Baranagar

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Baranagar
Baranagar
State - District(s)	West Bengal - North 24 Parganas
Coordinates	22.64° N 88.37° E
Area - Elevation	- 12 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001) - Density	250,615 -

Baranagar (Bengali বরানগর) or Barahanagar {meaning the land(nagar) of the pig(baraha)}is a town in the northern outskirts of Kolkata. It is a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.A railway station of the same name is on the Dankuni line off Sealdah north section.It has the famous Gun Shell Factory of the Indian Government under Ministry of Defence, and one of the Jute mills on the bank of Hooghly river. It also has a Kali Temple at Dakshineswar area namely Rashmoni Mandir named after its founder Rani Rashmoni. The temple is a heritage building. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to be the priest and Swami Vivekananda used to visit this place in his youth. On its soil also stands the headquarters of the Indian Statistical Institute.

[edit] Geography

Baranagar is located at 22.64° N 88.37° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 12 metres (39 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, 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.