Barrackpore

Barrackpur
Barrackpur
City
	Coordinates: 22°46′N 88°22′E / 22.76°N 88.37°ECoordinates: 22°46′N 88°22′E / 22.76°N 88.37°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Region	Greater Kolkata
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Barrackpore Municipality
• Chairman	Uttam Das, (AITC)
• MP	Arjun Singh, (BJP)
• MLA	Shilbhadra Dutta, (BJP)
• Police Commissioner	Ajay Nanda, IPS
• Deputy Commissioner of Police	Ajay Kumar Thakur, IPS
Area
• Total	10.61 km2 (4.10 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	152,784
• Density	14,400/km2 (37,296/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700120, 700121, 700122, 700123
Vehicle registration	WB-23/WB-24
Lok Sabha constituency	Barrackpore
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Barrackpore
Police Jurisdiction	Barrackpore Police Commissionerate
Website	www.barrackpore.gov.in

Barrackpore (also known as Barrackpur) is a city. It is in the West Bengal state of India. It is around 23 kilometres (14 mi) away from Kolkata . It is also a part of the zone covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is the headquarters of the Barrackpore subdivision.

St Bartholomew's Cathedral, Barrackpore

Etymology

The name Barrackpore may have originated from the English word barracks, because it was the site of the first garrison of the British East India Company. The Ain-i-Akbari suggests that the name comes from "Barbakpur". Manasa Vijay, written by Bipradas Pipilai, refers to Barrackpore as "Chanak".

Barrackpore Media

St Bartholomew's Cathedral, Barrackpore
Barrackpore Chiria More is the junction of Barrackpore Trunk Road and Surendranath Banerjee Road
Tala Bridge, Barrackpore Trunk Road ( BT Road) is a four-laned road in Kolkata, India. It connects Shyambazar 5-point Crossing with Barrackpore Chiria More.
Kolkata new proposed Metro Line 5 (Baranagar - Barrackpore)
Kendriya Vidyalaya Barrackpore Army HQ
B.N. Bose Subdivisional Hospital, B.T. Road
Disha Eye Hospitals, Ghosh Para Road