Habra

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?Habra West Bengal • India
Habra
Coordinates: 22°50′N 88°38′E / 22.83, 88.63
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 13 m (43 ft)
District(s)	North 24 Parganas
Population	127,695 (2001)
Municipality Chairman	K.P.Das^[1]
MLA	Pranab Kumar Bhattacharyya
Codes • Telephone	• +91 32162
Website: north24parganas.nic.in/

Coordinates: 22°50′N 88°38′E / 22.83, 88.63

Habra (Bengali: হাবড়া) is a city, a municipality and a police station of Barasat sadar subdivision^[2]in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an administrative subdivision.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Politics
5 Education
6 References
7 See also

[edit] History

Under British rule it was a base for Royal Air Force fighters. It was also the first municipality in West Bengal to be governed by the centre-right Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Geography

Habra is located at 22.83° N 88.63° E.^[3] It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).

It is 45 km from Sealdah Station and 22 km from Barasat on the Sealdah-Bangaon branch line of Eastern Railway.^[4]It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway syatem.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[5] Habra had a population of 127,695. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Habra has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 74%. In Habra, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Politics

In 2006 Assembly elections, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharyya of CPI (M) deafted his nearest rival Tapati Dutta of Trinamool Congress, who had won the 2001 election defeating Amitava Nandi of CPI (M) for the Habra Assembly seat. In 1996, Baren Basu of CPI (M) had defeated his nearest rival Abdul Hamid Mandal of INC. In 1991 and 1987, Kamal Sengupta (Bose) of CPI (M) defeated Biman Dutta of INC. In 1982 Nirode Roy Choudhury defeated Biman Dutta of INC. In 1977 Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Krishnadas Chattopadhyay of INC.The municipality is run by Left.^[6]

Habra is part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).^[7]

[edit] Education

These are the Schools & Colleges of Habra. The prominent High & Kinder Garden Schools in Habra are Prafullanagar VidyaMandir, Prafullanagar Balika Vidyalaya, Habra High School for Boys, Habra High School for Girls, Habra Model High School, Habra Kamini Kumar Girls' High School, Banipur Baniniketan, Prafullanagar Nursery & KG School, Shree Chaitanya College, Shree Chaitanya MahaVidyalaya, Gandhi Centenary B.Ed College, Banipur Janata College, Shree Chaitanya College of Commerce, North Point Academy.

Internationally known Banipur Loka Utsav is held at Banipur, Habra. Banipur is an educational township planned by Dr. B.C Roy. It has educational institutions created on Gandhiji's ideas. Gram Seva Sangha of Hatthuba, Habra is famous for its work in rural development sector.