Amta is a
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in
Amta I
Amta I is a city and community development block that forms an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
About Amta
Amta is a historical, old, religious and progressive rural city of Ho ...
CD Block in
Uluberia subdivision
Uluberia subdivision is a subdivision of the Howrah district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Uluberia municipality and nine community development (CD) blocks, including 90 gram panchayats and six census towns. The six census ...
of
Howrah district
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in the
India
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West Bengal
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Geography
Amta is located at .
Demographics
As per
2011 Census of India
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Amta had a total population of 16,699 of which 8,454 (51%) were males and 8,245 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,522. The total number of literates in Amta was 12,918 (85.12% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
Since 2000 Amta is served by a broad gauge line but earlier it was served by the 45-km Howrah-Amta narrow-gauge route of the
Martin's Light Railways
Martin's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of seven narrow-gauge railway lines in the states of West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. The railways were built and owned by Martin & Co., which was a British company. Later, it was being op ...
, a private rail service established in 1892. The rail company was shut down in 1971.
Amta railway station
Amta railway station is the terminal railway station on Santragachi–Amta branch line of South Eastern Railway section of the Kharagpur railway division. It is situated beside Amta-Ranihati Road, Guzarpur, Kalatala at Amta in Howrah district ...
is part of the
Kolkata Suburban Railway
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railway system.
Places to visit
The structure that adorns the streets of Amta is the popular Hindu Temple, Melai Chandi Mandir. Dedicated to Goddess Kali. The enclosed mandir complex is about 25 m x 35 m (approx) with four doors of each side that hosts. Gateway with office and service area, Nat mandir, an aatchala Durgeswar Shiva mandir and recently build the Ramakrishna mandir. Although it is said that this shrine is one of the fifty-one Shakti Peetha but research finds any support but it is mentioned in the Chandi-mangal of Mukundarama Chakravarti, a masterpiece of 16th-century Bengali literature. There is no such date plaque fund at the old shrine.
Udang Kalimata Ashram: popularly known as Ashram. This is a holy place situated 6 km away from Amta town. There are four well decorated temples( Kali, Shiva, Krishna, Soni) in this ashram. Now a days, Udang Kalimata Ashram is known as one of the popular tourist spots & picnic places of Howrah district.
References
Cities and towns in Howrah district
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