Kamarkundu

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{{Infobox settlement
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
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'''Kamarkundu''' is a village in Kamarkundu Gopalnagar [[gram panchayat]] in [[Singur (community development block)|Singur]] block in [[Chandannagore subdivision]] of [[Hooghly District|Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
Kamarkundu is located at {{coord|22.83|N|88.20|E|format=dms}}

This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | title= List of functioning Cold Storage of West Bengal District wise as on 18.01.07 | publisher= West Bengal State Marketing Board | access-date= 2009-01-28 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122084728/http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | archive-date= 22 January 2009 | url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Economy==
Around a total of 32 [[lakh]] people from all around the city commute to Kolkata daily for work. In the Howrah-Tarakeswar section there are 48 trains that carry commuters from 21 railway stations. In the Howrah-Bardhaman (chord line) section 48 trains carry commuters from 30 railway stations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.indiansss.org/pdf/pdfset-8/issueset-9/Art_017.pdf| title = The Suburban Railway Network of Kolkata: A Geographical Apprisal| first = Teesta| last = Dey| publisher = eTraverse, the Indian journal of spatial science, 2012| access-date = 8 October 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171118122331/http://indiansss.org/pdf/pdfset-8/issueset-9/Art_017.pdf| archive-date = 18 November 2017| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Transport==
At [[Kamarkundu railway station]], the [[Sheoraphuli-Bishnupur branch line]] goes above the [[Howrah-Bardhaman chord]]. Since the lines are at two levels, trains cannot switch routes. Platforms are at two levels.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-trivia.html#fasttrack |title=Trivia| work= Highest speed sections of track | publisher=IRFCA |access-date=2012-01-15 }}</ref>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090125225855/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/maps/hoogli.shtml Map of Hooghly district]

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Hooghly district]]

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