Amtala

Amtala
আমতলা
Census Town
Amtala

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 22°13′N 88°10′E / 22.22°N 88.17°E / 22.22; 88.17Coordinates: 22°13′N 88°10′E / 22.22°N 88.17°E / 22.22; 88.17
Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
Elevation 16 m (52 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 8,765
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 743398
743503
Website s24pgs.gov.in

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

Geography

Amtala is located at 22°13′N 88°10′E / 22.22°N 88.17°E / 22.22; 88.17.[2]

Demographics

As per 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. Population below 6 years was 829. The total number of literates in Amtala was 6,896 (86.89 % of the population over 6 years).[3]

As of 2001 India census,[4] Amtala had a population of 7,599. 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 Udairampur pallisree sikshayatan School C.-Amtala Nivedita Balika Vidyalaya. D.-Bishnupur Shikha Sangha,being one of the oldest in the country. E.-Princes Technology. F.-Gandhabaduli Aghore Kamini Institution. G.-Gabberia Chhatra Bandhu Vidyapith H. Kanyanagar Vidyapit FP School . I. DAV Public School Bishnupur. j. St. Joseph's Bright School. h. Pirtala High School.

Mobile Repairing Center

In Amtala there are Many Mobile Stores and Repairing Centre. Present among them the biggest Mobile Service Centre are - Princes Technology at N.D.Road..Madina Merket.Mob-9836369601 (Under Construction by Purti) .

Shoppings Malls

In Amtala there are several and numerous Shopping Stores and Malls are Present among them the three biggest shopping Malls are - A.Baazar Kolkata B.Imli's Baazar C. Regent Station and D. Deluxe Mall (Under Construction by Purti) .

NGO's

Amtala has several upgrowings NGO, But among them the most Popular NGOs from Amtala are A. Zonal Welfare Council B.Sundarban Rural Development Centre

Transport

Amtala is on the crossing of Diamond Harbour Road (National Highway 117) and Baruipur Road and is served by several buslines.

Busroutes

CSTC

SBSTC

CTC

WBSTC

Private Bus Routes

SD Series of Routes

STA Bus Routes

Auto Route

References

  1. ↑ "Census of India". District-wise list of stautory towns. Directorate of census operations, West Bengal. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  2. ↑ "Amtala". wikimapia. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  3. ↑ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "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. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, May 02, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.