'''Massanjore''' is a city in Jharkhand.

Massanjore dam, across the Mayurakshi River, is in Dumka district of Jharkhand State. Built with Candian aid, it is also called Canada Dam or Pearson Dam. It was commissioned in 1956.

The dam is 155 feet high from its base and is 2170 feet long. The reservoir has an area of 16,650 acres when full and has a storage capacity of 500,000 acre feet. Apart from the Massanjore Dam there is a barrage at Tilpara, near Siuri. The barrage is 1,013 feet long.

Get in

It is about 31 km from Dumka in Jharkhand and is about 45 km from Siuri in West Bengal. It is on the Siuri-Dumka road. Buses ply on this road.

Get around

Walk or have your own transport.

See

This is a place with great scenic beauty.

Do

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Sleep

  • '''Youth Hostel''', two km from the dam. Double rooms cost Rs 100 per night. There is a 22-bed dormitory. Beds cost Rs 40 per night. For bookings contact: Yuva Kalyan Office, 32/1, BBD Bag (South), Kolkata 700001, Phone +91 33 22480626
  • '''Mayurakshi Bhavan''' of the Irrigation Department, Govt. of West Bengal. A double-bed room costs Rs 300 per night. For bookings contact: Deputy Secretary, Irrigation Department, Water Resource, Development Building, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, Phone +91 33 23212259.
  • '''Jharkhand Tourist Lodge'''.
  • Contact

    Get out

  • '''Deoghar''' - 98 km
  • '''Santiniketan''' - 75 km