Amlagora is a

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in the

Garhbeta I Garhbeta I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Medinipur Sadar subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography In Garhbeta I CD block 85% of the cultivated area has al ...

CD block in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of the

Paschim Medinipur district Paschim Medinipur district or West Midnapore district (also known as Midnapore West) is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the Partition of Midnapore into Paschim Medinipur and Purba M ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Amlagora is located at .

Area overview

Paschim Medinipur district (before separation of Jhargram) had a total forest area of 1,700 km², accounting for 14.31% of the total forested area of the state. It is obvious from the map of the Midnapore Sadar subdivision, placed alongside, is that there are large stretches of forests in the subdivision. The soil is predominantly

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. Around 30% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision. 13.95% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.05% lives in the rural areas. Note: 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

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

Amlagora had a total population of 5,165 of which 2,665 (52%) were males and 2,500 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 621. The total number of literate persons in Amlagora was 3,463 (67.05% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Paschim Medinipur'', Amlagora covered an area of 2.8861 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 2.5 km roads with both open and covered drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, service reservoir, tap water from treated and untreated sources. It had 1,021 domestic electric connections, 37 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 6 medicine shops in the town, the nearest dispensary/ health centre being 0.5 km away . Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school, 1 middle school, the nearest secondary/ senior secondary schools at Banerjeedanga 2 km away, the nearest general degree college at Garbeta 1.5 km away. It had 1 special school for the disabled.

Transport

The Garbeta-Hoomgarh-Goaltore-Pirakata Road passes through Amlagora.Google maps

References

Cities and towns in Paschim Medinipur district {{PaschimMedinipur-geo-stub