6 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 3 stadiums, 1 public library, reading room. An important commodity it manufactured was chhana. It had office of 1 cooperative bank.

Transport

Hazaribagh Town railway station Hazaribagh Town Railway Station (station code HZBN) is a railway station in India which serves the city of Hazaribagh in the state of Jharkhand. It belongs to East Central Railway of Dhanbad division and is located on NH100, Kumhar Toli in Ha ...

on the

Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line The Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line is an Indian railway line connecting in the Asansol–Gaya section with , and . This track is under the jurisdiction of South Eastern Railway and East Central Railway. History This line w ...

is located nearby.

References

Cities and towns in Hazaribagh district {{Jharkhand-geo-stub