Munsirhat
| Munsirhat মুন্সীরহাট |
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 Munsirhat
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| 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 |
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.
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Geography
Munsirhat is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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] Three Nationalized bank SBI, 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]
References
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- ↑ Santra, Tarapada and Bandopadhyay, Amiya Kumar, Howrah Jelar Purakirti (in Bengali), pp. 115–116, Government of West Bengal
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