Munsirhat

Munsirhat মুন্সীরহাট
Town
Munsirhat Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°39′N 88°05′E / 22.65°N 88.08°ECoordinates: 22°39′N 88°05′E / 22.65°N 88.08°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	711410
Telephone code	91 3214
Vehicle registration	WB-xx xxx
Lok Sabha constituency	Sreerampur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jagatballavpur
Website	howrah.gov.in

Munsirhat is part of the Jagatballavpur bloc in the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.The Bloc Development office is located in Munsirhat.

Geography

Munsirhat is located at 22°39′N 88°05′E / 22.65°N 88.08°E

Transport

It is a station in the Howrah–Amta section^[1] of Kolkata Suburban Railway system. This area has two railway stations, Munshirhat and Mahendralalnagar. A later station is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) away from the main town, but between the village of Dhasa and Ballavbati. Munsirhat is 39.57 kilometres (24.59 mi) from Howrah Station.^[2]

Munsirhat is on the Howrah–Amta bus route.

Public Bus

• E45 Howrah Station - Amta

Mini Bus

• 34 Howrah Station – Ghoradaha
• 35 Howrah Station – Hantal
• 36 Howrah Station – Purash

CTC series

• C11/1 Howrah Station - Munsirhat
• E12 Esplanade – Udaynarayanpur
• E13 Esplanade – Jangipara

Economics

Munsirhat has about fifty units manufacturing spectacles.^[3] It is one of the markets of the district.^[4] four Nationalized bank SBI,BOI, Uco bank and Allahabad Bank have their branch functioning here. The SBI and Uco Bank branches are close to the munshirhat Bus Stop in Howrah-Amta bus route, while allahabad bank branch is close to the Munshirhat railway station in Purbasha Building

Culture

Sekrahati village is adjacent to the Munsirhat bus stop. There is a century old 'atchala temple and rasmancha in Ghoshpara in Sekrahati.^[5]

Education

Brahmanpara Chintamoni Institution (Est. in 1923) is the only higher secondary school. There are a number of govt. aided free primary schools.

References

1. "Aiming for Amta". irfca.org. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
2. "Distances in kilometers between stations" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
3. "Centre for Communication and Development". The Spectacles of doom. CCD-Kolkata (India). Retrieved 2009-01-26.
4. "Primary Hats/Markets of District". West Bengal State Marketing Board. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
5. Santra, Tarapada and Bandopadhyay, Amiya Kumar, Howrah Jelar Purakirti (in Bengali), pp. 115–116, Government of West Bengal