Munsirhat
Census Town
Munsirhat is located in West Bengal
Munsirhat
Munsirhat
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°39′N 88°05′E / 22.65°N 88.08°E / 22.65; 88.08
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
711410
Telephone code91 3214
ISO 3166 codeIN-WB
Vehicle registrationWB-xx xxx
Lok Sabha constituencySreerampur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyJagatballavpur
Websitehowrah.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.

Geography

Munsirhat is located at 22°39′N 88°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

Public Bus

Mini Bus

Bus Route Without Number

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] There are several banks operating in the area including State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of India (BOI), UCO 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.

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
  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
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