Amdanga (community development block)
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Amdanga আমডাঙা সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক |
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| Community development block | |
 Amdanga
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| Coordinates: 22°48′20″N 88°30′30″E / 22.80556°N 88.50833°ECoordinates: 22°48′20″N 88°30′30″E / 22.80556°N 88.50833°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Community development block |
| Area | |
| • Total | 138.80 km2 (53.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 191,673 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Literacy (2011) | |
| • Total literates | 136,350 (80.69%) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 743221 (Arkhali Amdanga) |
| Telephone code | 91 3216 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Vehicle registration | WB-23, WB-24, WB-25, WB-26 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barrackpore |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Amdanga |
| Website | north24parganas |
| CD Block | |
Amdanga is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Barasat Sadar subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Amdanga police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Amdanga. It is located 11 km from Barasat, the district headquarters.
Amdanga, the eponymous CD Block headquarters, is located at 22°48′20″N 88°30′30″E / 22.80556°N 88.50833°E.
Amdanga CD Block is bounded by Haringhata CD Block in Nadia district in the north, Habra II CD Block in the east, Barasat I CD Block in the south, and Barrackpore I and Barrackpore II CD Blocks in the west.
Amdanga CD Block has an area of 138.80 km2.
North 24 Parganas district is part of the Gangetic delta, lying east of the Hooghly River. The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels. The rivers in the district were formerly distributaries of the Ganges but their mouths have long been filled up and blocked. The area is described as a sort of a drowned land broken by swamps. Land in the north-east of the district is higher than that of the rest of the district. The sturdy peasants raise crops of rice, jute and sugarcane from the alluvial soil. There are clumps of palm and fruit trees in which village homesteads nestle. Industrial activity is concentrated in the narrow strip of land along the Hooghly River. The south-eastern part of the district gradually merges into the Sunderbans. Parts of the metropolitan city of Kolkata extend over southern part of the district.
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