Barrackpore
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
Barrackpore
Barrackpur | |
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City | |
    From the top : Barrackpore railway station Mangal Pandey Park Barrackpore Trunk Road Race course Track Ground | |
  Barrackpore Location in West Bengal, India  Barrackpore Barrackpore (India)  Barrackpore Barrackpore (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 22.76°N 88.37°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | .png.webp){kind=small} West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Region | Greater Kolkata |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Barrackpore Municipality |
| • Chairman | Uttam Das, (AITC)[1] |
| • 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 | 14,000/km2 (37,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Barrakpurians |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[2][3] |
| • Additional official | English[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700120, 700121, 700122, 700123 |
| Telephone code | +91 33 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-23/WB-24 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barrackpore |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Barrackpore |
| Police Jurisdiction | Barrackpore Police Commissionerate |
| Website | www |
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".
References
- Official District Administration site Archived 15 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
Other websites
Kolkata/Northern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage- Barrackpore travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Barrackpore at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website Archived 2021-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Barrackpore at the Encyclopædia Britannica
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