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Municipality at a glance

Barrackpore is located on the eastern bank of River Ganga (Bhagirathi), 20 KM away from Kolkata, the Capital city of West Bengal.

It lies to the south of West Bengal between 22o46' North Latitude and 88o23' East Longitude. It is bounded on the south by the G.C. Road. On the west lie the river hoogly. North and East sides of this municipality are surrounded by Palta Canel, Mohanpur & Patulia Pancheyet.

Brief City Profile of BARRACKPORE MUNICIPALITY

Address : B.T. Road, P.O. – Talpukur, Kolkata – 700123

Phone No : +91-33-25925565 / 0221

Fax No : +91-33-25922679

Sl No	Particulars	Details
1	Year of Constitution	1916
2	Category of ULB	‘C’
3	Subdivision	Barrackpore
4	District	North 24 Parganas
5	Area of Town	10.61 Sq Km.
6	No of Wards	24
7	Population as per 2001 and 2011 Census	2001: 1,44,391		2011: 1,52,783
		Male:76,266		Male:
		Female:68,145		Female:
		S.C. & S.T. Population: 5.41%		S.C. & S.T. Population:
		B.P.L. Population: 15,278		B.P.L. Population:
8	No. of Households	34,322 as per Property Tax Holdings
9	Decadal Growth Rate	0.56 % Annually
10	Total No. of Slums	94 Nos as per USHA Survey.
11	Slum Population	44,650 as per USHA Survey
12	Total Area of Slums	1.44 Sq. Km. as per USHA Survey
13	No. of Slum Households	10,702 as per USHA Survey
14	Distance to state capital - Kolkata	23 Km. By Train (Sealdah Station) and 18 Km By Road (Shayam Bazar Five Point Crossing.
15	ULB Location (Latitude / Longitude)	Latitude - 22.755596 and Longitude - 88.369409
16	No. of CDS	2 (Two)
17	No. of SHGs	847 Nos
18	No. of Government Hospitals	1 (One) – Dr. B.N. Bose Hospital
19	No. of Municipal Hospitals	1 (One) – Biraj Mohini Matrisadan & E.S.O.P.D.
20	No. of Health Sub-Centers	23 (Twenty Three)
21	No. of Industrial Units	4 (Four)
22	No. of Markets	Formal: 4 (Four)	Informal:
23	No. of Parks	3 (Three) – Owned By Municipality
24	No. of Literacy School	Nil
25	No. of Government Primary Schools	Government Sponsored Free Primary School – 36 Nos and 1 No Government Total -37 Nos (Thirty Seven)
26	No. of Municipality Schools	Nil
27	No. of High Schools	12 (Twelve)
28	No. of Child Labour Education Centers	3 (Three)
29	No. of Aganwadis	94 Nos (Ninety Four)
30	No. of Serve Shiksha Kendras (SSKs)	Nil