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Munsirhat — town — 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(s) Howrah Parliamentary constituency Sreerampur Assembly constituency Jagatballavpur Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Website howrah.gov.in/ Munsirhat (Bengali: মুন্সীরহাট) is part of the Jagatballavpur bloc in the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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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 near the village of Dhasa. Munsirhat is 39.57 kilometres (24.59 mi) from Howrah Station.[2]
Munsirhat is on the Howrah–Amta bus route.
Economics
Munsirhat has about fifty units manufacturing spectacles.[3] It is one of the markets of the district.[4]
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
- ^ "Aiming for Amta". irfca.org. http://irfca.org/~samit/amta.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ "Distances in kilometers between stations". Indian Railways. http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-i/ldtpart-i_se.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-07.[dead link]
- ^ "Centre for Communication and Development". The Spectacles of doom. CCD-Kolkata (India). http://www.ccdinternational.org/ccdindia/snapshots.asp. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Primary Hats/Markets of District". West Bengal State Marketing Board. http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/bazar/hawrah.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ Santra, Tarapada and Bandopadhyay, Amiya Kumar, Howrah Jelar Purakirti (in Bengali), pp. 115–116, Government of West Bengal
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