Munsirhat is part of the Jagatballavpur block in the

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. The Block Development office is located in Munsirhat.

Geography

Munsirhat is located at .

Transport

Amta Road (part of State Highway 15) passes through the town. Besides Munsirhat-Udaynarayanpur Road and Munsirhat-Maju Road also start from here.

Bus

Government bus

*C11/1 Munsirhat- Howrah *E12 Udaynarayanpur-

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Public Bus

* E44 Rampur -

Howrah Station Howrah railway station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a railway station located in the city of Howrah, West Bengal, India. It is also the oldest and largest existing railway complex in India. It is one of the busiest train stations in the ...

Mini Bus

* 34 Purash -

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* Pancharul -

* Garbhawanipur- Rubi Hospital

Train

Munsirhat railway station Munsirhat railway station is a halt railway station on Santragachi–Amta branch line of South Eastern Railway section of the Kharagpur railway division. It is situated at Shankarhati, Munsirhat in Howrah district in the Indian state of West B ...

is a station on the Howrah– Amta line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Besides

, Mahendralalnagar railway station, which is about away from the main town, between the villages of Dhasa and Ballavbati, also serves the locality. Munsirhat is 30 km from

Economics

Munsirhat is one of the markets of the district. There are several banks operating in the area including State Bank of India (SBI),

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(BOI),

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Culture

Munshirhat Sekrahati village is adjacent to the Munsirhat bus stop. There is a century old '' atchala'' temple and ''rasmancha'' in Ghoshpara in Sekrahati.Santra, Tarapada and Bandopadhyay, Amiya Kumar, ''Howrah Jelar Purakirti'' (in Bengali), pp. 115–116, Government of West Bengal Every year, Munsirhat celebrates Ratha Yatra festival.

Education

Munshirhat Brahmanpara Chintamoni Institution (Est. in 1923) is the only higher secondary school. There are a number of government aided free primary schools.

References

{{Howrah District Cities and towns in Howrah district