Amtala is a
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
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within the jurisdiction of the
Bishnupur police station in the
Bishnupur II
Bishnupur II is a community development block (CD blocK) that forms an administrative division in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
The Bishnupur II CD block is loca ...
CD block in the
Alipore Sadar subdivision
Alipore Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Subdivisions
South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions:
18.26% of the total popu ...
of the
South 24 Parganas
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district in the
India
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West Bengal
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Geography
Area overview
The Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 15
census town
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India
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s. The entire district is situated in the
Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the
Hooghly River
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, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.
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.
Location
Amtala is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Bishnupur,
Kanyanagar
Kanyanagar is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the Bishnupur I CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area overvie ...
, Amtala,
Ramkrishnapur,
Kriparampur
Kriparampur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the Bishnupur II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area overvi ...
and
Chak Enayetnagar
Chak Enayetnagar is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the Bishnupur II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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(a little away) form a cluster of census towns, as per the map of the Bishnupur I CD block on page 207 and the map of the Bishnupur II CD block on page 233 of the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India
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, Amtala had a total population of 8,765, of which 4,416 (50%) were males and 4,349 (50%) were females. There were 829 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literates was 6,896 (86.89% of the population over 6 years).
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook'' 2011, Amtala covered an area of 1.53 km
2. Among the civic amenities, it had 22 km roads with both open and covered drains. The protected water supply involved over-head tank. It had 200 domestic electric connections, 1,500 commercial connections and 100 road light points. Among the medical facilities it had 2 charitable hospitals/ nursing homes and 2 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 6 primary schools, the nearest middle, secondary and senior secondary schools at Pallishree 1 km away, the nearest general degree college at
Vidyanagar
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Commercial area
Vidyanagar has a large number of shopping areas. Local bu ...
5 km away. It had 4 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institutes, 1 non-formal education centre (Sarba Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 public library. Three important commodities it produced were dry flowers, plywood and brush. It had branches of 9 nationalised banks, 6 private commercial banks, 1 co-operative bank and 1 non-agricultural credit society.
Transport
Amtala is on the
National Highway 12.
Education
Udairampur Pallisree Sikshayatan is a higher secondary school established in 1946.
Central Model School, Amtala, is a higher secondary school affiliated to the
Central Board of Secondary Education
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- CBSE, Delhi.
ST. JOSEPH'S BRIGHT SCHOOL, Amtala, is a higher secondary school affiliated to the
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
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- WBBSE, West Bengal.
Healthcare
Amtala Rural Hospital, with 50 beds, at Amtala, is the major government medical facility in the Bishnupur II CD block.
References
{{South 24 Parganas topics
Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district
Neighbourhoods in Kolkata
Kolkata Metropolitan Area