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Amta I

Amta I
আমতা I
Community development block
সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Amta I is located in West Bengal
Amta I
Amta I
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°37′00″N 88°01′47″E / 22.61667°N 88.02972°E / 22.61667; 88.02972
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Howrah
Parliamentary constituency Uluberia
Assembly constituency Uluberia Uttar, Udaynarayanpur
Area
 • Total 47.74 sq mi (123.65 km2)
Elevation 20 ft (6 m)
Population (2011)
 • Total 223,218
 • Density 4,700/sq mi (1,800/km2)
Time zone IST (UTC+5.30)
PIN 711401 (Amta)
Area code(s) 03214
Vehicle registration WB-11, WB-12, WB-13, WB-14
Literacy Rate 81.26 per cent
Website http://howrah.gov.in/

Amta I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Balichak, a constituent panchayat of Amta I block, is located at 22°37′00″N 88°01′47″E / 22.616597°N 88.029618°E / 22.616597; 88.029618

Amta I CD Block is bounded by Udaynarayanpur CD Block and Jangipara CD Block, in Hooghly district, in the north, Jagatballavpur CD Block in the east, Uluberia II and Bagnan I CD Blocks in the south and Amta II CD Block, in the west.

It is located 35 km from Howrah, the district headquarters.

Amta I community development block has an area of 123.65  km2. Amta police station serves this CD Block. Amta I panchayat samity has 13 gram panchayats. The block has 77 inhabited villages. Headquarters of this block is at Amta

Howrah district is located on the west bank of the Hooghly. The Rupnarayan flows on the west and south of the district and the Damodar intersects it. The district consists of a flat alluvial plain.


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