About Amdanga

Amdanga (community development block) (Bengali: ) is 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. In the 2001 census, Amdanga community development block had a total population of 165, 771, out of which 85, 826 were males and 79,943 were females. Bus route no. 28 (operated privately) links Amdanga with Khanna Cinema (near Shyambazar), via Jalsha, Sethpukur, Maligram, Bandaghat, Idga. Amdanga is one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.