North 24 Parganas district

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'''North 24 Parganas''' (abv. '''24 PGS (N)''') or sometimes '''North Twenty Four Parganas''' is a district in southern [[West Bengal]], of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the [[tropical zone]] from [[latitude]] 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east. It is bordered to [[Nadia district|Nadia]] by north, to [[Bangladesh]] ([[Khulna]] Division) by north and east, to [[South 24 Parganas]] and [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]] by south and to Kolkata, [[Howrah district|Howrah]] and [[Hooghly district|Hoogly]] by west. [[Barasat]] is the district headquarters of North 24 Parganas. North 24 Parganas is West Bengal's most populous district<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> and also (since 2014) the most populated district in the whole of India. It is the tenth-largest district in the State by area.

==History==
{{historical populations

|11 = 1901
|12 = 10,16,001
|13 = 1911
|14 = 11,66,158
|15 = 1921
|16 = 12,39,719
|17 = 1931
|18 = 13,57,831
|19 = 1941
|20 = 17,11,806
|21 = 1951
|22 = 21,14,097
|23 = 1961
|24 = 31,27,685
|25 = 1971
|26 = 42,07,420
|27 = 1981
|28 = 55,29,497
|29 = 1991
|30 = 72,81,881
|31 = 2001
|32 = 89,34,286
|33 = 2011
|34 = 1,00,09,781
|percentages = pagr
|footnote = source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>
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}}

===Ancient history===
[[File:Khana-Mihir Mound - Berachampa 2012-02-24 2347.JPG|thumb|left|250px|The Baraha-mihir or Khana-mihir mound at [[Berachampa]]. It was first excavated in 1956–57 revealing a continuous sequence of cultural remains from 11th century BC pre-Mouryan period to 12th century AD Pala period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khana-Mihir_Mound_ASI_Notice_&_Description_-_Berachampa_2012-02-24_2348.JPG|title=English: Khana-Mihir Mound (bn:Khana-mihirer Dhipi, hi. Khana-mihir ka tila)...|first=Biswarup|last=Ganguly|date=24 February 2012|access-date=29 March 2018|via=Wikimedia Commons}}</ref>]]

According to [[Ptolemy]]'s ''[[Geography (Ptolemy)|Geography]]'', written in the second century A.D., the ancient land of Gangaridi was stretched between the rivers Bhagirathi-Hoogly (lower [[Ganges]]) and Padma-Meghna. The modern-day 24 [[Pargana]]s was the southern and the south-eastern territory of that legendary kingdom.

Archaeological excavation at Berachampa village in Deganga PS proves that though the area was not directly attached to the rule of the [[Gupta Empire|Guptas]], yet it could not shun their cultural influence. [[Xuanzang]] ({{circa|629–685}}) visited 30 [[Buddhist]] Biharas and 100 Hindu Temples in India and some of these were in the Greater 24 Parganas region.

The district was not a part of [[Shashanka]]'s unified Bengali empire known as [[Gauḍa region|Gauda]], but it is assumed that the district which was the south-west frontier territory of ancient Bengal, was comprised in under the rule of [[Dharmapala]] (estimated c. 770–810). The Pala rule was not quite strong in this part, as no excavation uncovered any of Buddhist Pala antiquities but many Hindu Sena sculptures.

===Middle Ages===
In the middle of the 16th century, [[Portugal|Portuguese]] pirates began to invade and plunder many of the waterways and prosperous human settlements in the lower delta region. People left these places out of the fear of being murdered, raped, or captured to be sold as slaves. The [[Basirhat]] sub-division of North 24 Parganas suffered most from these torments.

Shrihari (Shridhar), a Kayastha, was an influential officer in the service of Daud Khan Karrani. On the fall of Daud he fled away with the government treasure in his custody. He then set up a kingdom for himself in the marshy land to the extreme south of Khulna district (1574) and assumed the title of Maharaja. [[Pratapaditya]] succeeded to the kingship in 1574. The baharistan and the travel diary of Abdul Latif and the contemporary European writers, all testify to the personal ability of Pratapaditya, his political pre-eminence, material resources. His territories covered the greater part of what is now included in the greater Jessore, Khulna and Barisal districts. He established his capital at Dhumghat, a strategic position at the confluence of the Jamuna and Ichhamati before it was shifted to Ishwaripur.

[[Pratapaditya|Maharaja Pratapaditya]], soon became one of the 12 feudal lords of Bengal who not only declared their sovereignty from the [[Mughal Empire]] in the ruling of [[Jessore District|Jessore]], [[Khulna]], [[Barisal]] and Greater 24 Parganas, but also fought and resisted the Portuguese in the early years of the 17th century. When he was finally defeated by the Mughals. Pratapaditya lost both the battles of Salka and Magrahat. His fate was sealed and he was compelled to tender submission to Islam Khan at Dhaka. His kingdom was annexed. He probably died at Benares on his way to Delhi from Dhaka, as a prisoner<ref>Muazzam Hussain Khan (Banglapedia)</ref> of war to the Mughals.

After his death, Bhavanand Majumdar, who had been in the service of Pratapaditya, was given the throne by Raja Man Singh, and he later became the founder of the Nadiya Raj family.<ref>Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.</ref> Laksmikanta Gangopadhyay better known as [[Laksmikanta Roy Choudhury]], the well known Brahmin scholar who was the son of great saint Kamdev Brahmachari and also a close associate of Raja Basanta Ray, was given tax free ''jaigir'' of eight parganas, including the areas in and around Kalikatah as ''Gurudakshina'' by Raja [[Man Singh]] in 1608.<ref>Bangiya Sabarna Katha Kalishetra Kalikatah by Bhabani Roy Choudhury, Manna Publication. {{ISBN|81-87648-36-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.devarshi.faithweb.com/custom2.html|title=The Family History|website=www.devarshi.faithweb.com|access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref>

Jashoreshwari Kali Temple (built by [[Maharaja Pratapaditya|Pratapaditya]]), Chanda Bhairab Mandir at Ishwaripur (built during the Sena period), Five domed Tenga Mosque at Banshipur (Mughal period), two big and four small domed Hammankhana (constructed by [[Maharaja Pratapaditya|Pratapaditya]]) at Bangshipur, Govinda Dev Temple at Gopalpur (built by Basanta Roy, uncle of [[Maharaja Pratapaditya]] in 1593), Jahajghata Port (Khanpur), Kalighat Temple (owned by [[Laksmikanta Roy Choudhury]]) bear archaeological evidences of the Bhuiyan and Majumdar kings.

===British Raj===
The territory of Greater 24 Parganas were under the [[Saptagram|Satgaon]] (ancient Saptagram, now in Hoogly district) administration during the [[Mughal era]] and later it was included in Hoogly chakla (district under post-Mughal Nawabi rule) during the rule of [[Murshid Quli Khan]]. In 1757, after the [[Battle of Plassey]], Nawab [[Mir Jafar]] conferred the Zamindari of 24 parganas and janglimahals (small administrative units) upon the [[British East India Company]]. These Parganas are 1.Akbarpur, 2.Amirpur 3.Asimabad 4.Balia 5.Baridhati 6.Basandhari 7.Calcutta 8.Dakshin Sagar 9.Garh 10.Hathiagarh 11.Ikhtiarpur 12.Kharijuri 13.Khaspur 14.Maidanmal or Mednimall 15.Magura 16. Mayda 17.Manpur 18.Murnagacha 19.Paikan 20.Pechakuli 21.Satal 22.Shahnagar 23.Shahpur and 24. Uttar Pargana (O'Mally, L.S.S. (1914) Bengal District Gazetteers: 24 Parganas. Page 44).
. Since then, this entire territory is known as Twentyfour Parganas.

In 1751, the Company assigned [[John Zephaniah Holwell]] as [[zemindar]] of the District.<ref>McCabe, Joseph (1920) "Holwell, John Zephaniah" ''A biographical dictionary of modern rationalists'' Watts & Co., London, pp. 356-357, p. 357 {{OCLC|262462698}}</ref> In 1759, after the [[Battle of Plassey|Bengali War]] of 1756–1757, the Company assigned it to [[Robert Clive|Lord Clive]] as a personal Jaghir (zamindari) and after his death it again came under the direct authority of the company.

In 1793, during the rule of [[Lord Cornwallis]], entire [[Sunderbans]] were in Twentyfour Parganas. In 1802, some parganas on the western banks of river Hoogly were included into it. These parganas were in [[Nadia district|Nadia]] earlier. In 1814, a separate collectorate was established in Twenty-four Parganas. In 1817, Falta and [[Baranagar]] and in 1820, some portions of Nadia's Balanda and Anwarpur were encompassed to it. In 1824, portions of [[Barasat]], [[Khulna]] and Bakhargunge (now in Bangladesh) were also included to it. In 1824, the district headquarters was shifted from Kolkata to Baruipur, but in 1828, it was removed to [[Alipore]]. In 1834, the district was split into two districts – [[Alipore]] and [[Barasat]], but later these were united again.

In 1905, some portion of this district around the Sunderbans was detached and linked to Khulna and Barishal. These parts remained in [[Bangladesh]] territories where Jessore's Bangaon was joined to Twentyfour Pargana after the 1947 partition.

===After Independence===
In 1980, an administrative reform committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Ashok Mitra suggested to split the district into two and as per the recommendation of the committee in 1983, 1 March two districts – North 24 Parganas (24 PGS (N)) and South 24 Parganas (24 PGS (S)) were created in 1986
. The North 24 Parganas which was included to the [[Presidency]] Division has been formed with five sub-divisions of the Greater 24 Parganas, namely [[Barasat|Barasat Sadar]] (Headquarters), [[Barrackpore]], [[Basirhat]], [[Bangaon]], and [[Bidhannagar]] (a satellite township of Kolkata, popularly known as Salt Lake).

==Geography==
The district lies within the [[Ganga]]–[[Brahmaputra]] delta. The major distributory of river [[Ganga]] that is river [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]] flows along the western border of the district. There are many other distributory branches, sub-branches of Ganga river and other local rivers, which include the [[Ichamati River|Ichhamati]], [[Jamuna River (West Bengal)|Jamuna]], and [[Bidyadhari River|Bidyadhari]].

===Land===
The type of soil varies widely from alluvial to clay loam.

===Groundwater arsenic contamination===
North 24 Parganas is one of the nine severely [[Arsenic contamination of groundwater|arsenic affected]] districts in West Bengal. On the basis of updated survey conducted by School of Environmental Studies (SOES), [[Jadavpur University]], out of total 22 administrative blocks in 22, 21 and 16 blocks arsenic above the 10 μg/L (WHO Recommended value of arsenic in drinking water), 50 μg/L (Indian standard value of arsenic in drinking water) and 300 μg/L (the concentration predicting overt arsenical skin lesions) was noted respectively.

The maximum arsenic contamination level found in this district is 2830 μg/L in the Baduria block.{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}}

===Climate===
The climate is tropical, like the rest of the Gangetic West Bengal. It is also characterised by the Monsoon, which lasts from early June to mid September sometimes in October. The weather remains dry during the winter (late November to mid February) and too humid during summer.{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}}

Temperature ranges from 41 °C in May and 10 °C in January while [[relative humidity]] ranges between 50% in March & 90% in July.
The average annual rainfall is 1,579mm.

==Economy==
[[File:Omega & Infinity Benchmark.jpg|thumb|Omega and Infinity Benchmark, office buildings in Salt Lake, Kolkata]]
[[File:Bengal Intelligent Park - Kolkata 2011-08-29 4815.JPG|thumbnail|right|The Bengal Intelligent Park in Sector V.]]
[[File:Cognizant Technology Solutions office, Calcutta.jpg|thumbnail|right|The Cognizant Technology Solutions office in Sector V.]]

People are mainly engaged in farming, fishing and other agricultural activities. The average size of agricultural landholdings is about 3.2 Bighas. North 24 Parganas is one of the less economically backward districts of [[West Bengal]], but there is chronic poverty in the southern half of the District (the [[Sundarbans]] area)

The information technology hub of [[Kolkata]] is at this district, which is the centre of some of the notable IT/[[ITES]] Indian and [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] companies. Approximately 1,500 companies have their offices in Sector V.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakraborti |first1=Suman |title=Soon, smart composting units at Sector V offices {{!}} Kolkata News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/soon-smart-composting-units-at-sector-v-offices/articleshow/68713409.cms |access-date=20 April 2020 |work=The Times of India }}</ref> Majority of the corporate offices are situated in Sector V and Sector III. Around 3.5 Lakh (by 2017) people are employed in Salt Lake City.

==Divisions==
===Administrative subdivisions===
The district comprises five subdivisions: Barrackpore, Barasat Sadar, Basirhat, Bangaon and Bidhannagar.

*''' Barrackpore Subdivision''' consists of 16 municipalities ([[Kanchrapara]], [[Halisahar]], [[Naihati]], [[Bhatpara]], [[Garulia]], [[Barrackpore]], [[North Barrackpur]], [[New Barrackpur]], [[Titagarh]], [[Khardaha]], [[Panihati]], [[Kamarhati]], [[Baranagar]], [[Dum Dum]], [[North Dumdum]] and [[South Dumdum]]) and 2 community development blocks: [[Barrackpore I]] and [[Barrackpore II]].
*''' Barasat Sadar Subdivision''' consists of six municipalities ([[Barasat]], [[Habra]], [[Ashoknagar Kalyangarh]], [[Madhyamgram]], [[New Barrackpore]] and [[Gobardanga]]) and 7 community development blocks: [[Barasat I]], [[Barasat II]], [[Amdanga (community development block)|Amdanga]], [[Deganga (community development block)|Deganga]], [[Habra I]], [[Habra II]] and [[Rajarhat (community development block)|Rajarhat]] (now shifted to '''Bidhannagar Subdivision''').<ref name="Bidhannagar">{{cite web|title=Change of guard|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/change-of-guard/cid/1471266}}</ref>
*'''Bongaon Subdivision''', consists of [[Bangaon]] municipality and three community development blocks: [[Bagdah, North 24 Parganas|Bagdah]], [[Bangaon (community development block)|Bangaon]] and [[Gaighata (community development block)|Gaighata]].
*''' Basirhat Subdivision''' consists of three municipalities ([[Basirhat]], [[Baduria]] and [[Taki (India)|Taki]]) and ten community development blocks: [[Baduria (community development block)|Baduria]], [[Basirhat I]], [[Basirhat II]], [[Haroa (community development block)|Haroa]], [[Hasnabad (community development block)|Hasnabad]], [[Hingalganj (community development block)|Hingalganj]], [[Minakhan (community development block)|Minakhan]], [[Sandeshkhali I (Community development block)|Sandeshkhali I]], [[Sandeshkhali II (Community development block)|Sandeshkhali II]], [[Swarupnagar (Community development block)|Swarupnagar]].<ref name=blocdir>{{cite web
|url = http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs(RevisedMarch-2008).doc
|title = Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008
|date = 19 March 2008
|access-date = 1 December 2008
|work = West Bengal
|publisher = National Informatics Centre, India
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090225032419/http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs%28RevisedMarch-2008%29.doc
|archive-date = 25 February 2009
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>
*'''Bidhannagar Subdivision''' consists of [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]] and one community development blocks [[Rajarhat (Community development block)|Rajarhat]].

[[Barasat]] is the district headquarters. There are 35 police stations, 22 development blocks, 27 municipalities, 200 [[gram panchayat]]s and 1599 villages in this district.<ref name=blocdir/><ref name=adminsetup>{{cite web
| url = http://north24parganas.gov.in/glance.html
| title = District at a glance
| publisher = Official website of the North 24 Parganas district
| access-date = 1 December 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080602171559/http://north24parganas.gov.in/glance.html  |archive-date = 2 June 2008}}</ref>

Other than municipality area, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 48 urban units: 27 municipalities and 20 [[census town]]s and 1 cantonment board.<ref name=adminsetup/><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table5_11.htm
| title = Population, Decadal Growth Rate, Density and General Sex Ratio by Residence and Sex, West Bengal/ District/ Sub District, 1991 and 2001
| access-date = 1 December 2008
| work = West Bengal
| publisher = Directorate of census operations
}}</ref>

====[[Barrackpore subdivision]]====
* 16 municipalities: [[Kanchrapara]], [[Halisahar]], [[Naihati]], [[Bhatpara]], [[Garulia]], [[Barrackpore]], [[North Barrackpur]], [[New Barrackpur]], [[Titagarh]], [[Khardaha]], [[Panihati]], [[Kamarhati]], [[Baranagar Municipality|Baranagar]], [[Dum Dum]], [[North Dumdum]] and [[South Dumdum]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://north24parganas.gov.in/barrackpore.html
|title = Page on Barrackpore subdivision
|publisher = Official website of North 24 Parganas district
|access-date = 1 December 2008
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100325040647/http://north24parganas.gov.in/barrackpore.html
|archive-date = 25 March 2010
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>
* One [[Cantonment Board]]: [[Barrackpur Cantonment]].
* One more census town: [[Ichhapur Defence Estate]].
* [[Barrackpore I (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas with 8 gram panchayats and three census towns: [[Jetia]], [[Garshyamnagar]] and [[Kaugachhi]].
* [[Barrackpore II (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas with 6 gram panchayats and six census towns: [[Jafarpur]], [[Talbandha]], [[Muragachha]], [[Patulia]], [[Ruiya]] and [[Chandpur, Ghola|Chandpur]].
* [[Panchayet]]: Duttapukur

====[[Barasat Sadar subdivision]]====
*6 municipalities: [[Barasat]], [[Habra]], [[Ashoknagar Kalyangarh]], [[Madhyamgram]] and [[Gobardanga]].
* [[Barasat I (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas with 9  gram panchayats and 1 census town: [[Duttapukur]].
* [[Barasat II (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 7  gram panchayats.
* [[Amdanga (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 8  gram panchayats.
* [[Deganga (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 13  gram panchayats.
* [[Habra I (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas with 7  gram panchayats and 3 census towns: [[Nokpul]], [[Maslandapur]] and [[Sadpur]].
* [[Habra II (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas with 8  gram panchayats and 2 census towns: [[Bara Bamonia]] and [[Guma, India|Guma]].
* [[Rajarhat (Community development block)]] (now shifted to '''Bidhannagar Subdivision''')<ref name="Bidhannagar" /> consists of rural areas with 6  gram panchayats (after Mahishbathan II gram panchayat being shifted to [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]],<ref>{{cite web|title=bmcwbgov.in|url=http://www.bmcwbgov.in/index.php/about-us/about-bmc|access-date=18 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806101118/http://www.bmcwbgov.in/index.php/about-us/about-bmc|archive-date=6 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> number of gram panchayats becomes 5) and 1 census town: [[Raigachhi]].

====[[Bangaon subdivision]]====
* 1 municipality: [[Bangaon]].
* [[Bagdah CD Block|Bagdah (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 9 gram panchayats.
* [[Bangaon (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 16 gram panchayats.
* [[Gaighata (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas with 13 gram panchayats and seven census towns: Chandpara(7,113), Chhekati (4,995), Sonatikiri (6,919), Dhakuria (10,165), Chikanpara (9,594), Shimulpur (20,803) and Bara (5,172).

====[[Basirhat subdivision]]====
* Three municipalities: [[Basirhat]], [[Baduria]] and [[Taki (India)|Taki]].
* [[Baduria (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 14 gram panchayats.
* [[Basirhat I (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 7 gram panchayats.
* [[Basirhat II (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas with 9 gram panchayats and one census town: [[Dhanyakuria]].
* [[Haroa (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 8 gram panchayats.
* [[Hasnabad (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 9 gram panchayats.
* [[Hingalganj (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 9 gram panchayats.
* [[Minakhan (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 8 gram panchayats.
* [[Sandeshkhali I (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 8 gram panchayats.
* [[Sandeshkhali II (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 8 gram panchayats.
* [[Swarupnagar (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats.

====[[Bidhannagar subdivision]]====
This subdivision consists of the<ref name=blocdir/> [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]].
* [[Rajarhat (Community development block)]] is also shifted to this subdivision now.<ref name="Bidhannagar" />

==Assembly constituencies==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, the district is divided into 33 assembly constituencies:<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.wbgov.com/e-gov/English/DELIMITATION.pdf | title = Press Note, Delimitation Commission| access-date = 21 November 2008 | work = Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal| publisher =Delimitation Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://north24parganas.gov.in/n24p/page.php?nm=mp_mla| title = list of MPs & MLAs of N 24 PGS| access-date = 12 May 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140118020218/http://north24parganas.gov.in/n24p/page.php?nm=mp_mla| archive-date = 18 January 2014| url-status = dead}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Sl. No. !! Assembly Name !! Reservation !! Constituency no.
|-
| 1|| [[Bagda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagdah]] || [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]] || 94
|-
|2|| [[Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Uttar]] || SC || 95
|-
|3|| [[Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bangaon Dakshin]] || SC || 96
|-
|4|| [[Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaighata]] || SC || 97
|-
|5|| [[Swarupnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Swarupnagar]] || SC || 98
|-
|6|| [[Baduria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baduria]] || {{n/a}} || 99
|-
|7|| [[Habra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Habra]] || {{n/a}} || 100
|-
|8|| [[Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ashoknagar]] || {{n/a}} || 101
|-
|9|| [[Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amdanga]] || {{n/a}} || 102
|-
|10|| [[Bijpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bijpur]] || {{n/a}} || 103
|-
|11|| [[Naihati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Naihati]] || {{n/a}} || 104
|-
|12|| [[Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatpara]] || {{n/a}} || 105
|-
|13|| [[Jagatdal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jagatdal]] || {{n/a}} || 106
|-
|14|| [[Noapara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Noapara]] || {{n/a}} || 107
|-
|15|| [[Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore]] || {{n/a}} || 108
|-
|16|| [[Khardaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khardah]] || {{n/a}} || 109
|-
|17|| [[Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum Uttar]] || {{n/a}} || 110
|-
|18|| [[Panihati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panihati]] || {{n/a}} || 111
|-
|19|| [[Kamarhati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kamarhati]] || {{n/a}} || 112
|-
|20|| [[Baranagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baranagar]] || {{n/a}} || 113
|-
|21|| [[Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]] || {{n/a}} || 114
|-
|22|| [[Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajarhat-New Town]] || SC || 115
|-
|23|| [[Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bidhannagar]] || {{n/a}} || 116
|-
|24|| [[Rajarhat Gopalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajarhat Gopalpur]] || {{n/a}} || 117
|-
|25|| [[Madhyamgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Madhyamgram]] || {{n/a}} || 118
|-
| 26|| [[Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barasat]] || {{n/a}} || 119
|-
|27|| [[Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Deganga]] || {{n/a}} || 120
|-
|28|| [[Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haroa (SC)]] || SC || 121
|-
| 29|| [[Minakhan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Minakhan]] || SC || 122
|-
|30|| [[Sandeshkhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sandeshkhali]] || [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|ST]] || 123
|-
|31|| [[Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basirhat Uttar]] || {{n/a}} || 124
|-
|32|| [[Basirhat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basirhat Dakshin]] || {{n/a}} || 125
|-
|33|| [[Hingalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hingalganj]] ||| SC || 126
|}

* Bagdah, Bangaon Uttar and Dakshin, Gaighata, Swarupnagar, Rajarhat-New Town, Haroa, Minakhan and Hingalganj constituencies are reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]] candidates while Sandeshkhali is reserved for Schedule Tribe (ST).
* Bagdaha, Bangaon Uttar and Dakshin, Gaighata, Swarupnagar, and Kalyani and Haringhata (two assembly constituencies from [[Nadia district|Nadia]]) assembly constituencies form the [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)]] which is reserved for Schedule Caste (SC) candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsinindia.com/westbengal/bangaon/electiondata.aspx|title=Assembly under Bongaon Lok Sabha}}</ref>
* Habra, Ashoknagar, Rajarhat-New Town, Bidhannagar, Madhyagram, Barasat, Deganga assembly constituencies form the [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsinindia.com/westbengal/barasat/electiondata.aspx|title= Assembly under Barasat Lok Sabha}}</ref>
* Khardaha, Dum Dum, Dum Dum Uttar, Panihati, Kamarhati, Baranagar, Rajarhat Gopalpur assembly constituencies form the [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsinindia.com/westbengal/dumdum/electiondata.aspx|title= Assembly under Dum Dum}}</ref>
* Amdanga, Bijpur, Naihati, Bhatpara, Jagatdal, Noapara, Barrackpore assembly constituencies form the [[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsinindia.com/westbengal/barrackpore/electiondata.aspx|title= Assembly under Barrackpore}}</ref>
* Baduria, Haroa, Minakhan, Sandeshkhali, Basirhat Uttar, Basirhat Dakshin, Hingalganj constituencies are part of the [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)]], which also contains one assembly segment from [[South 24 Parganas district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsinindia.com/westbengal/basirhat/electiondata.aspx|title= Assembly under Basirhat}}</ref>

==Education==
{{Dynamic list|date=December 2018}}

===Universities===
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| image1 = Isical01.jpg|caption1=Indian Statistical Institute, [[Baranagar]]
| image2 = WBSU_roadside_view.jpg|caption2=West Bengal State University, located at [[Barasat]], the main general degree university of the district
}}
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* [[Indian Statistical Institute]]<ref name=ISI>{{cite web|url=https://www.isical.ac.in/kolcampus.php|title=ISI Kolkata Campus|access-date=11 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703131633/https://www.isical.ac.in/kolcampus.php|archive-date=3 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology]]
* [[West Bengal State University]]
* [[JIS University]]
* [[Techno India University]]
* [[Brainware University]]
* [[Adamas University]]
* [[University of Calcutta]] (Technological Campus)
* [[Jadavpur University]] (Second Campus)
* [[Aliah University]]
* [[Netaji Subhas Open University]]
* [[Amity University, Kolkata|Amity University]]
* [[Sister Nivedita University]]
* [[St. Xavier's University, Kolkata]]
{{div col end}}

===Colleges===
[[File:Narula Institute of Technology (2).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Narula Institute of Technology]]]]
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* [[Narula Institute of Technology]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nit.ac.in/ | title = Narula Institute of Technology | publisher = NIT |access-date = 8 May 2018}}</ref>
*[[Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College]]
*[[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pcmm.co.in/|title=Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya | NAAC Accredited College|website=Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya}}</ref>
* [[Acharya Prafulla Chandra College]]
* [[Basirhat College]]
* [[College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital]]
* [[Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research]]
* [[Guru Nanak Institute of Technology]]
* [[Bhairab Ganguly College]]
* [[Bidhannagar College]]
* [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College]]
* [[Barasat Government College]]
* [[Barasat College]]
* [[Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College]]
* [[Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology]]
* [[Gobardanga Hindu College]]
* [[Dinabandhu Mahavidyalay]]
* [[Sree Chaitanya College]]
* [[Institute of Engineering and Management]]
* [[Taki Government College]]
*[[Vivekananda College, Madhyamgram]]
{{div col end}}

===Schools===
[[File:BRKM Entrance.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]]]]
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* [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rkmissionbaranagar.org/|title=Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagar Mission|access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref>
* [[Central Modern School]]
* [[Sodepur High School]]
* [[St. Xavier's Institution (Panihati)]]
* [[Adamas International School]]
* [[Aditya Academy (Senior Secondary)]]
* [[Auxilium Convent School]]
* [[Barrackpore Government High School]]
* [[Berachampa Deulia Uchcha Vidyalaya]]
* [[Kendriya Vidyalaya Barrackpore (Army)]]
* [[Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School]]
{{div col end}}

==Culture==
[[File:Dakshineswar Temple2.jpg|thumb|upright|Dakshineswar Kali Temple]]
[[File:Bandhudal Sporting Club, Baranagar, idol 2018.jpg|thumb|upright|Durga idol at a pandel in Baranagar]]
This district is rich in culture. Many famous places like [[Dakshineswar Kali Temple]], [[Baranagar Math]]<ref name="Brief history of Baranagar Math">{{cite web|title=Brief history of Baranagar Math |url=http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/brief_history.php |publisher=Tamakrishna Mission, Baranagar |access-date=8 July 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Hx31O6Ve?url=http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/brief_history.php |archive-date=8 July 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> (first monastery of Ramakrishna Order) are situated in this district. Many places of this district are famous for festivals – [[Habra]], [[Barrackpore]], [[Barasat]], [[Naihati]] and [[Madhyamgram]] are for [[Kali puja]], [[Bangaon]], [[Baranagar]], [[Basirhat]] are for [[Durga puja]], [[Ashoknagar Kalyangarh]] is for [[Jagaddhatri|Jagatdhatri puja]], [[Berachampa]] is for [[Basanti puja]] etc.

==Transport==

===Railways===
The electrified [[Kolkata suburban railway|suburban rail network]] of the [[Eastern Railway (India)|ER]] is extensive and penetrates far and deep into the neighbouring districts of [[Kolkata]], [[South 24 Parganas]], [[Nadia District|Nadia]], [[Howrah District|Howrah]], [[Hooghly District|Hooghly]] etc.

The [[Kolkata Circular Railway|Circular Rail]] encircles the entire city of Kolkata, and also used to provide an offshoot to connect the Dum Dum Airport, but now it is limited up to Dum Dum Cantonment. Jessore Road and Biman Bandar railway stations are closed for the construction work of Noapara–Dum Dum Airport–Barasat Metro rail ([[Kolkata Metro Line 4]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Services End on Kolkata's Circular Railway|url=https://themetrorailguy.com/2016/10/13/services-end-on-kolkatas-circular-railway-to-facilitate-metros-construction/}}</ref>

[[Kolkata Metro|Metro rail]] is also a transport medium of this district's people. Four stations of [[Kolkata Metro Line 1]] are located here, [[Dum Dum metro station]] at [[Dum Dum]], [[Baranagar metro station]] at [[Baranagar]], [[Dakshineswar metro station]] at [[Dakshineswar]] and [[Noapara metro station]] at [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]], [[Baranagar]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gupta|first=Jayanta|title=March 2013 date for Noapara Metro|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-21/kolkata/35257399_1_metro-railway-dum-dum-station-new-station|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904202833/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-21/kolkata/35257399_1_metro-railway-dum-dum-station-new-station|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2013|access-date=30 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=21 November 2012}}</ref>

<gallery widths="200px" heights="160px">
File:KolkataLocalTrain.JPG|Kolkata Suburban EMU Train
File:INSIDENOAPARACAL.jpg|[[Kolkata Metro]]'s largest station [[Noapara metro station]] at [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]], [[Baranagar]]
</gallery>

===Airports===
{{See also|Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport}}
[[File:Kolkata Airport New Terminal Outside view.JPG|thumb|Cityside view of the new Integrated Terminal of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]]

The [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]] ([[IATA]] code:'''CCU'''), which is at [[Dum Dum]] (previously known as Dum Dum Airport) in [[North 24 Parganas]], is the only airport serving the city [[Kolkata]]. It operates both domestic and international flights. It is a gateway to North-East India, Bangkok, and Bangladesh. The number of people using the airport has consistently increased over the last few years.

===Roadways===
The road network is fairly well developed. Sparsed across by state-highways, it provides a convenient means of transport. [[National Highway 12 (India)| NH
12]] connects the district with northern and southern region of the state and its sub road [[National Highway 112 (India)|NH 112]] connect the district headquarter [[Barasat]] with the border town [[Bangaon]] and [[Petrapole]], the largest land port of India.

==Demographics==
{{See also| List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] North 24 Parganas district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 10,009,781,<ref name="districtcensus"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Yeshwantrao|first1=Nitin|title=Population explosion across Thane district worries officials|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Population-explosion-across-Thane-district-worries-officials/articleshow/7839700.cms?referral=PM|access-date=18 March 2016|work=The Times of India|date=1 April 2011}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Bolivia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Bolivia 10,118,683 July 2011 est. }}</ref> or the US state of [[Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|access-date=30 September 2011| quote =Michigan 9,883,640 }}</ref> This gave it a ranking of second in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]) and first in its state.<ref name=districtcensus/> However, in 2014 the [[Thane district]] (in [[Maharashtra]]), which had been ranked first in India in 2011, was divided into two, thus promoting North 24 Parganas District to first in India. The district has a population density of {{convert|2463|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 12.86%.<ref name=districtcensus/> North Twenty Four Parganas has a [[sex ratio]] of 949 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 84.95%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.67% and 2.64% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>{{bar box
|title = Religion in North 24 Parganas district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref>
|titlebar=#FCD116
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|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|73.46}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|#008000|25.82}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.72}}
}}

* Population Density: 2959 per square km
* Sex ratio: 982 females per 1000 males
* Growth Rate (1991–2000): 24.64% (approximately 2.5% per annum)
* Literacy rate (excluding 0–6 age group), in percentage: 87.66 (highest in West Bengal).<ref>{{cite web|title=District wise Literacy rate in West Bengal 2001–2011 census|url=http://updateox.com/west-bengal/district-wise-literacy-rate-in-West-Bengal-2001-2011-census/ |publisher=www.updateox.com |access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref>
** Male: 93.14; Female: 81.81
{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of North 24 Parganas district (2011)
|label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value1 = 88.91 |color1 = orchid
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 7.69 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 2.28 |color3 = green
|label4 = Others |value4 = 1.12 |color4 = grey
}}
According to the 2011 census, 88.91% of the population spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 7.69% [[Hindi]] and 2.28% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==Flora and fauna==

The district is also home to the [[Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary]], which was established in 1985 and has an area of {{convert|0.6|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name=parks>{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment|title=Protected areas: West Bengal|url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|access-date=25 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|archive-date=23 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Health facilities==
* District Hospitals: 10 with 2500 beds
* Sub Divisional Hospitals: 14 with 1870 beds
* State General Hospitals: 18 with 1870 beds
* ESI Hospital: 01 with 200 beds
* Rural Hospitals: 07 with 228 beds
* Block Primary Health Centers: 15

==Notable people==
{{alumni|residents|date=June 2021}}
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Abhishek Chatterjee]], actor
* [[Jeet Ganguly]], musician
* [[Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay]], Director Indian Statistical Institute
* [[Shiboprosad Mukherjee]], film director
* [[Ujjwal Maulik]], Computer Scientist
* [[Dola Banerjee]], athlete
* [[Rahul Banerjee (archer)|Rahul Banerjee]], athlete
* [[Bankim Chandra Chatterjee]], writer, novelist
* [[Manik Bandopadhay]], writer, novelist
* [[Rani Rashmoni]], philanthropist
* [[Titumir]], freedom fighter
* [[Lokenath Brahmachari]], mystic
* [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]], writer, novelist
* [[Ramprasad Sen]], poet
* [[Shyamal Mitra]], musician
* [[Muhammad Shahidullah]], educationist, writer, philologist and linguist
* [[Arunoday Mondal]], physician
* [[Pramatha Nath Bose]], [[Geologist]] and [[Paleontologist]]
* [[Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi]], Bengali writer and novelist.
* [[Ishwar Chandra Gupta]], Bengali poet and writer
* [[Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay]], archeologist
* [[Dinabandhu Mitra]], Bengali novelist
* [[Tanmoy Bhattacharya]], politician
* [[Goutam Deb]], politician
{{div col end}}

== Citations ==
{{reflist}}

== General references ==
* {{Cite journal |last=Sen |first=Ram Krishna |date=March 2015 |title=Issues Related to Over Utilization of Ground Water, Special Reference to District-North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India |url=http://www.ijsr.net/archive/v4i3/SUB152284.pdf |volume=4 |issue=3 |journal=International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) |issn=2319-7064}}

==External links==
{{commons category|North 24 Parganas district}}
* {{official website|http://north24parganas.nic.in}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051108041203/http://www.wb.nic.in/dist/parganas.html Map of North 24 Parganas]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060202000528/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/maps/north24pgs.shtml Another map of North 24 Parganas]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101201022621/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/FrameTable4_11.htm Census 2001 data]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = North 24 Parganas district
|North = [[Nadia district]]
|Northeast = ''[[Jhenaidah District|Jhenaidah]] and [[Jessore District|Jessore]] districts, [[Bangladesh]]''
|East = ''[[Satkhira District]], [[Bangladesh]]''
|Southeast = ''[[Satkhira District]], [[Bangladesh]]''
|South = ''[[Bay of Bengal]]''
|Southwest = [[South 24 Parganas district]]
|West = [[Kolkata district]]
|Northwest = [[Hooghly district]]
}}
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