Amtala

Amtala
—  town  —
Amtala
Location of Amtala
in West Bengal and India
Coordinates
Country India
State West Bengal
District(s) South 24 Parganas
Population 7,599 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Elevation

• 16 metres (52 ft)
Website s24pgs.gov.in

Amtala (Bengali: আমতলা) is a census town under Bishnupur police station of Alipore Sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1]

Contents

Geography

Amtala is located at .[2]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[3] Amtala had a population of 7599. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Amtala has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Educational Institutes

Amtala has many educational institutes in its vicinity,the major ones being a.K.E.Carmel School b.Amtala Udayrampur pallishree School c.Amtala Nivedita Balika Vidyalaya. d.Bishnupur Shikha Sangha,being one of the oldest in the country.

Transport

Amtala is on Diamond Harbour (Behala – Diamond Harbour) Road (National Highway 117)

Transport communication is very good in Amtala. It is a base of bus route like 235,SD 76, Amtala-Dakhsineshwar, Amtala-Howrah, 76A, 99 etc. Also here is lots of Treaker and Auto-rikshaw.

also amtala now have some social thinker person and organisation, like UTTARAN an adventure Institute working in the field of Adventure sports, like; rock climbing, trekking and high altitude trekking and expedition to the different Himalayan region.Amtala has is a huge economic center with people coming from all four directions,i.e. from budge-budge in the west,kolkata in the north,diamond harbour in the south and baruipur in the east for trade.

References

  1. ^ "Census of India". District-wise list of stautory towns. Directorate of census operations, West Bengal. http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-02. 
  2. ^ "Amtala". wikimapia. http://wikimapia.org/country/India/Bangla/Amtala/. Retrieved 2007-09-03. 
  3. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.