Amta
Amta is a town in the Howrah district of West Bengal, along the Damodar River. It is known for Melai Chandi Mandir, a Kali temple and a major pilgrimage centre in the area.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Amta railway station.
Amta railway station
Railway station
Amta railway station is the terminal railway station on Santragachi–Amta branch line of South Eastern Railway section of the Kharagpur railway division.
Amta
- Type: Village with 16,800 residents
- Description: census town in Howrah district, West Bengal
- Categories: census town of India and locality
- Location: Amta I, Howrah, South Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.5783° or 22° 34′ 42″ north
Longitude
88.0092° or 88° 0′ 33″ east
Population
16,800
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
7MJCH2H5+8M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Amta” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “আমতা”
- Cebuano: “Āmta”
- Ladin: “Amta”
- Panjabi: “ਅਮਤਾ”
- Swedish: “Āmta”
- Urdu: “امتا”
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