It is a very organised and well planned township done by Eastern Coalfields Ltd., Dhankunda, a colony of more than 1,441 house blocks, a hospital, a shopping complex, Rajendra Stadium, and D.A.V Public School.

The town premises consist of several fields and courts as playgrounds for children, parks, and three clubs for holding meetings, parties and occasional celebrations.

Mahagama is surrounded by hilly areas, with Kaleshari mountain on the east side of town.

Mahagama experiences a hot dry summer, a good rainy season and a cool winter.

Among the civic amenities, it had 15 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well, overhead tank.

[6] The establishment of the Rajmahal Coal Mining Project in the 1980s triggered the development of Mahagama.

The town is also the home for the Shree Shyam Seva Trust Foundation, a charity organization that aims at helping poor and needy people of this territory.

Ishwar Das smriti Bhawan (Dhramshala) and Shyam seva Trust are example of such initiatives.

Recently, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) opened in the town area to provide elementary level education, with boarding facilities for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST, OBC and minorities in backward areas.

One madrasa (Badrul Uloom) is also functional in Mahagama, where underprivileged Muslim children get education free of cost.

Public transport is provided by buses, auto rickshaws and local vans.

Bus services are also available for Sahibganj, Dumka, Tata, Kolkata, Deoghar and Ranchi.

Bhagalpur railway stations serve as the primary gateway for travel to other parts of country.

Many long route train for many big cities are starting from Godda railway station.

People from distant places come to worship and enjoy puja season as well as fair organized in Mela Maidan.

At the end of Durga Puja that is, during Dusshera, Ravan Dahan program celebrated in the campus of Rajendra Stadium Urjanagar.