| Amtala | |
|---|---|
|
[[File:|250x250px|frameless|center]] | |
| Settlement type | Census Town |
| Country | India |
| State | |
| District | |
| Subdivision | |
Amtala is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the Bishnupur II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area overview
The Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 15 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.[1][2][3]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Location
Amtala is located at Template:Coord. It has an average elevation of Template:Convert.[4]
Bishnupur, Kanyanagar, Amtala, Ramkrishnapur, Kriparampur and Chak Enayetnagar (a little away) form a cluster of census towns, as per the map of the Bishnupur I CD block on page 207 and the map of the Bishnupur II CD block on page 233 of the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas.[5]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Amtala had a total population of 8,765, of which 4,416 (50%) were males and 4,349 (50%) were females. There were 829 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literates was 6,896 (86.89% of the population over 6 years).[6]
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Amtala covered an area of 1.53 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 22 km roads with both open and covered drains. The protected water supply involved over-head tank. It had 200 domestic electric connections, 1,500 commercial connections and 100 road light points. Among the medical facilities it had 2 charitable hospitals/ nursing homes and 2 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 6 primary schools, the nearest middle, secondary and senior secondary schools at Pallishree 1 km away, the nearest general degree college at Vidyanagar 5 km away. It had 4 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institutes, 1 non-formal education centre (Sarba Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 public library. Three important commodities it produced were dry flowers, plywood and brush. It had branches of 9 nationalised banks, 6 private commercial banks, 1 co-operative bank and 1 non-agricultural credit society.[7]
Transport
Amtala is on the National Highway 12.[8]
Education
Udairampur Pallisree Sikshayatan is a higher secondary school established in 1946.[9]
Central Model School, Amtala, is a higher secondary school affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education - CBSE, Delhi.[10]
Healthcare
Amtala Rural Hospital, with 50 beds, at Amtala, is the major government medical facility in the Bishnupur II CD block.[11]
References
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ↑ Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ↑ District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas. Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ↑ Amtala. wikimapia. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
- ↑ District Census Handbook South Twentyfour Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ↑ District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ↑ Google maps
- ↑ Udairampur Pallishree Sikshayatan. FindGlocal. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ↑ Central Model School, Amtala. Find Glocal. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ↑ Health & Family Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
Template:South 24 Parganas Template:South 24 Parganas topics