Amdanga is an administrative division in Barasat Sadar subdivision

Barasat Sadar subdivision

Barasat Sadar subdivision , is a subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of six municipalities and seven community development blocks: Barasat–I, Barasat–II, Amdanga, Deganga, Habra–I, Habra–II and Rajarhat...

 of North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the [tropical zone] from latitude 22º11'6" north to 23º15'2" north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. Amdanga police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Amdanga.

Demographics

In the 2001 census, Amdanga community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

 had a total population of 165, 771, out of which 85, 826 were males and 79,943 were females.

Transport

Bus route no. 28 (operated privately) links Amdanga with Khanna Cinema (near Shyambazar

Shyambazar

Shyambazar is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area, under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police, has been, along with neighbouring Bagbazar, the citadel of the Bengali aristocracy, in a part of what was earlier known as...

), via Jalsha, Sethpukur, Maligram, Bandaghat, Idga.

Healthcare

Amdanga is one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination

Arsenic contamination of groundwater

Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a natural occurring high concentration of arsenic in deeper levels of groundwater, which became a high-profile problem in recent years due to the use of deep tubewells for water supply in the Ganges Delta, causing serious arsenic poisoning to large numbers of...

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