North 24 Parganas or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22º11'6" north to 23º15'2" north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east. It is bordered to Nadia by north, to Bangladesh (Khulna Division) by north and east, to South 24 Parganas and Kolkata by south and to Kolkata, Howrah and Hoogly by west. Barasat is the district headquarters of North 24 Parganas. North 24 Parganas is West Bengal's most populous district and also the most populated district in the whole of India. It is the tenth-largest district in the State by area.
Divisions
Administrative subdivisions
The district comprises 5 subdivisions: Barrackpore, Barasat Sadar, Basirhat, Bangaon and Bidhannagar.
Barrackpore Subdivision consists of 16 municipalities (Kanchrapara, Halisahar, Naihati, Bhatpara, Garulia, Barrackpore, North Barrackpur, New Barrackpur, Titagarh, Khardaha, Panihati, Kamarhati, Baranagar, Dum Dum, North Dumdum and South Dumdum) and 2 community development blocks: Barrackpore I and Barrackpore II.
Barasat Sadar Subdivision consists of 6 municipalities (Barasat, Habra, Ashoknagar Kalyangarh, Madhyamgram, New Barrackpore and Gobardanga) and 7 community development blocks: Barasat I, Barasat II, Amdanga, Deganga, Habra I, Habra II and Rajarhat (now shifted to Bidhannagar Subdivision).
Bongaon Subdivision, consists of Bangaon municipality (Thakurnagar) and 3 community development blocks: Bagdah, Bangaon and Gaighata.
Basirhat Subdivision consists of 3 municipalities (Basirhat, Baduria and Taki) and ten community development blocks: Baduria, Basirhat I, Basirhat II, Haroa, Hasnabad, Hingalganj, Minakhan.
Barasat is the district headquarters. There are 35 police stations, 22 development blocks, 27 municipalities, 200 gram panchayats and 1599 villages in this district.
Other than municipality area, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 48 urban units: 27 municipalities and 20 census towns and 1 cantonment board.
Education
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University
Indian Statistical Institute, Baranagar
West Bengal State University, located at Barasat, the main general degree university of the district
Indian Statistical Institute
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
West Bengal State University
JIS University
Techno India University
Brainware University
Adamas University
University of Calcutta (Technological Campus)
Jadavpur University (Second Campus)
Aliah University
Netaji Subhas Open University
Amity University
Sister Nivedita University
College
Acharya Prafulla Chandra College
Narula Institute of Technology
Basirhat College
College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital
Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research
Guru Nanak Institute of Technology
Bhairab Ganguly College
Bidhannagar College
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College
Barasat Government College
Barasat College
Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College
Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology
Gobardanga Hindu College
Dinabandhu Mahavidyalay
Sree Chaitanya College
Institute of Engineering and Management
Taki government college
School
Baranagar RKM School
Adamas International School
Stratford Day School
Aditya Academy (Senior Secondary)
Auxilium Convent School
Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School
Barrackpore Government High School
Berachampa Deulia Uchcha Vidyalaya
Doon International School, Basirhat
Kendriya Vidyalaya Barrackpore (Army)
Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School
Sodepur High School
Morning Bells Academy
Culture
Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Durga idol at a pandel in Baranagar
This district is rich in culture. Many famous places like Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Baranagar Math (first monastery of Ramakrishna Order) are situated in this district. Many places of this district are famous for festivals - Barasat, Naihati and Madhyamgram are for Kali puja, Bangaon, Baranagar, Basirhat are for Durga puja, Berachampa is for Basanti puja etc.
Transport
Railways
Kolkata Suburban EMU Train
Kolkata Metro's largest station Noapara metro station at Noapara
The electrified suburban rail network of the ER is extensive and penetrates far and deep into the neighbouring districts of Kolkata, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Howrah, Hooghly etc.
The Circular Rail encircles the entire city of Kolkata, and also used to provide an offshoot to connect the Dum Dum Airport, but now it is limited upto Dum Dum Cantonment. Jessore Road and Biman Bandar railway stations are closed for the construction work of Noapara-Dum Dum Airport-Barasat Metro rail (Kolkata Metro Line 4).
Metro rail is also a transport medium of this district's people. Two stations of Kolkata Metro Line 1 are located here, Dum Dum metro station at Dum Dum and Noapara metro station at Noapara.
Airport
See also: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Cityside view of the new Integrated Terminal of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (IATA code:CCU), which is at Dum Dum (previously known as Dum Dum Airport) in North 24 Parganas, is the only airport serving the city Kolkata. It operates both domestic and international flights. It is a gateway to North-East India, Bangkok, and Bangladesh. The number of people using the airport has consistently increased over the last few years.
Roadways
The road network is fairly well developed. Sparsed across by state-highways, it provides a convenient means of transport. NH 12 connects the district with northern and southern region of the state and its sub road NH 112 connect the district headquarter Barasat with the border town Bangaon and Petrapole, the largest land port of India.
Health facilities
District Hospitals: 10 with 2500 beds
Sub Divisional Hospitals: 14 with 1870 beds
State General Hospitals: 18 with 1870 beds
ESI Hospital: 01 with 200 beds
Rural Hospitals: 07 with 228 beds
Block Primary Health Centers: 15
Notable people
Abhishek Chatterjee, actor
Jeet Ganguly, musician
Shiboprosad Mukherjee, film director
Dola Banerjee, athlete
Rahul Banerjee (archer), athlete
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, writer, novelist
Manik Bandopadhay, writer, novelist
Rani Rashmoni, philanthropist
Swami Brahmananda, mystic
Lokenath Brahmachari, mystic
Raj Chakroborty, film director
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, writer, novelist
Ramprasad Sen, poet
Shyamal Mitra, musician
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_24_Parganas_district
