Amkola, Gaighata

Amkola is a village located in the Gaighata Subdivision of 24 Paraganas North district of West Bengal. The village falls in Gaighata block and comes under Ichapur-I Gram Panchayat.

As on November 2024, the current population of Amkola is 3.5 thousands out of which 1.8 thousands are males and rest 1.7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 964 females per 1000 males. There are around 269 teenagers in Amkola. It has literacy rate of 81% which means around 2.8 thousands persons can read and write. Total 566 people belonging to scheduled caste and 5 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 877 households in Amkola, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 1.4 thousands. The pincode of Amkola is 743249 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Gaighata Sub Post office
• Dharampur Branch Post office
• Jaleswar Branch Post office
• Rampur Bhatpara Branch Post office
• Colony Simulia Branch Post office

Schools

Amkola has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Gaighata High School (High School)
• Kalasima Swami Vivekananda Vidyapith (High School)
• Ghonja High School
• Tarangahati High School
• Gaighata Benimadhab Balika Vidyalaya(High School)

Hospitals

Amkola has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Jaytara Sub-Center
• Amkola Sub-Center
• Rajapur Sub-Center
• Bagna Sub-Center
• Jaleswar Sub-Center

Banks

Amkola has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• HDFC Bank Natagram
• State Bank of India Gaighata Bazar