Baranagar | |
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City | |
Clockwise from top: Aerial view of Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission, Afternoon view of Baranagar station, Kripamayee Kali Temple, Indian Statistical Institute, Ganges River, Belghoria Expressway | |
Coordinates: 22°38′N 88°22′E / 22.64°N 88.37°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Division | Presidency |
District | North 24 Parganas[1] |
City | Kolkata[3] |
Railway station | Dum Dum Junction and Baranagar Road |
Metro station | |
Established | 1869(as North Suburban Municipality) 1889 (as Baranagar Municipality)[4] |
Wards | 34[5] |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Body | Baranagar Municipality |
• Municipality Chairman | Aparna Moulik[6][7] (TMC) |
• MLA | Sayantika Banerjee (TMC) |
Area | |
• Total | 7.12 km2 (2.75 sq mi) |
Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 245,313[2] |
• Rank | 18th (in West Bengal)[8] 187th (in India) |
• Density | 35,220/km2 (91,200/sq mi) |
• Rank | 5th in the world[9][10] |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
• Literacy rate | 91.41%[2] |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | |
Telephone code | +91 33[15] |
Vehicle registration | WB-23, WB-24[16] |
Lok Sabha constituency | Dum Dum[17] |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Baranagar[17] |
Climate | Aw (Köppen) |
Precipitation | 1,770 millimetres (70 in) |
Avg. summer temperature | 31.7 °C (89.1 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 22.2 °C (72.0 °F) |
Sex ratio | 1000/943 (1.06) (♂/♀) |
Website | baranagarmunicipality |
Baranagar or Barahanagar (/ˈbɑːrnɑːɡɑːr/[20][21][a] BAR-a-na-gar, Bengali: [ˈbɔraɦˌnɔɡor] [22][21][b]) is a city and a municipality in the North Kolkata of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[23] It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Baranagar is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in North Kolkata region.[24][25]
It is home to the Indian Statistical Institute, an institution of national importance devoted to the research, teaching and application of statistics, natural sciences and social sciences.[26] Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School is one of the oldest and most renowned schools in Baranagar and North Kolkata.[27][28]
Baranagar is a major industrial centre for the manufacture of agricultural and industrial machinery, chemicals, castor oil, and matches; Baranagar is also home to numerous cotton-processing companies, offset & digital printing companies and book publishers.
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