Munsirhat
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| settlement_type = Census Town
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = West Bengal
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Howrah
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| demographics1_info1 = Bengali, English
| timezone1 = IST
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| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 711410
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91 3214
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = Sreerampur
| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Jagatballavpur
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Munsirhat is a village in Jagatballavpur CD block in the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Munsirhat is located at {{Coord|22.65|N|88.08|E|}}.
Transport
Amta Road (part of State Highway 15) passes through the town. Besides Munsirhat-Udaynarayanpur Road and Munsirhat-Maju Road also start from here.
=Bus=
== Government bus==
==Public Bus==
- E44 Rampur - Howrah Station
==Mini Bus==
- 34 Purash - Howrah Station
==Bus Route Without Number==
- Pancharul - Howrah Station
- Garbhawanipur- Rubi Hospital
=Train=
Munsirhat railway station is a station on the Howrah–Amta line{{cite web |url = http://irfca.org/~samit/amta.html |title = Aiming for Amta |accessdate = 2009-01-27 |last = |first = |publisher = irfca.org |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100621022533/http://irfca.org/~samit/amta.html |archive-date = 21 June 2010 |url-status = dead }} of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Besides Munsirhat railway station, Mahendralalnagar railway station, which is about {{convert|1|km}} away from the main town, between the villages of Dhasa and Ballavbati, also serves the locality. Munsirhat is 30 km from Howrah Station.http://rbs.indianrail.gov.in/ShortPath/Rbs_pdf/LdtPart-i/ldtpart-i_se.pdf {{Dead link|date=September 2019}}
Economics
Munsirhat is one of the markets of the district.{{cite web |url = http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/bazar/hawrah.html |title = Primary Hats/Markets of District |accessdate = 2009-01-27 |last = |first = |publisher = West Bengal State Marketing Board |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090707074924/http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/bazar/hawrah.html |archive-date = 7 July 2009 |url-status = dead }}{{Failed verification|date=September 2019}} 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.
Culture
Munshirhat Sekrahati village is adjacent to the Munsirhat bus stop. There is a century old atchala temple and rasmancha in Ghoshpara in Sekrahati.Santra, Tarapada and Bandopadhyay, Amiya Kumar, Howrah Jelar Purakirti (in Bengali), pp. 115–116, Government of West Bengal
Every year, Munsirhat celebrates Ratha Yatra festival.
And Munsirhat Celebrates Every year Fateali Mela.
Education
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|date=September 2019}}