Munsirhat

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Munsirhat
Census Town
Munsirhat Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°39′N 88°05′E / 22.65°N 88.08°E / 22.65; 88.08
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	711410
Telephone code	91 3214
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB-xx xxx
Lok Sabha constituency	Sreerampur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jagatballavpur
Website	howrah.gov.in

Munsirhat is a village in Jagatballavpur CD block in the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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

Amta Road (part of State Highway 15) passes through the town. Besides Munsirhat-Udaynarayanpur Road and Munsirhat-Maju Road also start from here.

• C11/1 Munsirhat- Howrah
• E12 Udaynarayanpur- Esplanade

• E44 Rampur - Howrah Station

• 34 Purash - Howrah Station

• Pancharul - Howrah Station
• Garbhawanipur- Rubi Hospital

Munsirhat railway station is a station on the Howrah–Amta line^[1] of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Besides Munsirhat railway station, Mahendralalnagar railway station, which is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) away from the main town, between the villages of Dhasa and Ballavbati, also serves the locality. Munsirhat is 30 km from Howrah Station.^[2]

Munsirhat is one of the markets of the district.^{[3][failed verification]} There are several banks operating in the area including State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of India (BOI), UCO Bank, Bandhan Bank and Indian Bank.

Munshirhat Sekrahati village is adjacent to the Munsirhat bus stop. There is a century old atchala temple and rasmancha in Ghoshpara in Sekrahati.^[4]

Every year, Munsirhat celebrates Ratha Yatra festival. And Munsirhat Celebrates Every year Fateali Mela.

Munshirhat Brahmanpara Chintamoni Institution (Est. in 1923) is the only higher secondary school. There are a number of government aided free primary schools.^{[citation needed]}