New Barrackpur

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New Barrackpur v • d • e West Bengal • India
District(s)	North 24 Parganas
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population	83,183 (2001)
Municipality Chairman	Mrinal Banerjee ^[1]
Codes • Telephone	• +91 33

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New Barrackpur (also spelt New Barrackpore) is a city and a municipality under Ghola police station of Barrackpore subdivision. ^[2]in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Geography

New Barrackpur is 17 km from Sealdah Station on the Sealdah-Bangaon branch line of Eastern Railway. ^[3].The famus Jasore road is the is the nearest main road from Newbarrackpore (Bus stop-B.T.Collage bus stop).New Barrackpur is 22 km from Sealdah by Bus .Netaji Subhash International Airport is just 5 minutes by car.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, New Barrackpur had a population of 84,183. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. New Barrackpur has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 90%, and female literacy is 62%. In New Barrackpur, 7% of the population is under 6 years of age.