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{{Redirect|Baranagore|other uses|Baranagar (disambiguation)}}
{{short description|City in West Bengal, India}}
{{short description|City in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Baranagar
| name               = Baranagar
| native_name            =  
| other_name        =  
| native_name_lang      =  
| settlement_type    = City
| other_name            = Baranagore
| image_skyline      = {{Photomontage
| nickname              =  
| photo1a = BRkM-6.jpg
| etymology              = {{lang-bn|বরাহনগর}} ("city of hogs")
| photo2a = Belghoria Expressway - Kolkata 2011-09-09 4949.JPG
| settlement_type        =  
| photo2b = Baranagar railway station.jpg
City
| photo3a = Belur Math-Belur-West Bengal-1.jpg
| image_seal            = Baranagar Municipality logo.png
| photo3b = Joy Mitra Kripamoyee Kalibari -the entrance of the temple compound.jpg
| image_skyline          = Baranagar Hoogly.JPG
| photo4a = Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.jpg
| image_alt              =  
| size = 280
| image_caption          = [[Ganges River]] at Baranagar
| spacing = 1
| pushpin_map           = India West Bengal#India3#Asia
| color = #FFFFFF
| border = 3
| position = center
| color_border = skyblue
| foot_montage = Clockwise from top: Aerial view of [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School|Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission]], Afternoon view of [[Baranagar Road railway station|Baranagar station]], [[Kripamayee Kali Temple]], [[Indian Statistical Institute]], [[Ganges River]], [[Belghoria Expressway]]
| text_background = lightskyblue
}}
| pushpin_map       = India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India
| pushpin_label_position =  
| pushpin_label_position =  
| pushpin_map_alt       =  
| pushpin_map_alt   =  
| pushpin_map_caption   = Location in West Bengal, India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kolkata##Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| coordinates           = {{coord|22.64|N|88.37|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates       = {{coord|22.64|N|88.37|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name       = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1     = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1     = {{flagicon image|Emblem of West Bengal.png}} [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png}} [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2     = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| subdivision_name2     = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
| subdivision_type3     = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name3     = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://north24parganas.nic.in/about_district/history|title=History of ''North 24 Parganas district''|access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref>
| subdivision_name3 = [[North 24 Parganas]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://north24parganas.nic.in/about_district/history |title=History of ''North 24 Parganas district'' |access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/centre-shows-urgency-in-tmc-ruled-west-bengal-clears-projects/783579.html |title=''Centre shows urgency in TMC-ruled West Bengal; clears projects'' |publisher=m.tribuneindia.com |last=Singh |first=Ravi S |date=5 June 2019 |access-date=21 November 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| subdivision_type4      = Region
| established_title  = Established
| subdivision_name4      = [[Kolkata metropolitan area|Greater Kolkata]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/centre-shows-urgency-in-tmc-ruled-west-bengal-clears-projects/783579.html|title=''Centre shows urgency in TMC-ruled West Bengal; clears projects''|publisher=m.tribuneindia.com|last=Singh|first=Ravi S|date=5 June 2019|access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref>
| established_date  = {{Start date and age|1869|df=yes}} {{small|(as North Suburban Municipality)}}<hr/>{{Start date and age|1889|df=yes}} {{small|(as Baranagar Municipality)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baranagarmunicipality.org/right-to-information-act/ |title=Baranagar Municipality - Right to Information Act |publisher=[[Baranagar Municipality]] |access-date=6 December 2019 |archive-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103000816/http://baranagarmunicipality.org/right-to-information-act/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| subdivision_type5      = [[Indian Railways|Railway station]]
| government_type    = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name5      = [[Baranagar Road railway station|Baranagar Road]]
| governing_body     = [[Baranagar Municipality]]
| subdivision_type6      =[[Kolkata Metro|Metro station]]
| parts_type         = [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|Wards]]
| subdivision_name6      ={{Bulleted list|[[Noapara metro station|Noapara]]|[[Baranagar metro station|Baranagar]]}}
| parts             = 34<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wbsec.gov.in/results/municipal_election_detailed_result/TURSdUtwTm0xZnowTFFmeDhaRVcrQWJDSVFtMWVPN0N1dDFsNDFYYWR3ZTRiNjcxL1kvaTBKaS95Y1NhMXVNeFh0VWVNTTIrM1hsRkhNdWRFOHFmT01sU0xLWTUrOXljVW5XRUViWXcwTFhSZkFOdUt4b2F6SFdnZXJUTjB0WUhuRkdFVWo0U0Z3eHBYeUlWY0pCd3plb25CWTZ1Zm9VY01KaDVGYWQyRmNuN1gxZGdqVm1NYkM1dnJac3pyS2Q5aHBIdW9UQUwvczFteFVaSFlWclVPNVVFTFA5VGpHUW9ZTHpOUU9qTERrd2k1djhnYkZmQ1dudmJGV0NsS1ZxcWJicWNGWW1QMWtBZTBHVzFnTjZUYjdZNHA5b0t1SWk4WXh4Mk56b2Q5UlB0MGxyQXJUblpKMk1xLzc1VXZPMG9vZHJMQnhwWTZSQ1VzWFY2d25LUzVLOXJJQTBuWHNlNXJRL1B3Zz09 |title=Municipal General Election Results |work=Results of Municipal General Elections 2015 |publisher=[[West Bengal State Election Commission]] |access-date=4 July 2017}}</ref>
| established_title      = Established
| leader_title1     = Municipality Chairman
| established_date      = {{Start date and age|1869|df=yes}} {{small|(as North Suburban Municipality)}}<br/>{{Start date and age|1889|df=yes}} {{small|(as Baranagar Municipality)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baranagarmunicipality.org/right-to-information-act/|title=Baranagar Municipality - Right to Information Act|publisher=[[Baranagar Municipality]]|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
| leader_name1       = Aparna Moulik<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://north24parganas.nic.in/municipality.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115061456/http://north24parganas.nic.in/municipality.html |url-status=dead |title=Official District Administration site |archive-date=15 January 2007}}</ref><ref name=Municipality>{{cite web |url=http://www.baranagarmunicipality.org/ |title=Welcome to www.baranagarmunicipality.org |access-date=17 May 2015 |archive-date=7 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707020913/http://baranagarmunicipality.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />{{small|([[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]])}}
| founder                =  
| leader_title2     = MLA
| named_for              =  
| leader_name2       = [[Sayantika Banerjee]]<br/>{{small|([[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]])}}
| government_type        = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| unit_pref          = Metric
| governing_body         = [[Baranagar Municipality]]  
| area_footnotes    =
| parts_type             = [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|Wards]]
| area_rank          =  
| parts                 = 34<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbsec.gov.in/results/municipal_election_detailed_result/TURSdUtwTm0xZnowTFFmeDhaRVcrQWJDSVFtMWVPN0N1dDFsNDFYYWR3ZTRiNjcxL1kvaTBKaS95Y1NhMXVNeFh0VWVNTTIrM1hsRkhNdWRFOHFmT01sU0xLWTUrOXljVW5XRUViWXcwTFhSZkFOdUt4b2F6SFdnZXJUTjB0WUhuRkdFVWo0U0Z3eHBYeUlWY0pCd3plb25CWTZ1Zm9VY01KaDVGYWQyRmNuN1gxZGdqVm1NYkM1dnJac3pyS2Q5aHBIdW9UQUwvczFteFVaSFlWclVPNVVFTFA5VGpHUW9ZTHpOUU9qTERrd2k1djhnYkZmQ1dudmJGV0NsS1ZxcWJicWNGWW1QMWtBZTBHVzFnTjZUYjdZNHA5b0t1SWk4WXh4Mk56b2Q5UlB0MGxyQXJUblpKMk1xLzc1VXZPMG9vZHJMQnhwWTZSQ1VzWFY2d25LUzVLOXJJQTBuWHNlNXJRL1B3Zz09|title=Municipal General Election Results|work=Results of Municipal General Elections 2015|publisher=[[West Bengal State Election Commission]]|access-date=4 July 2017}}</ref>
| area_total_km2    = 7.12
| leader_title1         = Municipality Chairman
| elevation_footnotes =  
| leader_name1           = Aparna Moulik<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://north24parganas.nic.in/municipality.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115061456/http://north24parganas.nic.in/municipality.html|url-status=dead|title=Official District Administration site|archive-date=15 January 2007}}</ref><ref name=Municipality>{{cite web|url=http://www.baranagarmunicipality.org|title=Welcome to www.baranagarmunicipality.org|access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref><br/>{{small|([[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]])}}
| elevation_m        = 12
| leader_title2         = MLA
| population_total  = 2,45,313<ref name=census3-2011/>
| leader_name2           = [[Tapas Roy]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/know-your-mla/cid/1277044|title=Tapas Roy, the MLA of Baranagar|access-date=17 May 2011|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref><ref name="Election2021">{{cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25113.htm?ac=113|title=''2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election result of Baranagar''|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=4 May 2021}}</ref><br/>{{small|([[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]])}}<br/>{{small|Minister for the department of planning and statistics and parliamentary affairs}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/mamata-cabinet-to-get-4-new-members-today/cid/1679399|title=Mamata cabinet to get 4 new members today|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|access-date=17 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/kolkata-four-new-ministers-sworn-in-5503213/|title=Kolkata: Four new ministers sworn in|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|date=21 December 2018|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>
| population_as_of  = 2011
| unit_pref              = Metric
| population_rank    = 18th {{small|(in West Bengal)}}<ref name=Population/><br />[[List of cities in India by population#List|187th]] {{small|(in India)}}
| area_footnotes        =
| population_density_km2 = 35,220
| area_rank              =  
| population_density_rank = [[List of world cities by population density|5th in the world]]<ref name="CensusOfIndia">[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ Census of India; Population Finder] Population at the 2001-03-01 Census, final results. Retrieved on 13 March 2022.</ref><ref name="DirCenOpWb">[http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/FrameTable4_1.htm Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal; Population, Decadal Growth Rate, Density and General Sex Ratio by Residence and Sex, West Bengal/ District/ Sub District, 1991 and 2001] Retrieved on 13 March 2022.</ref>
| area_total_km2        = 7.12
| population_demonym =  
| elevation_footnotes    =
| population_footnotes =  
| elevation_m            = 12
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| population_total      = 2,45,313<ref name=census3-2011/>
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| population_as_of      = 2011
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], English
| population_rank       = 19th {{small|(in West Bengal)}}<ref name=Population/><br/>187th {{small|(in India)}}
| demographics1_title2 = Literacy rate
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics1_info2 = 91.41%<ref name=census3-2011/>
| population_demonym    =  
| timezone1          = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| population_footnotes  =  
| utc_offset1       = +5:30
| demographics_type1    = Languages
| postal_code_type  = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| demographics1_title1  = Official
| postal_code        = {{hlist|700035<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/alambazar-700035/ |title=Pin Code of Alambazar, Baranagar |publisher=pincode.india-server.com |access-date=6 November 2019 |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714170619/http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/alambazar-700035/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>|700036<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/baranagar-700036/ |title=Pin Code of Baranagar |publisher=pincode.india-server.com |access-date=6 November 2019 |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714170618/http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/baranagar-700036/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>|700090<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/noapara-700090/ |title=Pin Code of Noapara, Baranagar |publisher=pincode.india-server.com |access-date=6 November 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>|700108<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/isi-po-700108/ |title=Pin Code of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Baranagar |publisher=pincode.india-server.com |access-date=6 November 2019 |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714170617/http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/isi-po-700108/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
| demographics1_info1    = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| area_code         = +91 33<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dialcode.org/Asia/India/ |title=India Dial Codes |website=dialcode.org}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2      = Literacy rate
| area_code_type     = Telephone code
| demographics1_info2        = 91.41%<ref name=census3-2011/>
| registration_plate = WB-23, WB-24<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transport.wb.gov.in/governance-services/vehicle-registration/ |title=REGISTRATION OF VEHICLE |work=Transport Department, Government of West Bengal |access-date=19 November 2019 |publisher=transport.wb.gov.in}}</ref>
| timezone1              = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| blank1_name_sec1   = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| utc_offset1            = +5:30
| blank1_info_sec1   = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]<ref name=delimitation/>
| postal_code_type      = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| blank2_name_sec1   = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| postal_code            = {{hlist|700035<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/alambazar-700035/|title=Pin Code of Alambazar, Baranagar|publisher=pincode.india-server.com|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref>|700036<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/baranagar-700036/|title=Pin Code of Baranagar|publisher=pincode.india-server.com|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref>|700090<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/noapara-700090/|title=Pin Code of Noapara, Baranagar|publisher=pincode.india-server.com|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref>|700108<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pincode.india-server.com/postoffice/isi-po-700108/|title=Pin Code of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Baranagar|publisher=pincode.india-server.com|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref>}}
| blank2_info_sec1   = [[Baranagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baranagar]]<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
| area_code             = +91 33<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dialcode.org/Asia/India/|title=India Dial Codes|website=dialcode.org}}</ref>
| blank1_name_sec2  = [[Indian Railways]] station
| area_code_type         = Telephone code
| blank1_info_sec2  = {{Bulleted list|[[Dum Dum Junction railway station|Dum Dum Junction]]| [[Baranagar Road railway station|Baranagar Road]]}}
| registration_plate     = WB-23, WB-24<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transport.wb.gov.in/governance-services/vehicle-registration/|title=REGISTRATION OF VEHICLE|access-date=19 November 2019|publisher=transport.wb.gov.in}}</ref>
| blank2_name_sec2  = [[Kolkata Metro]] station
| blank1_name_sec1       = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec2  = {{Bulleted list|[[Baranagar metro station|Baranagar]]|[[Noapara metro station|Noapara]]|[[Dum Dum metro station|Dum Dum]]}}
| blank1_info_sec1       = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]<ref name=delimitation/>
| blank3_name_sec2  = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank2_name_sec1       = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec2  = [[Tropical savanna climate|Aw]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small>
| blank2_info_sec1       = [[Baranagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baranagar]]<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 19 November 2019 |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>
| blank4_name_sec2  = [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]]
| blank2_name_sec2                = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank4_info_sec2  = {{convert|1,770|mm|in}}
| blank2_info_sec2                = [[Tropical savanna climate|Aw]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small>
| blank5_name_sec2  = Avg. annual temperature
| blank3_name_sec2                = [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]]
| blank5_info_sec2  =
| blank3_info_sec2                = {{convert|1,770|mm|in}}
| blank6_name_sec2  = Avg. summer temperature
| blank4_name_sec2                = Avg. annual temperature
| blank6_info_sec2  = {{convert|31.7|°C|°F}}
| blank4_info_sec2                =
| blank7_name_sec2  = Avg. winter temperature
| blank5_name_sec2                = Avg. summer temperature
| blank7_info_sec2  = {{convert|22.2|°C|°F}}
| blank5_info_sec2                = {{convert|31.7|°C|°F}}
| blank7_name_sec1  = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank6_name_sec2                = Avg. winter temperature
| blank7_info_sec1  = 1000/943 (1.06)<br />([[Male|♂️]]/[[Female|♀️]])
| blank6_info_sec2                = {{convert|22.2|°C|°F}}
| website            = {{URL|baranagarmunicipality.org/ }}
| blank7_name_sec2                = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| footnotes          = {{center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barrackporecitypolice.in/baranagar.php |title=Baranagar Police Station |publisher=barrackporecitypolice.in |access-date=19 November 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Baranagar Demographics"/>}}
| blank7_info_sec2                = 1000/943 (1.06)<br>([[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]])
| website                = {{URL|baranagarmunicipality.org/ }}
| footnotes              = <center><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barrackporecitypolice.in/baranagar.php|title=Baranagar Police Station|publisher=barrackporecitypolice.in|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Baranagar Demographics"/></center>
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{{Contains special characters|Bengali}}


'''Baranagar''' or '''Baranagore''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɑːr|n|ɑː|ɡ|ɑːr}}<ref>{{Citation |last = Jones |first = Daniel |author-link = Daniel Jones (phonetician) |title = English Pronouncing Dictionary |editor= Peter Roach |editor2=James Hartmann |editor3=Jane Setter |place = Cambridge |publisher = Cambridge University Press |orig-year = 1917 |year = 2003 |isbn=3-12-539683-2 }}</ref><ref name="longman">{{cite book|last=Wells|first=John|author-link=John C. Wells|title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary|publisher=Pearson Longman|edition=3rd|date=3 April 2008|isbn=978-1-4058-8118-0}}</ref>{{efn|Typically pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɑːr|n|ɑː|ɡ|ɑːr}} in the [[English-speaking world]].}} {{respell|BAR|a|na|gar}}, <!--Do not add any foreign script per WP:INDICSCRIPT-->{{IPA-bn|ˈbɔraɦˌnɔɡor|lang|LL-Q9610 (ben)-Titodutta-বরাহনগর.wav}}<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student's Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref><ref name="longman"/>{{efn|Typically pronounced {{IPA-bn|ˈbɔraɦˌnɔɡor|}} in the [[Bengali dialects|Bengali-speaking world]].}}) is a city and a municipality of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is close to [[Kolkata]] and also a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kmdaonline.org/home/ws_sector_info|title=''Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority''|publisher=kmdaonline.org|access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref>
'''Baranagar''' is a city and a municipality in the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|publisher=KMDA|access-date=1 January 2025|archive-date=28 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128095658/https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/map_of_kma_c1fed8|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Area Map|publisher=KMDA|access-date=1 January 2025}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


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.<ref name=ISI/> [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]] is one of the oldest and most renowned schools in Baranagar and [[North 24 Parganas]].<ref name=BRKM>{{cite web|url=https://belurmath.org/ramakrishna-mission-ashrama-baranagar-kolkata/|title=Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagar, Kolkata|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/india/madhyamik-hands-city-token-presence-on-merit-list/cid/894957|title=''MADHYAMIK HANDS CITY TOKEN PRESENCE ON MERIT LIST''|last=Mukherjee|first=Mita|publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]|date=29 June 2000|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref name=ISI/> [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School|Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]] is one of the oldest and most renowned schools in Baranagar.<ref name=BRKM>{{cite web |url=https://belurmath.org/ramakrishna-mission-ashrama-baranagar-kolkata/ |title=Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagar, Kolkata |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/madhyamik-hands-city-token-presence-on-merit-list/cid/894957 |title=''MADHYAMIK HANDS CITY TOKEN PRESENCE ON MERIT LIST'' |last=Mukherjee |first=Mita |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=29 June 2000 |access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>


Baranagar is a major industrial centre for the manufacture of agricultural and industrial machinery, chemicals, [[castor oil]], and matches; there are also numerous cotton-processing companies.
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.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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There are several explanations for the etymology of this name:
There are several explanations for the etymology of this name:


* ''Baranagar'' or ''Barahanagar'', meaning the "big" (Bara or Barra) and "town or land" (nagar) of the "pig" (baraha).<ref name="Baranagar Demographics"/>
* [[File:De Barros Map of Bengal.jpg|thumb|317x317px|Map of Bengal by De Barros in 1550 showing "Bernagar" which refers to Baranagar]]{{OSM Location map
 
== History ==
[[File:Dutch Kuthi.jpg|thumb|upright|Dutch Kuthi in Baranagar]]
 
Baranagar Municipality was established in 1869; it is one of the oldest municipalities in India.<ref name=Municipality/> The [[Dutch people|Dutch]] had homes there in the seventeenth century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baranagarmunicipality.org/municipal-history/|title=Municipal History|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> [[Streynsham Master]] who visited the area in 1676 spoke of the hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export. Later it became the centre for the extensive [[jute]] trade, manufacturing [[gunny bags]].<ref name=Cotton>Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', 1909/1980, pp 806–807, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref> A major road (Surya Sen Road) parallel to the [[Hooghly river]] connects Baranagar Bazaar with [[Dakshineswar]]. In between temples such as Kaancher Mandir (i.e. Glass Temple),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2015/03/kancher-mandir-baranagar-kolkata.html?m=1|title=Kancher Mandir, Baranagar (Kolkata)|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> [[Kripamayee Kali Temple|Joy Mitra Kali Bari]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bharattemples.com/kripamayee-kali-temple-baranagar/|title=Kripamayee Kali Temple, Baranagar|publisher=bharat temples.com|author=Shilpa|date=14 October 2019|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> and Pathbari are located.
 
In Kuthighat (Baranagar), still there is an old house/lodge of Dutch merchants.
 
== Notable residents ==
 
* [[Ramakrishna]]<ref name="Baranagar Municipality history">{{cite web|url=http://baranagarmunicipality.org/municipal-history/|title=History of ''Baranagar Municipality''|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Baranagar Demographics"/>
* [[Sitaramdas Omkarnath]]
* [[Sarada Devi]]
* [[Swami Vivekananda]]<ref name="Brief history of Baranagar Math">{{cite web|title=Brief history of Baranagar Math |url=http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/brief_history.php |publisher=Ramakrishna Mission, Baranagar |access-date=8 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118073620/http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/brief_history.php |archive-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
* [[Ramakrishnananda]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rkmichapur.org/srk.html|title=Ramakrishna Math, Mayal, Ichapur|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Swami Brahmananda]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chennaimath.org/swami-brahmananda/|title=Swami Brahmananda|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Rani Rashmoni]]
* [[Sasipada Banerji]]<ref name="Barrackpore Subdivision - Eminent Personalities">{{cite web|url=http://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_profile.htm|title= Barrackpore Subdivision - Eminent Personalities|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Rajkumari Banerji]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu|first=Vol I|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=866}}</ref>
* [[Albion Rajkumar Banerjee]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiA3CgAAQBAJ&q=albion+rajkumar+banerjee+residence+baranagar&pg=PT107|title=From Holy Wanderings to Service of God In Man|last=Akhandananda|first=Swami|author-link=Swami Akhandananda|year=2013|publisher=Lulu Press|isbn=978-13-04722-76-8}}</ref>
* [[Manik Bandopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/not-fair/cid/1605827|title=''Not fair''|publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]|date=10 February 2008|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]]<ref name="Baranagar Municipality history"/><ref name=Amrapali>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/8thday/a-treasured-companionship-1502658466.html|title=''A treasured companionship''|publisher=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|date=8 July 2018|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]]<ref name="Baranagar Municipality history"/><ref name=Amrapali/>
* [[Rudraprasad Sengupta]]
* [[Swatilekha Sengupta]]
* [[Sohini Sengupta]]
* [[Jeet Gannguli]]
* [[Shiboprosad Mukherjee]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Shiboprosad-Gunjan-in-love-set-to-marry-next-year/amp_articleshow/42537225.cmshttps://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Shiboprosad-Gunjan-in-love-set-to-marry-next-year/amp_articleshow/42537225.cms|title=''Shiboprosad, Gunjan in love; set to marry next year!''|work=[[The Times of India]]|last=Sen|first=Zinia|date=12 January 2017|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Abhishek Chatterjee]]<ref name=Gomolo>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gomolo.com/about-abhishek-chatterjee/1526 |title=On Gomolo |access-date=6 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418154950/http://www.gomolo.com/about-abhishek-chatterjee/1526 |archive-date=18 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]]
* [[Dola Banerjee]]<ref name=Dola>{{cite web |url=http://www.archeryworldcup.org/content.asp?me_id=331&cnt_id=2484. |title=Dola Banerjee, biography |website=archeryworldcup.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722051842/http://www.archeryworldcup.org/content.asp?me_id=331&cnt_id=2484.  |archive-date=22 July 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Rahul Banerjee (archer)|Rahul Banerjee]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/sport/dola-co-hit-bull-s-eye-men-s-team-of-rahul-tarundeep-and-jayanta-settle-for-bronze/cid/478624|title=''Dola & Co. hit bull's eye - Men's team of Rahul, Tarundeep and Jayanta settle for bronze''|publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]|last=Roy|first=Anshuman|date=9 October 2010|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sagarika]]
* [[Bidyut Baran Chaudhuri]]
* [[Chivukula Anjaneya Murthy|C. A. Murthy]]
* [[Sabitri Chatterjee]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/We-had-no-food-for-days-on-end-Sabitri-Chatterjee/amp_articleshow/49337410.cms|title=We had no food for days on end: Sabitri Chatterjee|work=[[The Times of India]]|author=Zinia Sen|date=12 January 2017|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/authors/texts/saradindu.html|title=Saradindu Bandyopadhyay - Biographical Sketch|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Atanu Das]]<ref name=Atanu>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/archery/baranagar-to-shanghai-journey-indian-archer-atanu-das|title=From Baranagar to Shanghai: The unsung journey of Indian archer Atanu Das|author=Shuvro Ghoshal|access-date=6 May 2016}}</ref>
* [[Sanjib Chattopadhyay]] (Famous Bengali writer)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bpa.org.in/sanjib-chattopadhyays-din-ani-din-khai/|title=Sanjib Chattopadhyay's Din Ani Din Khai|date=28 February 2019|website=Blind Persons' Association}}</ref>
* [[Prabhabati Bose (Dutt)|Prabhabati Dutt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/forgotten-patriarch-patriot-1502574250.html|title=''Forgotten patriarch and patriot''|publisher=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|date=27 January 2018|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sisir Bhaduri]]<ref name="Baranagar Demographics">{{cite web|url=http://oaji.net/articles/2016/491-1465043063.pdf|title=''DEMOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF BARANAGAR MUNICIPALITY FROM 1991-2001''|last1=Guha|first1=Subhanil|last2=Dey|first2=Anindita|date=4 April 2016|access-date=19 November 2019|publisher=oaji.net}}</ref>
* [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/rath-route-to-boost-vaishnava-site-tourism/cid/1420702|title=''Rath route to boost Vaishnava site tourism''|publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]|date=13 July 2018|access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Swami Yogananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna">{{cite web|url=https://www.rkmkamarpukur.org/Monastic_Disciples_of_Sri_Ramakrishna.aspx|title=''Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna''|publisher=Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission Kamarpukur|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Baburam Maharaj (Swami Premananda)|Swami Premananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Niranjanananda (Niranjan Maharaj)|Swami Niranjanananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Shivananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Saradananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Abhedananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Adbhutananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Turiyananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Advaitananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Trigunatitananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Subodhananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Akhandananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Vijnanananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Tathagatananda]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vedantany.org/resident-swamis/tag/swami-tathagatananda|title=''Swami Tathagatananda''|publisher=[[Vedanta Society of New York]]|last=Swami|first=Resident|date=15 January 2011|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sambhu Chandra Mukherjee]]<ref name="Barrackpore Subdivision - Eminent Personalities"/>
* [[Kanad Bhattacharya]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/india/silent-tears-for-kargil-hero-on-birthday/cid/916164|title=''SILENT TEARS FOR KARGIL HERO ON BIRTHDAY ''|date=6 August 1999|access-date=18 November 2019|publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref>
* Rajib Bhattacharya (Everest summiter)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/everester-dies-in-nepal-climb/cid/1502728|title=Everester dies in Nepal climb|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
* [[Ganapati Chakraborty]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://risingbengal.in/history-of-india/magician-ganapati-chakraborty-and-his-magic-words|title=''যাদুগুরু গণপতি চক্রবর্তী ও তাঁর যাদু কথা''|language=bn|publisher=risingbengal.in|author=Uttam Mandal|accessdate=4 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[Tanmoy Bhattacharya]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ourneta.com/neta/tanmoy-bhattacharya/|title=''Tanmoy Bhattacharya''|publisher=ourneta.com|accessdate=4 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly-election/wb-election-cpm-candidate-tanmoy-bhattacharya-owns-a-residential-house-a-flat-and-a-car-dgtl-photogallery/cid/1276503|title=নেই কোনও ঋণ, সস্ত্রীক প্রায় কোটি টাকার সম্পত্তি, হলফনামায় জানালেন বামনেতা তন্ময়|publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]|language=bn|accessdate=4 May 2021}}</ref>
 
== Geography ==
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* ''Baranagar'' might be named after [[Varaha]] avatar of [[Vishnu]].
 
== History ==
[[File:Dutch Kuthi.jpg|thumb|Nigerian Kuthi in Baranagar|230x230px]]
[[File:Van de Broucke Map of Bengal.jpg|thumb|232x232px|Map of Bengal by Van de Broucke in 1660 showing "Barrenger" which refers to Baranagar]]
The earliest reference of Baranagar can be found in Sri Sri Chaitanya Bhagabat written by Sri Brindaban Das where it was said that [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] came to Baranagar in 1512. He writes:
<poem><blockquote><span lang="bn" dir="ltr">হেন মতে পাণিহাটী গ্রাম ধন্য করি।</span>
<span lang="bn" dir="ltr">আছিলেন কথোদিন শ্রীগৌরাঙ্গ হরি ॥</span>
<span lang="bn" dir="ltr">তবে প্রভু আইলেন বরাহনগরে।</span>
<span lang="bn" dir="ltr">মহাভাগ্যবন্ত এক ব্রাহ্মণের ঘরে ॥</span>
<span lang="bn" dir="ltr">সেই বিপ্র বড় সুশিক্ষিত ভাগবতে।</span>
<span lang="bn" dir="ltr">প্রভু দেখি ভাগবত লাগিলা পড়িতে ॥</span>
<span lang="bn" dir="ltr">এতেক তোমার নাম ভাগবতাচার্য।</span>
<span lang="bn" dir="ltr">ইহা বিনে আর কোন না করিহ কার্য।</span></blockquote></poem>
References to Baranagar can be found in many literary texts dating to 17th and 18th centuries. Even maps made by Dutch and Portuguese had references to Baranagar as "Bernagar" or "Barrenger".
 
[[Baranagar Municipality]] was established in 1869; it is one of the oldest municipalities in India.<ref name="Municipality" /> The [[Dutch people|Dutch]] had homes there in the seventeenth century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baranagarmunicipality.org/municipal-history/ |title=Municipal History |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> [[Streynsham Master]] who visited the area in 1676 spoke of the hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export. Later it became the centre for the extensive [[jute]] trade, manufacturing [[gunny bags]].<ref name="Cotton">Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', 1909/1980, pp 806–807, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref> A major road (Surya Sen Road) parallel to the [[Hooghly River]] connects Baranagar Bazaar with [[Dakshineswar]]. In between temples such as Kaancher Mandir (i.e. Glass Temple),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2015/03/kancher-mandir-baranagar-kolkata.html?m=1 |title=Kancher Mandir, Baranagar (Kolkata) |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> [[Kripamayee Kali Temple|Joy Mitra Kali Bari]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bharattemples.com/kripamayee-kali-temple-baranagar/ |title=Kripamayee Kali Temple, Baranagar |publisher=bharat temples.com |author=Shilpa |date=14 October 2019 |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> and Pathbari are located.
 
Portuguese colonist first established their business camp here, which was in existence till 1862. Dutch settlers established their ‘Kuthi’ or office for business. Dutch supremacy ended with the arisen of British power in Bengal. M/s. Colvin Cow II Co. was the pioneer of industrial Baranagar. They founded a Sugar Mill near Alambazar. Later George Henderson founded Borneo Jute Factory at that site.<ref>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry WB125 page ....</ref> In 1859, the factory was renamed Baranagar Jute Factory and is still in existence. The Baranagar Jute Factory was the
first mechanical Jute Factory in India. During the two World Wars, many engineering factories were set up in Baranagar, and the town became famous as Industrial City. To provide civic amenities, North Suburban Municipality was formed in 1869 consisting of Chitpur and Cossipore (presently under Kolkata M.C.), all mouzas of present Baranagar Municipal Area along with Kamarhati, Ariadaha and Dakshineswar mouzas of present Kamarhati Municipality. In 1881 North Suburban Municipality was divided into two parts, 1) Cossipore- Chitpur Municipality (later amalgamated with Kolkata Municipal area) and 2) Baranagar Municipality. On 1 August 1899, Kamarhati Municipality was formed, parting Kamarhati and Ariadaha Mouzas from Baranagar. In 1949 Dakshineswar Mouza was parted from Baranagar and merged with Kamarhati Municipality.<ref name="Baranagar Demographics">{{cite web |url=http://oaji.net/articles/2016/491-1465043063.pdf |title=''DEMOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF BARANAGAR MUNICIPALITY FROM 1991-2001'' |last1=Guha |first1=Subhanil |last2=Dey |first2=Anindita |date=4 April 2016 |access-date=19 November 2019 |publisher=oaji.net}}</ref>
 
Baranagar was one or majorly affected cities during the [[Naxalbari uprising|Naxalbari Uprising]]. In the early 1970s, a massacre took place in the city as the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] led Indian state retaliated against the political movement. The joint operation of the police and criminals attacked alleged Naxalites as well as their family members. The family of a Congressman wasn't spared either.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roy |first=Biswajit |date=3 March 2003 |title=Documentary reopens old wounds |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/documentary-reopens-old-wounds/articleshow/39199408.cms |work=Times of India}}</ref> Grotesque killings took place as more than 100-1000 people were torched, gunned down or hacked to death. The police never bothered to give any official number. There has been call for a judicial enquiry but none took place even after 50 years have passed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ashok |date=13 August 2021 |title=কাশীপুর-বরানগর গণহত্যার ৫০ বছর, তদন্ত কমিশনের রিপোর্ট অবিলম্বে প্রকাশের দাবি |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/documentary-reopens-old-wounds/articleshow/39199408.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611045826/https://bengali.hindusthansamachar.in/Encyc/2021/8/13/50-years-of-Kashipur-Baranagar-genocide.php |archive-date=11 June 2024 |work=Hindustan Samachar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dutta |first=Sayantan |date=12 August 2021 |title=অর্ধশতাব্দী পরে কাশীপুর-বরানগর হত্যাকান্ডের অকুস্থলে পুনর্যাত্রা |url=https://nagorik.net/opinion/kashipur-baranagar-genocide/ |website=Nagorik}}</ref> The culprits were never brought to books. There are allegations by political activists that those policemen who were involved in the killings were later promoted to higher ranks.
 
In Kuthighat (Baranagar), there was an old house/lodge of Nigerian merchants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://siddharthabiswas.com/tag/baranagar/ |title=Baranagar - Peregrine's Progress |last=Biswas |first=Siddhartha |date=21 March 2020 |access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/70718/have-you-been-to-the-dutch-colony-in-baranagar |title=A heritage walk in this little-known gem made me aware of its links to Subhas Chandra Bose |last=Deb |first=Soham |date=28 July 2020 |access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref>
 
== Geography ==


===Location===
===Location===
Baranagar is located at {{Coord|22.64|N|88.37|E|}}.<ref name="fallingrain.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Baranagar.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Baranagar, India|access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 12&nbsp;metres (39&nbsp;feet). It is situated east of the [[Hooghly River]]. Baranagar Municipal area lies between [[Sinthee]] More and [[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop]].
Baranagar is located at {{Coord|22.64|N|88.37|E|}}.<ref name="fallingrain.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Baranagar.html |title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Baranagar, India |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 12&nbsp;metres (39&nbsp;feet). It is situated east of the [[Hooghly River]]. Baranagar Municipal area lies between [[Sinthee]] More and [[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop]].
 
Baranagar is bounded by [[Dakshineswar]] and PWD Road on the north, [[Noapara metro station and depot|Noapara metro depot]] and adjacent areas of [[South Dum Dum]] on the east, [[Sinthee]] and [[Cossipore]] in [[Kolkata district]] on the south and [[Hooghly river]] on the west.
 
===Police Station===


More particularly to say, the boundary of Baranagar is :- in the east – the Rail line from [[Sealdah]] towards [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]]; in the west – the holy river [[Ganga]], in the north – [[Dakshineshwar]] and PWD Road and in the south – [[Cossipore]] and [[Sinthee]]. [[Dakshineshwar Kali Temple]] lies just a quarter of a mile from this place. There are many Ganga ghats in Baranagar for example Pramanic ghat, Kuthighat, Kancher mandir or [[glass]] temple ghat etc.
[[File:Baranagar Police station.jpg|thumb|Baranagar police station]]


96% of the population of [[Barrackpore subdivision]] (partly presented in the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map) lives in urban areas. In 2011, it had a density of population of 10,967 per km<sup>2</sup>. The subdivision has 16 municipalities and 24 census towns.<ref name=handbook2013>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook  |title = District Statistical Handbook |work = North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b  |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal  |access-date = 2 May 2018}}</ref>
'''Baranagar''' police station under [[Barrackpore Police Commissionerate]] has jurisdiction over the parts of Baranagar Municipal areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://barrackporecitypolice.in/|title=Barrackpore Police Commissionerate|website=barrackporecitypolice.in|access-date=15 Aug 2024|archive-date=14 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814175228/http://www.barrackporecitypolice.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


===Climate===
===Climate===
In summer, i.e. from April to June, the weather remains hot and temperatures range from a maximum of {{convert|35|C|F}} to a minimum of {{convert|26|C|F}}.
In summer, i.e. from April to June, the weather remains hot and temperatures range from a maximum of {{convert|38|C|F}} to a minimum of {{convert|25|C|F}}.


Monsoon season prevails during beginning-June to mid-September. Also retrieving monsoon from mid-October till mid-November
Monsoon season prevails during beginning-June to mid-September. Also retrieving monsoon from mid-October till mid-November.


The weather is quite pleasant, the summers and winters are moderate. The level of moisture increases during summers.<ref name="fallingrain.com"/>
The weather is quite pleasant, the summers and winters are moderate. The level of moisture increases during summers.<ref name="fallingrain.com"/>
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|Nov low C= 19.6
|Dec low C= 14.5
|Dec low C= 14.5
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|Jan precipitation mm= 20
|Jan precipitation mm= 20
|Feb precipitation mm= 40
|Feb precipitation mm= 40
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|Nov rain days= 3
|Nov rain days= 3
|Dec rain days= 1
|Dec rain days= 1
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|source= [http://www.yr.no/place/India/West_Bengal/Baranagar/statistics.html Baranagar Weather]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meteovista.com/Asia/India/Baranagar/4612583 |title=''Weather Information of Baranagar'' |website=meteovista.com |access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>
|date= November 2019
|date= November 2019
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}}
== Notable residents ==
===Spiritual Leaders===
* [[Ramakrishna]]<ref name="Baranagar Municipality history">{{cite web |url=http://baranagarmunicipality.org/municipal-history/ |title=History of ''Baranagar Municipality'' |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Baranagar Demographics"/>
* [[Sitaramdas Omkarnath]]
* [[Sarada Devi]]
* [[Swami Vivekananda]]<ref name="Brief history of Baranagar Math">{{cite web |title=Brief history of Baranagar Math |url=http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/brief_history.php |publisher=Ramakrishna Mission, Baranagar |access-date=8 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118073620/http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/brief_history.php |archive-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* [[Ramakrishnananda]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rkmichapur.org/srk.html |title=Ramakrishna Math, Mayal, Ichapur |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/religion/gurus-word-was-gospel-to-him/article3631256.ece |title=Guru's word was gospel to him |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=12 July 2012 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://belurmath.org/holy-lives/swami-ramakrishnananda/#at-baranagore-and-alambazar |title=Swami Ramakrishnananda |work=Belur Math - Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission |publisher=[[Belur Math]] |date=5 March 2021 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[Swami Brahmananda]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chennaimath.org/swami-brahmananda/ |title=Swami Brahmananda |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Rani Rashmoni]]
* [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/rath-route-to-boost-vaishnava-site-tourism/cid/1420702 |title=''Rath route to boost Vaishnava site tourism'' |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=13 July 2018 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Swami Yogananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna">{{cite web |url=https://www.rkmkamarpukur.org/Monastic_Disciples_of_Sri_Ramakrishna.aspx |title=''Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna'' |publisher=Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission Kamarpukur |access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Baburam Maharaj (Swami Premananda)|Swami Premananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Niranjanananda (Niranjan Maharaj)|Swami Niranjanananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Shivananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Saradananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Abhedananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Adbhutananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Turiyananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Advaitananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Trigunatitananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Subodhananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Akhandananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Vijnanananda]]<ref name="Monastic Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"/>
* [[Swami Tathagatananda]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vedantany.org/resident-swamis/tag/swami-tathagatananda |title=''Swami Tathagatananda'' |publisher=[[Vedanta Society of New York]] |last=Swami |first=Resident |date=15 January 2011 |access-date=3 December 2019 |archive-date=3 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203132422/http://www.vedantany.org/resident-swamis/tag/swami-tathagatananda |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Academician and Writers===
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]]<ref name="Baranagar Municipality history"/><ref name=Amrapali/>
* [[Manik Bandopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/not-fair/cid/1605827 |title=''Not fair'' |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=10 February 2008 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/authors/texts/saradindu.html |title=Saradindu Bandyopadhyay - Biographical Sketch |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sanjib Chattopadhyay]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bpa.org.in/sanjib-chattopadhyays-din-ani-din-khai/ |title=Sanjib Chattopadhyay's Din Ani Din Khai |date=28 February 2019 |website=Blind Persons' Association}}</ref>
* [[Bhaskar Chakraborty]]
* [[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]]<ref name="Baranagar Municipality history"/><ref name=Amrapali>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/8thday/a-treasured-companionship-1502658466.html |title=''A treasured companionship'' |publisher=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=8 July 2018 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Dwijesh Dutta Majumdar]]
* [[Bidyut Baran Chaudhuri]]
* [[Chivukula Anjaneya Murthy|C. A. Murthy]]
===Sports===
* Rajib Bhattacharya<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/everester-dies-in-nepal-climb/cid/1502728 |title=Everester dies in Nepal climb |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
* [[Atanu Das]]{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}
* [[Dola Banerjee]]<ref name=Dola>{{cite web |url=http://www.archeryworldcup.org/content.asp?me_id=331&cnt_id=2484. |title=Dola Banerjee, biography |website=archeryworldcup.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722051842/http://www.archeryworldcup.org/content.asp?me_id=331&cnt_id=2484. |archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref>
* [[Rahul Banerjee (archer)|Rahul Banerjee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/dola-co-hit-bull-s-eye-men-s-team-of-rahul-tarundeep-and-jayanta-settle-for-bronze/cid/478624 |title=''Dola & Co. hit bull's eye - Men's team of Rahul, Tarundeep and Jayanta settle for bronze'' |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |last=Roy |first=Anshuman |date=9 October 2010 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
===Entertainment===
* [[Sisir Bhaduri]]<ref name="Baranagar Demographics"/>
* [[Ganapati Chakraborty]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://risingbengal.in/history-of-india/magician-ganapati-chakraborty-and-his-magic-words |title=''যাদুগুরু গণপতি চক্রবর্তী ও তাঁর যাদু কথা'' |language=bn |publisher=risingbengal.in |author=Uttam Mandal |work=Rising Bengal |date=18 September 2020 |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030050324/https://risingbengal.in/history-of-india/magician-ganapati-chakraborty-and-his-magic-words |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jaya Bachchan]] ([[Birth name|née]] Bhaduri)
* [[Sabitri Chatterjee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/We-had-no-food-for-days-on-end-Sabitri-Chatterjee/articleshow/49337410.cms |title=We had no food for days on end: Sabitri Chatterjee |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Zinia Sen |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Rudraprasad Sengupta]]
* [[Swatilekha Sengupta]]
* [[Sohini Sengupta]]
* [[Jeet Gannguli]]
* [[Shiboprosad Mukherjee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/shiboprosad-gunjan-in-love-set-to-marry-next-year/articleshow/42537225.cms |title=''Shiboprosad, Gunjan in love; set to marry next year!'' |work=[[The Times of India]] |last=Sen |first=Zinia |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Abhishek Chatterjee]]
* [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]]
*[[Manas Mukherjee]]
* [[Sagarika]]
===Others===
* [[Prabhabati Bose]] ([[Birth name|née]] Dutta) (Mother of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/forgotten-patriarch-patriot-1502574250.html |title=''Forgotten patriarch and patriot'' |publisher=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=27 January 2018 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Tanmoy Bhattacharya]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ourneta.com/neta/tanmoy-bhattacharya/ |title=''Tanmoy Bhattacharya'' |publisher=ourneta.com |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly-election/wb-election-cpm-candidate-tanmoy-bhattacharya-owns-a-residential-house-a-flat-and-a-car-dgtl-photogallery/cid/1276503 |title=নেই কোনও ঋণ, সস্ত্রীক প্রায় কোটি টাকার সম্পত্তি, হলফনামায় জানালেন বামনেতা তন্ময় |publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |language=bn |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
* Sambhu Chandra Mukherjee<ref name="Barrackpore Subdivision - Eminent Personalities"/>
* Lieutenant Kanad Bhattacharya<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/silent-tears-for-kargil-hero-on-birthday/cid/916164 |title=''SILENT TEARS FOR KARGIL HERO ON BIRTHDAY '' |date=6 August 1999 |access-date=18 November 2019 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref>
* [[Sasipada Banerji]]<ref name="Barrackpore Subdivision - Eminent Personalities">{{cite web |url=http://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_profile.htm |title=Barrackpore Subdivision - Eminent Personalities |access-date=18 November 2019 |archive-date=17 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517095641/http://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_profile.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.epaper.eisamay.com/OnnoSamay-Sup/2021-08-15/5/page-3.html. |title=''মৃত্যুঞ্জয়ী'' |date=15 August 2021 |access-date=15 August 2021 |last=Mukhopadhya |first=Ashok Kumar |work=[[Ei Samay]] |language=bn}}</ref>
* [[Rajkumari Banerji]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali) |last=Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu |first=Vol I |publisher=Sahitya Sansad |year=2002 |isbn=81-85626-65-0 |location=Kolkata |pages=866}}</ref>
* [[Albion Rajkumar Banerjee]]
* Hemanta Mukherjee (Advocate)


== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==
===Population===
===Population===
{{IndiaCensusPop
{{Historical population
|title= Population of Baranagar
| source = [[Census of India]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title=District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work=Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803 |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref>
|state=
| 1901 | 25432
|1901=25432
| 1911 | 25895
|1911=25895
| 1921 | 32084
|1921=32084
| 1931 | 37050
|1931=37050
| 1941 | 54451
|1941=54451
| 1951 | 77126
|1951=77126
| 1961 | 107837
|1961=107837
| 1971 | 136842
|1971=136842
| 1981 | 170343
|1981=170343
| 1991 | 224831
|1991=224831
| 2001 | 250768
|2001=250768
| 2011 | 245213
|2011=245213
|footnote=Source:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 11 June 2018}}</ref>
}}
}}


As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Baranagar had a total population of 245,213, of which 126,187 (51%) were males and 119,026 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 16,825. The total number of literates in Baranagar was 208,779 (91.41% of the population over 6 years), male literates are 110,118 (93.69%) and female literates are 98,661 (89%).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 7 June 2018 }}</ref>
As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Baranagar had a total population of 245,213, of which 126,187 (51%) were males and 119,026 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 16,825. The total number of literates in Baranagar was 208,779 (91.41% of the population over 6 years), male literates are 110,118 (93.69%) and female literates are 98,661 (89%).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title=2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables |work=West Bengal – District-wise |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref>


{{As of|2001}} India census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Baranagar had a population of 250,615. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Baranagar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.
{{As of|2001}} India census,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archive-date=16 June 2004 |title=Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional) |access-date=1 November 2008 |publisher=Census Commission of India}}</ref> Baranagar had a population of 250,615. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Baranagar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Religion in Baranagar
!Religion
!Population (1941)<ref name="1941religion2">{{cite web |title=Census of India 1941, Bengal, Table Part II India |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28411/download/31593/49044_1941_TAB.pdf |access-date=4 September 2024 |website=Census of India}}</ref>{{rp|23}}
!Percentage (1941)
!Population (2011)
!Percentage (2011)
|-
|[[Hinduism in West Bengal|Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|16x16px]]
|45,109
|82.84%
|232,839
|94.95%
|-
|[[Islam in West Bengal|Islam]] [[File:Star_and_Crescent.svg|15x15px]]
|8,874
|16.29%
|7,269
|2.96%
|-
|[[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|19x19px]]
|5
|0.01%
|2,810
|1.15%
|-
|[[Christianity]] [[File:Christian_cross.svg|21x21px]]
|242
|0.44%
|653
|0.26%
|-
|Others
|221
|0.40%
|1,642
|0.68%
|-
|'''Total Population'''
|'''54,451'''
|'''100%'''
|'''245,213'''
|'''100%'''
|}


{{bar box
===Languages===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages spoken in Baranagar City (2011)<ref>[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16T/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2000.XLSX 2011 census data] censusindia.gov.in</ref>
| label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| value1 = 81.28
| color1 = purple
| label2 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| value2 = 14.53
| color2 = orange
| label3 = [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| value3 = 1.59
| color3 = green
| label4 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| value4 = 1.17
| color4 = cyan
| label5 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| value5 = 0.40
| color5 = red
| label6 = Others
| value6 = 1.03
| color6 = white
}}
Almost 82% of the population speaks [[Bengali language|Bengali]] while 15% speaks Hindi and Urdu. There is a significant [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] speaking population as well owing to the significant Sikh population who migrated here during [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]. There has been significant increase in Hindi-Urdu speaking population due to migration from [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Bihar]]. Some localities within the city now has Hindi as the dominant language.{{bar box
|title=Religions in Baranagar<ref name=census3-2011/>
|title=Religions in Baranagar<ref name=census3-2011/>
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{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|#FFC569|94.95}}
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|DarkOrange|94.95}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|#dcf5dc|2.96}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|2.96}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikh]]s|#FFC600|1.15}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhs]]|#FFC600|1.15}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|0.94}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|dodgerblue|0.26}}
|caption=Distribution of religions<br />
{{bar percent|[[Jains]]|#A52A2A|0.14}}
†<small>Includes [[Christianity|Christians]], [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Jainism|Jains]] (~0.94%).</small>
{{bar percent|[[Buddhists]]|#FFFF00|0.02}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|0.5}}
|caption=†<small>includes irreligious and religion not stated (~0.5%).</small>
}}
}}


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===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===
===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===
The following Municipalities, Census Towns and other locations in Barrackpore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: [[Kanchrapara]] (M), [[Jetia]] (CT), [[Halisahar]] (M), [[Balibhara]] (CT), [[Naihati]] (M), [[Bhatpara]] (M), [[Kaugachhi]] (CT), [[Garshyamnagar]] (CT), [[Garulia]] (M), [[Ichhapur Defence Estate]] (CT), [[North Barrackpur]] (M), [[Barrackpur Cantonment]] (CB), [[Barrackpore]] (M), [[Jafarpur]] (CT), [[Ruiya]] (CT), [[Titagarh]] (M), [[Khardaha]] (M), [[Bandipur, North 24 Parganas|Bandipur]] (CT), [[Panihati]] (M), [[Muragachha]] (CT) [[New Barrackpore]] (M), [[Chandpur, Ghola|Chandpur]] (CT), [[Talbandha]] (CT), [[Patulia]] (CT), [[Kamarhati]] (M), '''Baranagar''' (M), [[South Dumdum]] (M), [[North Dumdum]] (M), [[Dum Dum]] (M), [[Noapara, India|Noapara]] (CT), [[Babanpur]] (CT), [[Teghari]] (CT), [[Nanna, North 24 Parganas|Nanna]] (OG), Chakla (OG), Srotribati (OG) and [[Panpur]] (OG).<ref name=Population>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | work= Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher= Census of India 2011 | access-date = 7 June 2018}}</ref>
The following Municipalities, Census Towns and other locations in Barrackpore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: [[Kanchrapara]] (M), [[Jetia]] (CT), [[Halisahar]] (M), [[Balibhara]] (CT), [[Naihati]] (M), [[Bhatpara]] (M), [[Kaugachhi]] (CT), [[Garshyamnagar]] (CT), [[Garulia]] (M), [[Ichhapur Defence Estate]] (CT), [[North Barrackpur]] (M), [[Barrackpur Cantonment]] (CB), [[Barrackpore]] (M), [[Jafarpur]] (CT), [[Ruiya]] (CT), [[Titagarh]] (M), [[Khardaha]] (M), [[Bandipur, North 24 Parganas|Bandipur]] (CT), [[Panihati]] (M), [[Muragachha]] (CT) [[New Barrackpore]] (M), [[Chandpur, Ghola|Chandpur]] (CT), [[Talbandha]] (CT), [[Patulia]] (CT), [[Kamarhati]] (M), '''Baranagar''' (M), [[South Dumdum]] (M), [[North Dumdum]] (M), [[Dum Dum]] (M), [[Noapara, India|Noapara]] (CT), [[Babanpur]] (CT), [[Teghari]] (CT), [[Nanna, North 24 Parganas|Nanna]] (OG), Chakla (OG), Srotribati (OG) and [[Panpur]] (OG).<ref name=Population>{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf |title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |work=Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher=Census of India 2011 |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref>


==Infrastructure==
==Infrastructure==
As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Baranagar Municipal city covered an area of 7.12&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Amongst the civic amenities it had 160.23&nbsp;km of roads and both open and closed drains. Amongst the medical facilities It had 55 medicine shops. Amongst the educational facilities it had 49 primary schools, 33 middle schools, 33 secondary schools, many higher secondary schools and 2 non-formal education centres. Amongst the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 2 cinema/theatres and 2 auditorium/ community halls. It had 20 bank branches.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 791-794; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 795-796; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 31 May 2018}}</ref>
As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Baranagar Municipal city covered an area of 7.12&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Amongst the civic amenities it had 160.23&nbsp;km of roads and both open and closed drains. Amongst the medical facilities it had 55 medicine shops. Amongst the educational facilities it had 49 primary schools, 33 middle schools, 33 secondary schools, many higher secondary schools and 2 non-formal education centres. Amongst the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 2 cinema/theatres and 2 auditorium/ community halls. It had 20 bank branches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title=District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work=Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 791-794; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 795-796; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>


==Economy==
==Economy==
Baranagar is also economically enriched for "Baranagar Jute Mill". Hessian, sacking, fabrics, carpets and bags from jute (Corchorus spp) are manufactured in here. It is one of the oldest jute mills. The Service Sector includes the rest of the Economy.
Baranagar was once economically enriched for many Industrial factories like "Bengal Immunity company", "Baranagar Jute Mill".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jutecomm.gov.in/Documents/List%20of%20Indian%20Jute%20Mills/List%20of%20Indian%20Jute%20Mills_1.pdf |title=LIST OF INDIAN JUTE MILLS |publisher=Office of the Jute Commission |website=jutecomm.gov.in |accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref> Hessian, sacking, fabrics, carpets and bags from jute (Corchorus spp) are manufactured in the jute mill, while almost every other factories are now permanently shut down. The Baranagar Jute Mill is one of the oldest jute mills still running. The service sector includes the rest of the city's economy. Baranagar is also home to numerous cotton-processing companies, offset & digital printers and [[Purushottam Publishers]], an academic book publishing company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roy Chowdhury |first=Joy |title=Looking East |url=https://www.himalayanwritingretreat.com/traditional-publishers-in-india/ |location=Kolkata |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=September 2009}}</ref>
 
=== KMDA ===
Baranagar municipality is included in the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] for which the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|KMDA]] is the statutory planning and development authority.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|publisher=KMDA|access-date=20 September 2024|archive-date=28 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128095658/https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/map_of_kma_c1fed8|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Area Map|publisher=KMDA|access-date=20 September 2024}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Transport==
==Transport==
===Railways===
[[File:Baranagar Road railway station.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Baranagar Road railway station]]]]
[[Baranagar Road railway station]] is situated in Baranagar. It is a Kolkata suburban railway station. It is one of the oldest railway station. [[Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)|Sealdah - Dankuni line]]'s trains pass through this station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/7697|title=BARN/Baranagar Road railway station| website=India Rail Info|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>


===Metro railways===
===Metro railways===
[[File:INSIDENOAPARACAL.jpg|thumb|[[Noapara metro station]]]]
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[[Noapara metro station]] is situated at [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]] in Baranagar. It is [[Kolkata Metro]]'s largest station.
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The extension of [[Kolkata Metro Line 1]] from Dum Dum to Dakshineswar was sanctioned in 2010–11. It was extended up to [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]] in 2013. The subsequent work was held up because of the encroachments on railway land. [[Baranagar metro station]] is currently operational. Located adjacent to [[Baranagar Road railway station]] this station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021 and commercial run started on the following day<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.railnews.in/dakshineswar-metro-by-2019-pujas-says-chairman-railway-board/ | title = Dakshineswar Metro by 2019 Pujas: says Chairman, Railway Board | publisher = Rail News 6 March 2018 | access-date = 24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/land-cloud-over-dakshineswar-metro-set-to-lift-178182 | title = Land cloud over Dakshineswar Metro set to lift | publisher = The Telegraph, 13 October 2017 | access-date = 24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/dakshineswar-wont-feature-in-metro-map-by-december-2019/articleshow/61076181.cms | title = Dakshineswar won't feature in Metro map by December 2019 | publisher = The Times of India, 14 October 2017| access-date = 24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Team|first=BS Web|title=LIVE: Bengal has made up its mind for 'poriborton', says PM Modi in Hooghly|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/latest-news-today-live-updates-puducherry-floor-test-bengal-kerala-election-22-february-2021-121022200131_1.html|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Business Standard|language=en}}</ref>
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[[Noapara metro station]] is situated at [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]] in Baranagar. As of 2013, it was [[Kolkata Metro]]'s largest station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/kolkata-news/kolkatas-largest-metro-station-to-open-today-527842 |title=Kolkata's largest Metro station to open today |publisher=[[NDTV]] |website=ndtv.com |date=10 July 2013 |accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref>
The extension of [[Blue Line (Kolkata Metro)|Blue Line]] from Dum Dum to Dakshineswar was sanctioned in 2010–11. It was extended up to [[Noapara, West Bengal|Noapara]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,1,304,386,387 |title=Metro Railway, Kolkata |access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref> The subsequent work was held up because of the encroachments on railway land. [[Baranagar metro station]] is currently operational. Located adjacent to [[Baranagar Road railway station]] this station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021 and commercial run started on the following day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railnews.in/dakshineswar-metro-by-2019-pujas-says-chairman-railway-board/ |title=Dakshineswar Metro by 2019 Pujas: says Chairman, Railway Board |publisher=Rail News 6 March 2018 |access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/land-cloud-over-dakshineswar-metro-set-to-lift-178182 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063658/https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/land-cloud-over-dakshineswar-metro-set-to-lift-178182 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 July 2018 |title=Land cloud over Dakshineswar Metro set to lift |publisher=The Telegraph, 13 October 2017 |access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/dakshineswar-wont-feature-in-metro-map-by-december-2019/articleshow/61076181.cms |title=Dakshineswar won't feature in Metro map by December 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=14 October 2017 |publisher=The Times of India, 14 October 2017 |access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=BS Web |title=LIVE: Bengal has made up its mind for 'poriborton', says PM Modi in Hooghly |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/latest-news-today-live-updates-puducherry-floor-test-bengal-kerala-election-22-february-2021-121022200131_1.html |access-date=24 February 2021 |website=Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>


===Road===
===Road===
[[File:Belghoria Expressway - Kolkata 2011-09-09 4957.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Belghoria Expressway]], Baranagar]]  
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[[File:Barrackpore Trunk Road - Dunlop - Kolkata 2012-04-11 9450.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop]] More, Baranagar]]
| image1 = Belghoria Expressway - Kolkata 2011-09-09 4951.JPG|caption1=[[Belghoria Expressway]]
[[Barrackpore Trunk Road]] (part of both [[State Highway 1 (West Bengal)|SH 1]] and [[State Highway 2 (West Bengal)|SH 2]]) passes through Baranagar.<ref name="google">Google maps</ref> [[Belghoria Expressway]] also passes through Baranagar. [[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop Crossing]] is one of the largest crossings near [[Kolkata]] which connects Kolkata with Northern suburban areas and [[Howrah district|Howrah]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |title=Bus route |publisher=The Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd. |access-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818063620/http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |archive-date=18 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/|title=Bus Services}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/wwwkolkataprivatebusescom/bus-routes/regular-buses/1-to-259/1-to-259|title=1 to 259 - Kolkata Private Buses|website=sites.google.com}}</ref> Another important road is Gopal Lal Tagore Road which is connected to [[Barrackpore Trunk Road|B.T. Road]] at [[Sinthee]] More (via Kashi Nath Dutta Road), at Tobin More (via Baghajatin Road) and also at [[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop]]. Gopal Lal Tagore Road is also connected to [[Dakshineswar]] via Deshbandhu Road-Surya Sen Road (through Alambazar). Many buses ply along all these roads.<ref name="google"/>
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[[Barrackpore Trunk Road]] (part of both [[State Highway 1 (West Bengal)|SH 1]] and [[State Highway 2 (West Bengal)|SH 2]]) passes through Baranagar.<ref name="google">Google maps</ref> [[Belghoria Expressway]] also passes through Baranagar. [[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop Crossing]] is one of the largest crossings near [[Kolkata]] which connects Kolkata with Northern suburban areas and [[Howrah district|Howrah]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |title=Bus route |publisher=The Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd. |access-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818063620/http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |archive-date=18 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/ |title=Bus Services|work=Transport Department, Government of West Bengal }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/wwwkolkataprivatebusescom/bus-routes/regular-buses/1-to-259/1-to-259 |title=1 to 259 - Kolkata Private Buses |website=sites.google.com }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Another important road is Gopal Lal Tagore Road which is connected to [[Barrackpore Trunk Road|B.T. Road]] at [[Sinthee]] More (via Kashi Nath Dutta Road), at Tobin More (via Baghajatin Road) and also at [[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop]]. Gopal Lal Tagore Road is also connected to [[Dakshineswar]] via Deshbandhu Road-Surya Sen Road (through Alambazar).  
 
===Bus===
Bus route numbers 26, 32A, 34B, 43, 242, 56, 78, 78/1, 79, 81/1, 201, 214, 214A, 222, 230, 234, 234/1, 285, DN2/1, DN9/1, DN43, DN44, DN46, S164 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S185 (Mini), AC54, AC54B, S9A, E32, S32, ACT-32, S17A, S57, AC20, S23A, AC23A, AC50A, C23, K4, S58, S11 etc. ply through these roads in Baranagar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/busroute.html|title=Bus routes of Calcutta|publisher=Calcutta Yellow Pages|access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref>


===Ferry===
===Ferry===
[[File:Kuthi Ghat - Barahanagar.jpg|thumb|upright|Ferry ghat at Kuthi Ghat in Baranagar]]  
[[File:Baranagar Kuthi Ghat.jpg|thumb|Baranagar Kuthi Ghat]]
Transport in water pathway is held by boat, launch and bhutbhuti from Baranagar's Kuthi Ghat to [[Belur, West Bengal|Belur]] of [[Howrah]] and [[Bagbazar]], Farlie Place of [[Kolkata]] on the river [[Ganges]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbtc.co.in/ferry-service/|title=''Ferry Service''|publisher=wbtc.co.in|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/suvendu-adhikari-flags-off-kuthighat-ferry-service-380825|title=Suvendu Adhikari flags off Kuthighat ferry service|author=Team MP|date=21 October 2019|access-date=23 October 2019|publisher=millenniumpost.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/state-floats-ferry-hope-to-bypass-tallah-bridge-woes/articleshow/71696160.cms|title=''West Bengal floats ferry hope to bypass Tallah Bridge woes''|last=Moulick|first=Amit|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 October 2019|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>
Transport in water pathway was once held by boat, launch and bhutbhuti from Baranagar's Kuthi Ghat to [[Howrah]] and [[Belur, West Bengal|Belur]] of [[Howrah district]], [[Cossipore]] and [[Bagbazar]] of [[Kolkata district]], [[Uttarpara]] of [[Hooghly district]], [[Dakshineshwar]] and [[Ariadaha]] of [[North 24 Parganas district]] on the river [[Ganges]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wbtc.co.in/ferry-service/ |title=''Ferry Service'' |publisher=wbtc.co.in |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115160656/https://wbtc.co.in/ferry-service/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/suvendu-adhikari-flags-off-kuthighat-ferry-service-380825 |title=Suvendu Adhikari flags off Kuthighat ferry service |author=Team MP |date=21 October 2019 |access-date=23 October 2019 |publisher=millenniumpost.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/state-floats-ferry-hope-to-bypass-tallah-bridge-woes/articleshow/71696160.cms |title=''West Bengal floats ferry hope to bypass Tallah Bridge woes'' |last=Moulick |first=Amit |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=22 October 2019 |access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>
 
===Railways===
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[[Baranagar Road railway station|Baranagar Road]] railway stations serves Baranagar. Baranagar Road is one of the oldest railway station. [[Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)|Sealdah - Dankuni line]]'s trains pass through this station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/7697 |title=BARN/Baranagar Road railway station |website=India Rail Info |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref> However, trains here are not as frequent as other lines connected to suburbs of Kolkata from [[Sealdah railway station|Sealdah]].


==Education==
==Education==
{{main|Indian Statistical Institute|Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School}}


===University===
===University===
[[File:Isical02.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Indian Statistical Institute]], [[Bonhooghly]], Baranagar]]
[[File:Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata 2005.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Indian Statistical Institute]]]]
Baranagar houses the headquarters of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] at [[Bonhooghly]].<ref name=ISI>{{cite web|url=https://www.isical.ac.in/kolcampus.php|title=ISI Kolkata Campus|access-date=11 November 2012}}</ref> It is an academic [[Institute of National Importance|institute of national importance]] as recognised by a 1959 act of the Indian parliament. Established in 1931, this [[public university]] of India is focused on statistics.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/docViewer.aspx?docID=417 |title = UNSD Document&nbsp;– The Indian Statistical Institute Act 1959 |publisher = United Nations Statistics Division |access-date = 10 May 2018}}</ref>
Baranagar houses the headquarters of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] at [[Bonhooghly]].<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=https://www.isical.ac.in/kolcampus.php |title=ISI Kolkata Campus |access-date=11 November 2012}}</ref> It is an academic [[Institute of National Importance|institute of national importance]] as recognised by a 1959 act of the Indian parliament. Established in 1931, this [[public university]] of India is focused on statistics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/docViewer.aspx?docID=417 |title=UNSD Document&nbsp;– The Indian Statistical Institute Act 1959 |publisher=United Nations Statistics Division |access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref>


===Colleges===
===Colleges===
Colleges of Baranagar are:  
Colleges of Baranagar are:  
*[[Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College]]
*[[Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College]]
*[[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pcmm.co.in/|title=Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya &#124; NAAC Accredited College|website=Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya}}</ref>
*[[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pcmm.co.in/ |title=Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya &#124; NAAC Accredited College |website=Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya}}</ref>
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* Central Modern College of Education<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmce.in/|title=Central Modern College of Education|access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>
* MSME - Development Institute, Kolkata<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sisikolkata.gov.in/ |title=MSME - Development Institute, Kolkata |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>


===Schools===
===Schools===
[[File:BRKM Entrance.JPG|thumb|200px|Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission]]
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[[File:Barahanagar Victoria School.jpg|thumb|upright|Baranagar Victoria School]]
image1= download.jpg|caption1=[[G.D.GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DAKSHINESWAR KOLKATA]]
Baranagar is also home to many schools providing quality education to the local and neighbourhood people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Affiliated Schools of West Bengal Board of secondary Education | url= http://wbbse.org/sn24pgs.htm}}</ref>
| image2 = BRkM-6.jpg|caption2=[[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]]
* Bonhughly High School
| image3 = Barahanagar Victoria School.jpg|caption3=Baranagar Victoria School
*[[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]]<ref name="Baranagore RKM">{{cite web|url=http://rkmbaranagore.org/about.php|title=Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagore|access-date=21 October 2019|archive-date=21 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021153639/http://www.rkmbaranagore.org/about.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=BRKMschool>{{cite web|url=http://rkmissionbaranagar.org/|title=Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagar Mission|access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> (Senior secondary boys' school)
| image4 = Central Modern School campus at Baranagar, West Bengal.jpg|caption4=[[Central Modern School]]
*Ramakrishna Mission Centenary Primary School, Baranagaore<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brkmacps.blogspot.com/p/about-us_9.html?m=1|title=RAMAKRISHNA MISSION CENTENARY PRIMARY SCHOOL, BARANAGORE|access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref> (Primary boys' school)
| image5 = Baranagar Narendranath Vidyama.jpg|caption5=Baranagar Narendranath Vidyamandir
*Baranagar Vidyamandir (Primary, Secondary and H.S., for boys and girls)
| image6 = Sinthee R B T Primary School.jpg|caption6=Sinthi R B T Vidyapith
*Baranagar Narendranath Vidyamandir
}}
*Baranagar Rajkumari Memorial Girls' School
Baranagar is also home to many schools providing quality education to the local and neighbourhood people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Affiliated Schools of West Bengal Board of secondary Education |url=http://wbbse.org/sn24pgs.htm |access-date=22 January 2019 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424055845/http://wbbse.org/sn24pgs.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Khalsa Model Senior Secondary School, Dunlop Bridge (Started by Sikh Sangat Gurdwara, Dunlop Bridge)
* [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]]<ref name="Baranagore RKM">{{cite web |url=http://rkmbaranagore.org/about.php |title=Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagore |access-date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=21 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021153639/http://www.rkmbaranagore.org/about.php |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=BRKMschool>{{cite web |url=http://rkmissionbaranagar.org/ |title=Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagar Mission |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> (Senior secondary boys' school)
*Ananda Ashram Sarada Vidyapith
* Central Modern School<ref>{{Cite news |title=Central Modern School, Baranagar |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/educators-who-lost-their-lives-to-covid-remembered-during-event/cid/1836674 |location=Kolkata |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=Dec 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Central Modern School, Baranagar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/central-modern-school-holds-annual-sports-meet/articleshow/68159402.cms |location=Kolkata |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=Dec 2020}}</ref>
*Baranagar Netaji Colony Bharti Girls' Institution
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*Netaji High School
* Alambazar Urdu High School
*Baranagar Rameswar H.S. School
* Ananda Ashram Sarada Vidyapith
*Baranagar Victoria School, Kuthighat
* Ashokegarh Adarsha Vidyalaya
*Ashokegarh Adarsha Vidyalaya
* Baranagar Mayapith Girls' High School
*Jyotinagar Bidyashree Niketan
* Baranagar Mohan Girls' High School
*Sinthee Ray Bahadur Badridas Tulsan Vidyapith (RBT School)
* Baranagar Narendranath Vidyamandir
*Mata Monmohini Secondary School
* Baranagar Netaji Colony Bharti Girls' Institution
*Baranagar Mayapith Girls' High School
* Baranagar Rajkumari Memorial Girls' High School
*Delhi Public School North Kolkata
* Baranagar Rameswar H.S. School
*Calcutta Public School, Bidhan Park
* Baranagar Victoria School
*Baranagar Mohan Girls' High School
* Baranagar Vidyamandir
*Central Modern School, Baranagar
* Bonhooghly High School
*Alambazar Urdu High School
* Calcutta Public School, Bidhan Park
*Jyotinagar Vidyashree Niketan
* G D Goenka Public School Dakshineswar (earlier: Delhi Public School North Kolkata)
* Jyotinagar Bidyashree Niketan
* Jyotinagar Vidyashree Niketan
* Khalsa Model Senior Secondary School
* Mata Monmohini Secondary School
* Mayapith School
* Netaji High School
* Rajkumari School for Girls
* Ramakrishna Mission Centenary Primary School, Baranagore<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brkmacps.blogspot.com/p/about-us_9.html?m=1 |title=RAMAKRISHNA MISSION CENTENARY PRIMARY SCHOOL, BARANAGORE |access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref> (Primary boys' school)
* Sinthi R B T Vidyapith


==Health facilities==
==Health facilities==
Following hospitals are located in Baranagar:  
Following hospitals are located in Baranagar:  
* Baranagar State General Hospital<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tabletwise.com/hospitals/baranagar-state-general-hospital-barrackpur-ii|title=Baranagar State General Hospital - Address and Reviews - 104, 104, A, K, Mukherjee Road, Ps-baranagar, Kolkata-700090., Baranagar, Baranagar Municipality, Barrackpore-II, Barrackpur-II, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal - Phone Number|website=tabletwise}}</ref>
* Baranagar State General Hospital<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tabletwise.com/hospitals/baranagar-state-general-hospital-barrackpur-ii |title=Baranagar State General Hospital |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703132139/https://www.tabletwise.com/hospitals/baranagar-state-general-hospital-barrackpur-ii |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Disha Eye Hospital, Sinthi<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dishaeye.org/sinthi|title=Sinthi|date=14 June 2016|website=Disha}}</ref>
* Disha Eye Hospital<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dishaeye.org/sinthi |title=Disha Eye Hospitals |work=Disha Eye Hospital |date=14 June 2016 |accessdate=13 March 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703132139/http://www.dishaeye.org/sinthi |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* National Institute for Locomotor Disability (NILD)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niohkol.nic.in/departments-physio-therapy3.html|title=National Institute for Locomtor Disabilities (Divyangjan)|access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref>
* National Institute for Locomotor Disability (NILD)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niohkol.nic.in/departments-physio-therapy3.html |title=National Institute for Locomtor Disabilities (Divyangjan) |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref>
* Baine Hospital
* Baine Hospital<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wblc.gov.in/view-establishment-profile/sweet-corner/QktnQWlpYWxXVjYrakN3d2UvcHpCZz09 |title=Baine Hospital |access-date=13 March 2022 |publisher=LABOUR COMMISSIONERATE, Labour Department, [[Government of West Bengal]]}}</ref>
* Baranagar Matri Sadan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mobida.in/address/87-desh-bandhu-rd-baranagar-matri-sadan-qtr-700035|title=87, Desh Bandhu Rd Baranagar Matri Sadan Qtr-700035 Pin Code Number &#124; Mobida.In|website=mobida.in}}</ref>
* Baranagar Matri Sadan<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mobida.in/address/87-desh-bandhu-rd-baranagar-matri-sadan-qtr-700035 |title=Baranagar Matri Sadan |website=mobida.in |access-date=18 January 2019 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614154926/https://mobida.in/address/87-desh-bandhu-rd-baranagar-matri-sadan-qtr-700035 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Indian Institute of Psychometry (IIP)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iipindia.co.in/|title=IIP India|website=www.iipindia.co.in}}</ref>
* Indian Institute of Psychometry (IIP)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iipindia.co.in/ |title=IIP India |website=www.iipindia.co.in}}</ref>
 
* Eskag Sanjeevani Multispeciality Hospital<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eskagsanjeevani.com/contact-us/ |title=ESKAG SANJEEVANI MULTISPECIALITY HOSPITAL |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
== Culture ==
[[File:Joy Mitra Kripamoyee Kali Temple (1).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Kripamayee Kali Temple]] (Jai Mitra Kali Bari)]]
[[Baranagar Math]] near Pramanick ghat is the place where Swami Vivekananda and a few other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna Dev started their spiritual journey that culminated in forming the monastic order later located at [[Belur Math]], the present headquarters of [[Ramakrishna Mission]].<ref name=Baranagarmath>{{cite web|url=http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/index.php|title=RKM – Index|access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> Other places worth visiting are Jay Mitra Kalibari, Pramanick Kalibari, and Kouleswar Mandir. Pathbari Mandir is a place where [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]], the great religious leader, set his foot on his way to Puri nearly five hundred years ago here.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2018/01/11/sri-bhagavatacharyas-residencebaranagar-path-bari/|title=Sri Bhagavatacharya's residence, Baranagar Path Bari|date=11 November 2018|access-date=6 November 2019|publisher=thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com}}</ref> In Baranagar a math has been set up very recently, called [[Alambazar Math]] in the heritage building where Swami Vivekananda first put up after coming back from abroad.<ref name=Alambazarmath>{{cite web|title=AlambazarMath |url=http://alambazarmath.com/ |access-date=9 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110085118/http://alambazarmath.com/ |archive-date=10 January 2014 }}</ref>
The Annapurna Temple and the newly built [[Sitaramdas Omkarnath|Omkarnath]] Temple are also other two attractions of the "Mahamilan Math".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jaigurusampradaya.org/|title=Akhil Bharat Jai Guru Sampradaya|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> [[Trailanga]] Swami Math is also here in Baranagar at Vidyayatan Sarani. There is also an old kalibari in Baranagar Bazar and one in Kutighat and Pramanicghat.
 
Baranagar has a gurdwara named "Dunlop Gurudwara" near Dunlop Bridge, a church named "St. James' Church, Baranagar"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnicalcutta.org/church_st_james_church_baranagar.html|title=St. James' Church – Baranagar|access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> near Sinthee More along with many mosques.
 
Baranagar is famous for [[Durga Puja]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wb.gov.in/upload/Latest%20News-191011151457388.pdf|title=''Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman 2019, List of Winners''|publisher=[[Government of West Bengal]]|website=wb.gov.in|access-date=20 November 2019|language=bn, en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/west-bengal-government-announces-biswa-bangla-sarad-samman-2019/amp_articleshow/71444462.cms|title=West Bengal government announces 'Biswa Bangla Sarad Samman 2019'|last=Gupta|first=Saibal|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|website=m.timesofindia.com|date=4 October 2019|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/city-pujas-effort-to-preserve-idols/articleshow/71633115.cms|title=City Pujas' effort to preserve idols|work=[[The Times of India]]|author=Bishwabijoy Mitra|date=17 October 2019|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> In every winter, a circus is organised at 'Sinthi Circus Maidan' named "Ajanta Circus".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2011/01/famous-circus-kolkata-circus-show.html|title=Famous Circus Kolkata - Circus Show Tickets, Timings, Venue - Sinthee More Circus Maidan|first=S.|last=Kumar}}</ref>
 
==Sports==
[[Olympic Games|Olympic]] played archer [[Dola Banerjee]], [[Rahul Banerjee (archer)|Rahul Banerjee]], [[Atanu Das]] born in Baranagar.<ref name=Dola/><ref name=Atanu/>
 
Many sport academies and sporting clubs are situated in Baranagar:
*Pragati Sangha (Mallick Colony)
*Pragati Sangha Maidan ( B.T. Road)
* Nobodoy Football Academy<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.exametc.com/sprts_list.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 January 2019 |archive-date=24 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203347/http://www.exametc.com/sprts_list.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Seishinkai Indian Karate Do & Kick Boxing Institute<ref name="auto"/>
* Bandhudal Sporting Club<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bandhudalsportingclub.com/|title=Bandhudal Sporting Club &#124; Homepage|website=www.bandhudalsportingclub.com}}</ref>
* Calcutta Archery Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/archery-s-hope/701686/|author=Shamik Chakraborty|title=Archery's Hope|access-date=24 October 2010}}</ref>
* Baranagar Archery Club<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-IN&v=8.15.15.21.arm&output=search&q=Baranagar+Archery+Club&ludocid=10578801124687306991&kgs=9c97335e7371972e&shndl=-1&entrypoint=sh/x/kp/local|title=Baranagar Archery Club - Google Search|website=www.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/sports/other-sports/archery-club-in-baranagar/articleshow/22279663.cms|title=The goal of the goal is to run away|access-date=4 September 2013|publisher=[[Ei Samay]]}}</ref>
* Baranagar Sporting Club<ref>{{cite web |url=https://t.justdial.com/Kolkata/Baranagar-Sporting-Club-Baranagar/033PXX33-XX33-180326160605-P2C2_BZDET |title=Team info |website=t.justdial.com |access-date=2020-06-04 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703132138/https://t.justdial.com/Kolkata/Baranagar-Sporting-Club-Baranagar/033PXX33-XX33-180326160605-P2C2_BZDET |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Tourist attractions==
==Tourist attractions==
[[File:Kuthi ghat baranagar.jpg|thumb|200px|Kuthi Ghat]]
{{multiple image|perrow=2/2|total_width=300|caption_align=center
[[File:Kancher Mandir.jpg|thumb|200px|Glass Temple]]
| image1 = Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar - 48097817802.jpg|caption1=[[Baranagar Math]]
Several educational institutions, religious places, pilgrims, heritage buildings, places of Baranagar are tourist attractions of many people:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/initiative-to-declare-cities-along-the-bank-of-hooghly-as-heritage-cities/|title=''Initiative to declare cities along the bank of Hooghly as heritage cities''|publisher=[[All India Trinamool Congress]]|date=1 October 2015|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>  
| image2 = Joy Mitra Kripamoyee Kali Temple (1).jpg|caption2=[[Kripamayee Kali Temple]]
* [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]]<ref name=Tour>{{cite web|url=https://www.wbtourismgov.in/home/search?q=Baranagar&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwbtourismgov.in%2F&client=pub-6169537368495656&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A1&hl=en&sa=&csrf_name=84ed729bf5036c58b1c998658f9ac594|title=Tourist attractions in Baranagar|publisher=Department of Tourism Government of West Bengal|website=wbtourismgov.in|access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref><ref name=BRKM/><ref name=BRKMschool/>
| image3 = Ratan Babu Ghat Kolkata.jpg|caption3=Kuthi Ghat
| image4 = Kancher Mandir.jpg|caption4=Glass Temple
}}
Several educational institutions, religious places, pilgrims, heritage buildings, places of Baranagar are tourist attractions of many people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/initiative-to-declare-cities-along-the-bank-of-hooghly-as-heritage-cities/ |title=''Initiative to declare cities along the bank of Hooghly as heritage cities'' |publisher=[[All India Trinamool Congress]] |date=1 October 2015 |access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>  
* [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School]]<ref name=Tour>{{cite web |url=https://www.wbtourismgov.in/home/search?q=Baranagar&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwbtourismgov.in%2F&client=pub-6169537368495656&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A1&hl=en&sa=&csrf_name=84ed729bf5036c58b1c998658f9ac594 |title=Tourist attractions in Baranagar |publisher=Department of Tourism Government of West Bengal |website=wbtourismgov.in |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref><ref name=BRKM/><ref name=BRKMschool/>
* [[Indian Statistical Institute]]<ref name=ISI/>
* [[Indian Statistical Institute]]<ref name=ISI/>
* [[Baranagar Math]]<ref name=Baranagarmath/>
* [[Baranagar Math]]<ref name=Baranagarmath/>
* [[Alambazar Math]]<ref name=Alambazarmath/>
* [[Alambazar Math]]<ref name=Alambazarmath/>
* [[Kripamayee Kali Temple]]  
* [[Kripamayee Kali Temple]]  
* Pathbari Temple<ref name=Tour/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_Heritage_site.htm|title=Barrackpore Subdivision - Heritage Sites|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
* Pathbari Temple<ref name=Tour/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_Heritage_site.htm |title=Barrackpore Subdivision - Heritage Sites |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
* Mahamilan Math
* Mahamilan Math ([[Sitaramdas Omkarnath|Omkarnath]] Math)
* [https://dokrakalimata.org/ Dokra Kali Mata Temple]
* St. James' Church, Baranagar
* St. James' Church, Baranagar
* Dunlop Gurudwara
* Dunlop Gurudwara
* Glass Temple
* Glass Temple (Kancher Mandir)
* Kuthi Ghat
* Kuthi Ghat
* Dutch Kuthi  
* Dutch Kuthi
* Peneti Bagabari of the [[Tagore family]]
 
Besides these, many people come in Baranagar every year in [[Durga Puja]] period, in the time of "Ajanta Circus".
Besides these, many people come in Baranagar every year in [[Durga Puja]] period, in the time of "Ajanta Circus".


==Gallery==
== Markets ==
<gallery>
 
File:PIA01844 modest rotated.jpg
Major markets in the Baranagar area include:
File:Pond Heron Baranagar Kolkata West Bengal India 20.05.2014.jpg|[[Pond Heron]] in Baranagar
 
File:Stork-billed Kingfisher Baranagar Kolkata West Bengal India 21.04.2014.jpg|[[Stork-billed Kingfisher]] in Baranagar
* Baranagar Bazar <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/kolkata/baranagar.html|title=Map of Baranagar|publisher=Maps of India|access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref>
File:White-throated Kingfisher Baranagar Kolkata West Bengal India 19.04.2014.jpg|[[White-throated kingfisher]] in Baranagar
* Sinthee Bazar
</gallery>
* Banga Lakshmi Bazar
* Gokul Babur Bazar
* Bonorini Market
* Alambazar Market
* RIC Bazar
* Dunlop Market
 
== Culture ==
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| image1 = Durga Puja in Baranagar (2024).jpg|caption1=[[Durga Puja]] at Baranagar in 2024
| image2 = Saraswati puja at BRKM.jpg|caption2=[[Saraswati Puja]] at [[Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School|Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission]] in 2019
| image3 = BRKM Kali puja 2013.jpg|caption3=[[Kali Puja]] at Baranagar Ramkrishna Mission in 2013
}}
[[Baranagar Math]] near Pramanick ghat is the place where Swami Vivekananda and a few other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna Dev started their spiritual journey that culminated in forming the monastic order later located at [[Belur Math]], the present headquarters of [[Ramakrishna Mission]].<ref name=Baranagarmath>{{cite web |url=http://www.rkmbaranagar.org/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904031553/http://rkmbaranagar.org/index.php |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 September 2011 |title=RKM – Index |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> Other places worth visiting are [[Kripamayee Kali Temple|Jay Mitra Kalibari]], Pramanick Kalibari, and Kouleswar Mandir. Pathbari Mandir is a place where [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]], the great religious leader, set his foot on his way to Puri nearly five hundred years ago here.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2018/01/11/sri-bhagavatacharyas-residencebaranagar-path-bari/ |title=Sri Bhagavatacharya's residence, Baranagar Path Bari |date=11 November 2018 |access-date=6 November 2019 |publisher=thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com}}</ref> In Baranagar a math has been set up very recently, called [[Alambazar Math]] in the heritage building where Swami Vivekananda first put up after coming back from abroad.<ref name=Alambazarmath>{{cite web |title=AlambazarMath |url=http://alambazarmath.com/ |access-date=9 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110085118/http://alambazarmath.com/ |archive-date=10 January 2014}}</ref>
The Annapurna Temple and the newly built [[Sitaramdas Omkarnath|Omkarnath]] Temple are also other two attractions of the "Mahamilan Math".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jaigurusampradaya.org/ |title=Akhil Bharat Jai Guru Sampradaya |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> [[Trailanga]] Swami Math is also here in Baranagar at Vidyayatan Sarani. There is also an old kalibari in Baranagar Bazar and one in Kutighat and Pramanicghat.
 
Baranagar has a gurdwara named "Dunlop Gurudwara" near Dunlop Bridge, a church named "St. James' Church, Baranagar"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cnicalcutta.org/church_st_james_church_baranagar.html |title=St. James' Church – Baranagar |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> near Sinthee More along with many mosques.
 
Baranagar is famous for [[Durga Puja]]. Popular Durga Puja organizations like Netaji Colony Lowland, Bandhudal Sporting club, Noapara Dadabhai Sangha, Karmi Sangha, Kalakar para, Ashokgarh Sarbojanin, Nainan Bandhav Samiti, Mullick Colony, Shibmandir maath, Satin sen Sangsad,  Friend's association,  Rabindranagar Yubak brinda - all lie in Baranagar. In 2022, The first ever silicon based durga idol was displayed at Baranagar's Noapara Dada Bhai Sangha. The same club later made a signle tree route carved idol in 2023. In 2024, Bandhudal Sporting Club made one of the largest pandal of Kolkata in the respective year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wb.gov.in/upload/Latest%20News-191011151457388.pdf |title=''Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman 2019, List of Winners'' |publisher=[[Government of West Bengal]] |website=wb.gov.in |access-date=20 November 2019 |language=bn, en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/west-bengal-government-announces-biswa-bangla-sarad-samman-2019/articleshow/71444462.cms |title=West Bengal government announces 'Biswa Bangla Sarad Samman 2019' |last=Gupta |first=Saibal |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=4 October 2019 |access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/city-pujas-effort-to-preserve-idols/articleshow/71633115.cms |title=City Pujas' effort to preserve idols |work=[[The Times of India]] |author=Bishwabijoy Mitra |date=17 October 2019 |access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> In every winter, a circus is organised at 'Sinthi Circus Maidan' named "Ajanta Circus".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2011/01/famous-circus-kolkata-circus-show.html |title=Famous Circus Kolkata - Circus Show Tickets, Timings, Venue - Sinthee More Circus Maidan |first=S. |last=Kumar}}</ref>
Annual fairs- textile and handloom fair in March–April season and Durga Puja Sharadiya fair in September–October season in Sinthi More Circus and mela ground.
 
Jhulanbari in Jhulantala and Pathbari are famous for celebrating the festival of Jhulan Jatra and Rash Jatra.
 
Baranagar also hosts some of the biggest Kali Pujas. Haowa Shokal, Bonhoogly Yubak Sangha, Kalpataru Seva Samiti, Pally Shanti Sangha, Kalitala Maath, Alambazar Naba Jyoti Sangha and Baranagar Boro Ma are among the popular ones.
The annual Saraswati Puja is also widely celebrated in the area.
 
Christmas celebrations at the Baranagar St. James Church also attracts thousands of visitors.
 
Kalpataru Utsav held on the New Year's Day, the day on which Sri Ramkrishna Became Kalpataru and fulfilled the wishes of his disciples, also attracts thousands of devotees to Baranagar. Devotees visit the famous Baranagar Math and Ramkrishna Maha Smashan in Baranagar and also the nearby Cossipore Udyanbati and Dakshineshwar Temple.
 
Recently in 2019, Alambazar [[Barbarika|Shyam]] Mandir has been inaugurated by then Governor of Bengal [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]].
 
==Sports==
Baranagar is the birthplace of famous sportspersons who have participated in [[Olympic Games]] e.g., archer [[Dola Banerjee]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/archery/former-archers-dola-rahul-to-organise-vaccination-drive-for-states-sportspersons-covid-19-archery-news/article34710279.ece |title=Former archers Dola, Rahul to organise vaccination drive for state's sportspersons |website=|date=2 June 2021 }}</ref> [[Rahul Banerjee (archer)|Rahul Banerjee]], [[Atanu Das]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/atanu-das-profile-tokyo-olympics-2021-know-your-olympian-archery-stats-photos-recent-results-qualification-3955637.html |title=Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian - Atanu Das, Archery |website=|date=12 July 2021 }}</ref>


==Notes==
Many sport academies and sporting clubs are situated in Baranagar:<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=List of All Sports Academy |url=http://www.exametc.com/sprts_list.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203347/http://www.exametc.com/sprts_list.php |archive-date=24 January 2019 |access-date=24 January 2019}}</ref>
{{Notelist}}
* Bandhudal Sporting Club<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bandhudalsportingclub.com/ |title=Bandhudal Sporting Club &#124; Homepage |website=www.bandhudalsportingclub.com |access-date=24 January 2019 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703132138/http://www.bandhudalsportingclub.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Calcutta Archery Club<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/archery-s-hope/701686/ |author=Shamik Chakraborty |title=Archery's Hope |access-date=24 October 2010}}</ref>
* Baranagar Archery Club<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-IN&q=Baranagar+Archery+Club&ludocid=10578801124687306991 |title=Baranagar Archery Club - Google Search |website=www.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/sports/other-sports/archery-club-in-baranagar/articleshow/22279663.cms |title=The goal of the goal is to run away |work=Eisamay |access-date=4 September 2013 |publisher=[[Ei Samay]] |archive-date=24 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124205021/https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/sports/other-sports/archery-club-in-baranagar/articleshow/22279663.cms |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Baranagar Sporting Club<ref>{{cite web |url=https://t.justdial.com/Kolkata/Baranagar-Sporting-Club-Baranagar/033PXX33-XX33-180326160605-P2C2_BZDET |title=Team info |website=t.justdial.com |access-date=4 June 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703132138/https://t.justdial.com/Kolkata/Baranagar-Sporting-Club-Baranagar/033PXX33-XX33-180326160605-P2C2_BZDET |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Baranagar Narayani Sporting Club
* Baranagar Agragami Sporting Club
 
== See also ==
 
* [[North Kolkata]]
* [[Cossipore]]
* [[Dakshineswar]]
* [[South Dum Dum]]


== References ==
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* [https://www.britannica.com/place/Baranagar Baranagar] at [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]
* [https://www.britannica.com/place/Baranagar Baranagar] at [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]
* [http://north24parganas.nic.in/ Official website] of [[North 24 Parganas district]]
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Baranagar
City
Location in Kolkata
Location in West Bengal
Baranagar is located in India
Baranagar
Baranagar
Location in India
Coordinates: 22°38′N 88°22′E / 22.64°N 88.37°E / 22.64; 88.37
Country India
State West Bengal
DivisionPresidency
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas[1][2]
Established1869; 157 years ago (1869) (as North Suburban Municipality)
1889; 137 years ago (1889) (as Baranagar Municipality)[4]
Wards34[5]
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyBaranagar Municipality
 • Municipality ChairmanAparna Moulik[6][7]
(TMC)
 • MLASayantika Banerjee
(TMC)
Area
 • Total7.12 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total245,313[3]
 • Rank18th (in West Bengal)[8]
187th (in India)
 • Density35,220/km2 (91,200/sq mi)
  • Rank5th in the world[9][10]
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
 • Literacy rate91.41%[3]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
Telephone code+91 33[15]
Vehicle registrationWB-23, WB-24[16]
Lok Sabha constituencyDum Dum[17]
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBaranagar[17]
Sex ratio1000/943 (1.06)
(♂️/♀️)
Indian Railways station
Kolkata Metro station
ClimateAw (Köppen)
Precipitation1,770 millimetres (70 in)
Avg. summer temperature31.7 °C (89.1 °F)
Avg. winter temperature22.2 °C (72.0 °F)
Websitebaranagarmunicipality.org
[18][19]

Baranagar is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).[20][21]

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.[22] Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School is one of the oldest and most renowned schools in Baranagar.[23][24]

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.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The word Baranagar derives from the Bengali term Barahanagore (Bengali: বরাহনগর), meaning "City of the Hogs". (বরাহ: hog, নগর: city) Streynsham Master who visited the area in 1676 spoke of the hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export.[25]

There are several explanations for the etymology of this name:

  • Map of Bengal by De Barros in 1550 showing "Bernagar" which refers to Baranagar
    Lua error in Module:OSM_Location_map at line 1984: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Baranagar or Barahanagar, meaning the "big" (Bara) and "town or land" (nagar) of the "pig" (baraha).[19]
  • Baranagar might be named after Varaha avatar of Vishnu.

History[edit | edit source]

Nigerian Kuthi in Baranagar
Map of Bengal by Van de Broucke in 1660 showing "Barrenger" which refers to Baranagar

The earliest reference of Baranagar can be found in Sri Sri Chaitanya Bhagabat written by Sri Brindaban Das where it was said that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came to Baranagar in 1512. He writes:

হেন মতে পাণিহাটী গ্রাম ধন্য করি।

আছিলেন কথোদিন শ্রীগৌরাঙ্গ হরি ॥
তবে প্রভু আইলেন বরাহনগরে।
মহাভাগ্যবন্ত এক ব্রাহ্মণের ঘরে ॥
সেই বিপ্র বড় সুশিক্ষিত ভাগবতে।
প্রভু দেখি ভাগবত লাগিলা পড়িতে ॥
এতেক তোমার নাম ভাগবতাচার্য।

ইহা বিনে আর কোন না করিহ কার্য।

References to Baranagar can be found in many literary texts dating to 17th and 18th centuries. Even maps made by Dutch and Portuguese had references to Baranagar as "Bernagar" or "Barrenger".

Baranagar Municipality was established in 1869; it is one of the oldest municipalities in India.[7] The Dutch had homes there in the seventeenth century.[26] Streynsham Master who visited the area in 1676 spoke of the hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export. Later it became the centre for the extensive jute trade, manufacturing gunny bags.[25] A major road (Surya Sen Road) parallel to the Hooghly River connects Baranagar Bazaar with Dakshineswar. In between temples such as Kaancher Mandir (i.e. Glass Temple),[27] Joy Mitra Kali Bari[28] and Pathbari are located.

Portuguese colonist first established their business camp here, which was in existence till 1862. Dutch settlers established their ‘Kuthi’ or office for business. Dutch supremacy ended with the arisen of British power in Bengal. M/s. Colvin Cow II Co. was the pioneer of industrial Baranagar. They founded a Sugar Mill near Alambazar. Later George Henderson founded Borneo Jute Factory at that site.[29] In 1859, the factory was renamed Baranagar Jute Factory and is still in existence. The Baranagar Jute Factory was the first mechanical Jute Factory in India. During the two World Wars, many engineering factories were set up in Baranagar, and the town became famous as Industrial City. To provide civic amenities, North Suburban Municipality was formed in 1869 consisting of Chitpur and Cossipore (presently under Kolkata M.C.), all mouzas of present Baranagar Municipal Area along with Kamarhati, Ariadaha and Dakshineswar mouzas of present Kamarhati Municipality. In 1881 North Suburban Municipality was divided into two parts, 1) Cossipore- Chitpur Municipality (later amalgamated with Kolkata Municipal area) and 2) Baranagar Municipality. On 1 August 1899, Kamarhati Municipality was formed, parting Kamarhati and Ariadaha Mouzas from Baranagar. In 1949 Dakshineswar Mouza was parted from Baranagar and merged with Kamarhati Municipality.[19]

Baranagar was one or majorly affected cities during the Naxalbari Uprising. In the early 1970s, a massacre took place in the city as the Congress led Indian state retaliated against the political movement. The joint operation of the police and criminals attacked alleged Naxalites as well as their family members. The family of a Congressman wasn't spared either.[30] Grotesque killings took place as more than 100-1000 people were torched, gunned down or hacked to death. The police never bothered to give any official number. There has been call for a judicial enquiry but none took place even after 50 years have passed.[31][32] The culprits were never brought to books. There are allegations by political activists that those policemen who were involved in the killings were later promoted to higher ranks.

In Kuthighat (Baranagar), there was an old house/lodge of Nigerian merchants.[33][34]

Geography[edit | edit source]

Location[edit | edit source]

Baranagar is located at 22°38′N 88°22′E / 22.64°N 88.37°E / 22.64; 88.37.[35] It has an average elevation of 12 metres (39 feet). It is situated east of the Hooghly River. Baranagar Municipal area lies between Sinthee More and Dunlop.

Baranagar is bounded by Dakshineswar and PWD Road on the north, Noapara metro depot and adjacent areas of South Dum Dum on the east, Sinthee and Cossipore in Kolkata district on the south and Hooghly river on the west.

Police Station[edit | edit source]

Baranagar police station

Baranagar police station under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over the parts of Baranagar Municipal areas.[36]

Climate[edit | edit source]

In summer, i.e. from April to June, the weather remains hot and temperatures range from a maximum of 38 °C (100 °F) to a minimum of 25 °C (77 °F).

Monsoon season prevails during beginning-June to mid-September. Also retrieving monsoon from mid-October till mid-November.

The weather is quite pleasant, the summers and winters are moderate. The level of moisture increases during summers.[35]

Climate data for Baranagar
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 26.4
(79.5) 		29.1
(84.4) 		33.5
(92.3) 		35.3
(95.5) 		35.4
(95.7) 		34
(93) 		32.3
(90.1) 		32.1
(89.8) 		32.4
(90.3) 		32.3
(90.1) 		30.3
(86.5) 		27
(81) 		31.7
(89.0)
Average low °C (°F) 13.8
(56.8) 		16.9
(62.4) 		21.7
(71.1) 		25.1
(77.2) 		26
(79) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.1
(79.0) 		26.1
(79.0) 		25.8
(78.4) 		23.9
(75.0) 		19.6
(67.3) 		14.5
(58.1) 		22.2
(71.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 20
(0.8) 		40
(1.6) 		40
(1.6) 		60
(2.4) 		140
(5.5) 		280
(11.0) 		400
(15.7) 		340
(13.4) 		280
(11.0) 		140
(5.5) 		20
(0.8) 		10
(0.4) 		1,770
(69.7)
Average rainy days 4 3 4 6 12 18 23 22 18 11 3 1 125
Source: Baranagar Weather[37]

Notable residents[edit | edit source]

Spiritual Leaders[edit | edit source]

Academician and Writers[edit | edit source]

Sports[edit | edit source]

Entertainment[edit | edit source]

Others[edit | edit source]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

Population[edit | edit source]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1901 25,432—    
1911 25,895+1.8%
1921 32,084+23.9%
1931 37,050+15.5%
1941 54,451+47.0%
1951 77,126+41.6%
1961 107,837+39.8%
1971 136,842+26.9%
1981 170,343+24.5%
1991 224,831+32.0%
2001 250,768+11.5%
2011 245,213−2.2%
Source: Census of India[64]

As per the 2011 Census of India, Baranagar had a total population of 245,213, of which 126,187 (51%) were males and 119,026 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 16,825. The total number of literates in Baranagar was 208,779 (91.41% of the population over 6 years), male literates are 110,118 (93.69%) and female literates are 98,661 (89%).[3]

As of 2001 India census,[65] Baranagar had a population of 250,615. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Baranagar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religion in Baranagar
Religion Population (1941)[66]:23 Percentage (1941) Population (2011) Percentage (2011)
Hinduism 45,109 82.84% 232,839 94.95%
Islam 8,874 16.29% 7,269 2.96%
Sikhism 5 0.01% 2,810 1.15%
Christianity 242 0.44% 653 0.26%
Others 221 0.40% 1,642 0.68%
Total Population 54,451 100% 245,213 100%

Languages[edit | edit source]

Languages spoken in Baranagar City (2011)[67]

  Bengali (81.28%)
  Hindi (14.53%)
  Urdu (1.59%)
  Punjabi (1.17%)
  Odia (0.40%)
  Others (1.03%)

Almost 82% of the population speaks Bengali while 15% speaks Hindi and Urdu. There is a significant Punjabi speaking population as well owing to the significant Sikh population who migrated here during 1984 anti-Sikh riots. There has been significant increase in Hindi-Urdu speaking population due to migration from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Some localities within the city now has Hindi as the dominant language.

Religions in Baranagar[3]
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 94.95%
Muslims
 
 2.96%
Sikhs
 
 1.15%
Christians
 
 0.26%
Jains
 
 0.14%
Buddhists
 
 0.02%
Others†
 
 0.5%
†includes irreligious and religion not stated (~0.5%).
Literacy in Baranagar
Literacy Percent
Male
 
 93.69%
Female
 
 89%
All
 
 91.41%

Kolkata Urban Agglomeration[edit | edit source]

The following Municipalities, Census Towns and other locations in Barrackpore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Kanchrapara (M), Jetia (CT), Halisahar (M), Balibhara (CT), Naihati (M), Bhatpara (M), Kaugachhi (CT), Garshyamnagar (CT), Garulia (M), Ichhapur Defence Estate (CT), North Barrackpur (M), Barrackpur Cantonment (CB), Barrackpore (M), Jafarpur (CT), Ruiya (CT), Titagarh (M), Khardaha (M), Bandipur (CT), Panihati (M), Muragachha (CT) New Barrackpore (M), Chandpur (CT), Talbandha (CT), Patulia (CT), Kamarhati (M), Baranagar (M), South Dumdum (M), North Dumdum (M), Dum Dum (M), Noapara (CT), Babanpur (CT), Teghari (CT), Nanna (OG), Chakla (OG), Srotribati (OG) and Panpur (OG).[8]

Infrastructure[edit | edit source]

As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Baranagar Municipal city covered an area of 7.12 km2. Amongst the civic amenities it had 160.23 km of roads and both open and closed drains. Amongst the medical facilities it had 55 medicine shops. Amongst the educational facilities it had 49 primary schools, 33 middle schools, 33 secondary schools, many higher secondary schools and 2 non-formal education centres. Amongst the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 2 cinema/theatres and 2 auditorium/ community halls. It had 20 bank branches.[68]

Economy[edit | edit source]

Baranagar was once economically enriched for many Industrial factories like "Bengal Immunity company", "Baranagar Jute Mill".[69] Hessian, sacking, fabrics, carpets and bags from jute (Corchorus spp) are manufactured in the jute mill, while almost every other factories are now permanently shut down. The Baranagar Jute Mill is one of the oldest jute mills still running. The service sector includes the rest of the city's economy. Baranagar is also home to numerous cotton-processing companies, offset & digital printers and Purushottam Publishers, an academic book publishing company.[70]

KMDA[edit | edit source]

Baranagar municipality is included in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area for which the KMDA is the statutory planning and development authority.[71][72]

Transport[edit | edit source]

Metro railways[edit | edit source]

Baranagar metro station
Noapara metro station

Noapara metro station is situated at Noapara in Baranagar. As of 2013, it was Kolkata Metro's largest station.[73] The extension of Blue Line from Dum Dum to Dakshineswar was sanctioned in 2010–11. It was extended up to Noapara in 2013.[74] The subsequent work was held up because of the encroachments on railway land. Baranagar metro station is currently operational. Located adjacent to Baranagar Road railway station this station was inaugurated on 22 February 2021 and commercial run started on the following day.[75][76][77][78]

Road[edit | edit source]

Belghoria Expressway
BT Road in Dunlop.

Barrackpore Trunk Road (part of both SH 1 and SH 2) passes through Baranagar.[79] Belghoria Expressway also passes through Baranagar. Dunlop Crossing is one of the largest crossings near Kolkata which connects Kolkata with Northern suburban areas and Howrah, Hooghly.[80][81][82] Another important road is Gopal Lal Tagore Road which is connected to B.T. Road at Sinthee More (via Kashi Nath Dutta Road), at Tobin More (via Baghajatin Road) and also at Dunlop. Gopal Lal Tagore Road is also connected to Dakshineswar via Deshbandhu Road-Surya Sen Road (through Alambazar).

Bus[edit | edit source]

Bus route numbers 26, 32A, 34B, 43, 242, 56, 78, 78/1, 79, 81/1, 201, 214, 214A, 222, 230, 234, 234/1, 285, DN2/1, DN9/1, DN43, DN44, DN46, S164 (Mini), S180 (Mini), S185 (Mini), AC54, AC54B, S9A, E32, S32, ACT-32, S17A, S57, AC20, S23A, AC23A, AC50A, C23, K4, S58, S11 etc. ply through these roads in Baranagar.[83]

Ferry[edit | edit source]

Baranagar Kuthi Ghat

Transport in water pathway was once held by boat, launch and bhutbhuti from Baranagar's Kuthi Ghat to Howrah and Belur of Howrah district, Cossipore and Bagbazar of Kolkata district, Uttarpara of Hooghly district, Dakshineshwar and Ariadaha of North 24 Parganas district on the river Ganges.[84][85][86]

Railways[edit | edit source]

Baranagar Road railway station

Baranagar Road railway stations serves Baranagar. Baranagar Road is one of the oldest railway station. Sealdah - Dankuni line's trains pass through this station.[87] However, trains here are not as frequent as other lines connected to suburbs of Kolkata from Sealdah.

Education[edit | edit source]

University[edit | edit source]

Indian Statistical Institute

Baranagar houses the headquarters of the Indian Statistical Institute at Bonhooghly.[22] It is an academic institute of national importance as recognised by a 1959 act of the Indian parliament. Established in 1931, this public university of India is focused on statistics.[88]

Colleges[edit | edit source]

Colleges of Baranagar are:

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  • Central Modern College of Education[90]
  • MSME - Development Institute, Kolkata[91]

Schools[edit | edit source]

Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School
Baranagar Victoria School
Central Modern School
Baranagar Narendranath Vidyamandir
Sinthi R B T Vidyapith

Baranagar is also home to many schools providing quality education to the local and neighbourhood people.[92]

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  • Alambazar Urdu High School
  • Ananda Ashram Sarada Vidyapith
  • Ashokegarh Adarsha Vidyalaya
  • Baranagar Mayapith Girls' High School
  • Baranagar Mohan Girls' High School
  • Baranagar Narendranath Vidyamandir
  • Baranagar Netaji Colony Bharti Girls' Institution
  • Baranagar Rajkumari Memorial Girls' High School
  • Baranagar Rameswar H.S. School
  • Baranagar Victoria School
  • Baranagar Vidyamandir
  • Bonhooghly High School
  • Calcutta Public School, Bidhan Park
  • G D Goenka Public School Dakshineswar (earlier: Delhi Public School North Kolkata)
  • Jyotinagar Bidyashree Niketan
  • Jyotinagar Vidyashree Niketan
  • Khalsa Model Senior Secondary School
  • Mata Monmohini Secondary School
  • Mayapith School
  • Netaji High School
  • Rajkumari School for Girls
  • Ramakrishna Mission Centenary Primary School, Baranagore[97] (Primary boys' school)
  • Sinthi R B T Vidyapith

Health facilities[edit | edit source]

Following hospitals are located in Baranagar:

  • Baranagar State General Hospital[98]
  • Disha Eye Hospital[99]
  • National Institute for Locomotor Disability (NILD)[100]
  • Baine Hospital[101]
  • Baranagar Matri Sadan[102]
  • Indian Institute of Psychometry (IIP)[103]
  • Eskag Sanjeevani Multispeciality Hospital[104]

Tourist attractions[edit | edit source]

Baranagar Math
Kripamayee Kali Temple
Kuthi Ghat
Glass Temple

Several educational institutions, religious places, pilgrims, heritage buildings, places of Baranagar are tourist attractions of many people.[105]

Besides these, many people come in Baranagar every year in Durga Puja period, in the time of "Ajanta Circus".

Markets[edit | edit source]

Major markets in the Baranagar area include:

  • Baranagar Bazar [110]
  • Sinthee Bazar
  • Banga Lakshmi Bazar
  • Gokul Babur Bazar
  • Bonorini Market
  • Alambazar Market
  • RIC Bazar
  • Dunlop Market

Culture[edit | edit source]

Durga Puja at Baranagar in 2024
Saraswati Puja at Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission in 2019
Kali Puja at Baranagar Ramkrishna Mission in 2013

Baranagar Math near Pramanick ghat is the place where Swami Vivekananda and a few other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna Dev started their spiritual journey that culminated in forming the monastic order later located at Belur Math, the present headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission.[107] Other places worth visiting are Jay Mitra Kalibari, Pramanick Kalibari, and Kouleswar Mandir. Pathbari Mandir is a place where Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the great religious leader, set his foot on his way to Puri nearly five hundred years ago here.[111] In Baranagar a math has been set up very recently, called Alambazar Math in the heritage building where Swami Vivekananda first put up after coming back from abroad.[108] The Annapurna Temple and the newly built Omkarnath Temple are also other two attractions of the "Mahamilan Math".[112] Trailanga Swami Math is also here in Baranagar at Vidyayatan Sarani. There is also an old kalibari in Baranagar Bazar and one in Kutighat and Pramanicghat.

Baranagar has a gurdwara named "Dunlop Gurudwara" near Dunlop Bridge, a church named "St. James' Church, Baranagar"[113] near Sinthee More along with many mosques.

Baranagar is famous for Durga Puja. Popular Durga Puja organizations like Netaji Colony Lowland, Bandhudal Sporting club, Noapara Dadabhai Sangha, Karmi Sangha, Kalakar para, Ashokgarh Sarbojanin, Nainan Bandhav Samiti, Mullick Colony, Shibmandir maath, Satin sen Sangsad, Friend's association, Rabindranagar Yubak brinda - all lie in Baranagar. In 2022, The first ever silicon based durga idol was displayed at Baranagar's Noapara Dada Bhai Sangha. The same club later made a signle tree route carved idol in 2023. In 2024, Bandhudal Sporting Club made one of the largest pandal of Kolkata in the respective year.[114][115][116] In every winter, a circus is organised at 'Sinthi Circus Maidan' named "Ajanta Circus".[117] Annual fairs- textile and handloom fair in March–April season and Durga Puja Sharadiya fair in September–October season in Sinthi More Circus and mela ground.

Jhulanbari in Jhulantala and Pathbari are famous for celebrating the festival of Jhulan Jatra and Rash Jatra.

Baranagar also hosts some of the biggest Kali Pujas. Haowa Shokal, Bonhoogly Yubak Sangha, Kalpataru Seva Samiti, Pally Shanti Sangha, Kalitala Maath, Alambazar Naba Jyoti Sangha and Baranagar Boro Ma are among the popular ones. The annual Saraswati Puja is also widely celebrated in the area.

Christmas celebrations at the Baranagar St. James Church also attracts thousands of visitors.

Kalpataru Utsav held on the New Year's Day, the day on which Sri Ramkrishna Became Kalpataru and fulfilled the wishes of his disciples, also attracts thousands of devotees to Baranagar. Devotees visit the famous Baranagar Math and Ramkrishna Maha Smashan in Baranagar and also the nearby Cossipore Udyanbati and Dakshineshwar Temple.

Recently in 2019, Alambazar Shyam Mandir has been inaugurated by then Governor of Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Sports[edit | edit source]

Baranagar is the birthplace of famous sportspersons who have participated in Olympic Games e.g., archer Dola Banerjee,[118] Rahul Banerjee, Atanu Das.[119]

Many sport academies and sporting clubs are situated in Baranagar:[120]

  • Bandhudal Sporting Club[121]
  • Calcutta Archery Club[122]
  • Baranagar Archery Club[123][124]
  • Baranagar Sporting Club[125]
  • Baranagar Narayani Sporting Club
  • Baranagar Agragami Sporting Club

See also[edit | edit source]

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