Munsirhat

Munsirhat
Census Town
Munsirhat Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°39′N88°05′E / 22.65°N 88.08°E / 22.65; 88.08
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	711410
Telephone code	91 3214
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB-xx xxx
Lok Sabha constituency	Sreerampur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jagatballavpur
Website	howrah.gov.in

Munsirhat is part of the Jagatballavpur block in the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Block Development office is located in Munsirhat.^{[ clarification needed ]}

Geography

Munsirhat is located at 22°39′N88°05′E / 22.65°N 88.08°E / 22.65; 88.08 .

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- Esplanade

Public Bus

• E44 Rampur - Howrah Station

Mini Bus

• 34 Purash - Howrah Station

Bus Route Without Number

• Pancharul - Howrah Station
• Garbhawanipur- Rubi Hospital

Train

Munsirhat railway station is a station on the Howrah–Amta line ^[1] of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Besides Munsirhat railway station, Mahendralalnagar railway station, which is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) away from the main town, between the villages of Dhasa and Ballavbati, also serves the locality. Munsirhat is 30 km from Howrah Station. ^[2]

Economics

Munsirhat is one of the markets of the district. ^{[3] [ failed verification ]} There are several banks operating in the area including State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of India (BOI), UCO Bank, Bandhan Bank and Indian Bank.

Culture

Munshirhat Sekrahati village is adjacent to the Munsirhat bus stop. There is a century old atchala temple and rasmancha in Ghoshpara in Sekrahati. ^[4]

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Aiming for Amta". irfca.org. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
2. http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-i/ldtpart-i_se.pdf ^{[ dead link ]}
3. "Primary Hats/Markets of District". West Bengal State Marketing Board. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
4. Santra, Tarapada and Bandopadhyay, Amiya Kumar, Howrah Jelar Purakirti (in Bengali), pp. 115–116, Government of West Bengal