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हिंदी अनुवाद| Pincode | 721401 |
| Name | Monoharchak S.O |
| District | East Midnapore |
| State | West Bengal |
| Status | Sub Office(Non Delivery) |
| Head Office | Contai H.O |
| Sub Office | |
| Location | Contai Taluk of East Midnapore District |
| Telephone No | 03229-255511 |
| SPCC | CONTAI-721401 |
| Department Info | Contai Division South Bengal Region West Bengal Circle |
| Address | Monoharchak, Kanthi, West Bengal 721401, India |
| Services | |
| Indian Postal Code System Consists of Six digits. The first to digits represent the state, the second two digits represent the district and the Third two digits represents the Post Office.In this case the first two digits 72 represents the state West Bengal, the second two digits 14 represent the district East Midnapore, and finally 01 represents the Post Office Monoharchak S.O. Thus the Zip Code of Monoharchak S.O, East Midnapore, west bengal is 721401 | |
Contai (also known as Kanthi) is headquarters of Contai subdivision in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. There are three community development blocks in Contai. According to the geologists, the present geographical dimension of contai, has formally came into existence, with the great natural disaster of the third century AD (flood) which created Chilka lake out of the Chilka Bay. Kanthi, that is contai, means "Sand-bound reefs" or sand walls. The name Contai may thus be an English expression of the local jargon meaning "sand heaps".
In the 15th century, during the visit of Fa-Hien, Contai was uninhabited and had no name for the outside world. In Valentine’s travelogue, a harbour, Kendua by name, was mentioned. This harbour was on the bank of the river, a short distance from the Rasulpur estuary. Later the harbour was shifted to the present site of the Contai Town. However, it
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