Maheshtala is a city and a municipality

Municipality

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 under Maheshtala, Thakurpukur, Metiaburuz and Behala police stations of Alipore

Alipore

Alipore is headquarters of South 24 Parganas district and a neighbourhood in South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.Alipore, Kolkata, not to be confused with Alipore, Gujarat, is one of the poshest and costliest localities in Kolkata, along with the area Ballygunge...

 sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district

South 24 Parganas district

South 24 Parganas district is an important district of West Bengal State with its district headquarters in Alipore. It has the urban fringe of Calcutta on one side and the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans....

 in the India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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Demographics

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Census

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, Maheshtala had a population of 389,214. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Maheshtala has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 63%. In Maheshtala, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Township development

A London-based company has joined hands with a Bengali

Bengali people

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 NRI

Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin

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 to develop a mini township known as the Mahestala project as a joint venture with the Maheshtala Municipality, for which 21.22 acres (85,874.4 m²) have been acquired near Nungi

Nungi

Nungi is a rail station, 23 km from Sealdah, on the Sealdah Budgebudge section of Kolkata Suburban Railway. It serves as the railway station for the industrial town of Batanagar. It is under Budge Budge police station of Alipore sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state...

station. There will be 2,240 middle income group flats in 44 buildings. The company will improve the road infrastructure in the area.

Notable people

• Shanti Ranjan Samanta (1954 – ), Singer, Music Trainer, Music Composer
• Amitava Sengupta, Tally Programmer..