Amdanga is a village and a
gram panchayat in the
Amdanga
Amdanga is a community development block that forms an administrative division in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Amdanga, the eponymous CD Block headquarters, is located at .
Amdanga CD Block is bounded ...
CD block in the
Barasat Sadar subdivision
Barasat Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. After transferring Rajarhat, Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality and Rajarhat (Community ...
of the
North 24 Parganas district
North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and ...
in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Geography
Location
Amdanga is located at .
Area overview
The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lower
Ganges Delta
The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Be ...
. The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels. 54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the rural areas.
Civic administration
Police station
Amdanga police station covers an area of 138.8 km
2 and serves a total population of 139,328. It has jurisdiction over Amdanga CD Block.
CD block HQ
The headquarters of Amdanga CD block are located at Amdanga village.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Amdanga had a total population of 3,855, of which 1,989 (52%) were males and 1,866 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 430. The total number of literate persons in Amdanga was 2,720 (79.42% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
National Highway 12 (old numbering NH 34) passes through Amdanga.
Healthcare
Amdanga Rural Hospital with 30 beds functions as the main medical facility in Amdanga CD block. There are
primary health centres at Adhata (Adhata-Joypur PHC with 6 beds), Masunda (Marich PHC with 10 beds) and Baraberia PHC (with 6 beds).
See also Map of Amdanga CD Block
on Page 339 of District Census Handbook.
References
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Villages in North 24 Parganas district