Baranagar
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Baranagar is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Baranagar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Kolkata##Location in West Bengal##Location in India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- West Bengal
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Presidency
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- North 24 Parganas
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Baranagar Municipality
- Settlement.parts_type
- Wards
- Settlement.parts
- 34
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Municipality Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Aparna Moulik
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- বরানগর
- Population
- 245213
- Area
- 7.12
- Elevation
- 12
- Official website
- baranagarmunicipality.org
- Image
- Baranagar Hoogly.JPG
- Households
- 63387
- Dialing code
- 33
- Licence plate code
- WB-24
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- Commons category
- Baranagar
- postal code
- 700108
- native label
- বরানগর
- Commons gallery
- বরাহনগর
- male population
- 126187
- female population
- 119026
- literate population
- 208779
- illiterate population
- 36434
- urban population
- 245213
- rural population
- 0
- hashtag
- baranagar
- IPA transcription
- baraɦnaɡar
- inception
- 1869-00-00
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- Sports
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- Population
- Languages
- Kolkata Urban Agglomeration
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- See also
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Baranagar is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
It is home to the Indian Statistical Institute, an institution of national importance devoted to the research, teaching and application of statistics, natural sciences and social sciences. Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School is one of the oldest and most renowned schools in Baranagar.
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