Kanchrapara

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kanchrapara
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Kanchrapara, KGR Path 03.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Kabiguru Rabindra Path at Kanchrapara
| nickname =
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.94563|N|88.43322|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| governing_body = Kanchrapara Municipality
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Kamal Adhikary
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 9.07
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 11
| population_total = 129,576
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 743145
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91 33
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore]]
| website = {{URL|north24parganas.nic.in}}, {{URL|kanchraparamunicipality.org.in}}
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Bijpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bijpur]]
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'''Kanchrapara''' is a city and a municipality of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html| title =Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area| access-date =2007-09-03| publisher =Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000049/http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html| archive-date =2007-09-28}}</ref><ref>[http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of statutory towns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050319042054/http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |date=2005-03-19 }}</ref>

==History==
From early historical period, geographically, this area had been full of swamps, natural riverine lake, low land, water bodies sparse village-settlements surrounded by deep jungle infested with wild animals of all kinds. However, around this area, there were several dozen villages more or less prosperous. This area underwent development from 1862– the Sealdaha Kusthia Broad Gauge Railway Line, through 1863– construction of a {{convert|132000|m2|adj=on}} locomotive workshop and railway station on the northernmost tip of Bizpur Mouza, undertaken by Eastern Bengal State Railway. In 1914 a carriage and wagon shop were added. Subsequently, a planned Railway Township was laid and built to the East & South West of the Workshops with a wide range of infrastructure. The resulting population increase caused the construction of huts and pucca buildings, necessitating the expansion of Municipal infrastructure beyond the Railway area. The Kanchrapara Municipality was carved out of the [[Halisahar]] municipality in the year 1917 AD, at the enterprise of Mr. Harnett, the then officer of Kanchrapara Railway Workshop.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjUXAQAAIAAJ&q=Harnett+Kanchrapara|title=The Universal Directory of Railway Officials|date=1914|language=en}}</ref> This city was named Kanchrapara since the Railway Station at Bijpur was named after the then village Kanchanpalli or Kanchrapara. It was prosperous economically and culturally, being the seat of many stalwarts of [[Vaishnavism|Baishnab]] literature and early Bengali literature.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/PDF/citizen-charter/kanchrapara/histry_kanchr.pdf |title=A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF KANCHRAPARA MUNICIPAL TOWN |access-date=9 November 2013 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109202005/http://jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/PDF/citizen-charter/kanchrapara/histry_kanchr.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
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===Location===
Kanchrapara is located at {{Coord|22.56|N|88.26|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Kanchrapara.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Kanchrapara]</ref> It has an average elevation of 10 metres (32 feet).

Kanchrapara is bounded by [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]] and [[Gayespur]] in [[Nadia district]] on the north, [[Jayanpur]], [[Palladaha]], [[Kampa, West Bengal|Kampa]], [[Srotribati]], [[Chandua, West Bengal|Chandua]] and [[Jetia]] on the east and [[Halisahar]] on the south and west. [[Bijpur, North 24 Parganas|Bijpur]] is a neighbourhood in Kanchrapara.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Map of Barrackpore I CD Block on Page 365 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 21 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1910_PART_A_DCHB_NADIA.pdf|title = District Census Handbook: Nadia, Series 20 Part XII A | work = Map of Chakdah CD Block on Page 511 |publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 2 May 2017 }}</ref>

96% of the population of [[Barrackpore subdivision]] (partly presented in the map alongside) lives in urban areas. In 2011, it had a density of population of 10,967 per km2 The subdivision has 16 municipalities and 24 census towns.<ref name=handbook2013>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook |work = North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 2 May 2018 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }}</ref>

For most of the cities/ towns information regarding density of population is available in the Infobox. Population data is not available for neighbourhoods. It is available for the entire municipal area and thereafter ward-wise.

All places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map.

===Neighbourhoods===
[[Kanchrapara railway station]] is in the city's north-east. On its Western Side lies the Greater Kanchrapara. One enters its central market area through the Station Road, which is a two-lane road. Then is the central roundabout of the city, the city's heart – Gandhi More. One road from Gandhi More leads to the 1.5 km long Workshop Road off to the esteemed [[Kanchrapara Railway Workshop]] towards the south and another road, Kabi Guru Rabindra Path, which is a 4 km long main road running westwards from Gandhi More till it merges with Rani Rashmoni Ghat Road, at Bagmore, the city's westernmost locality. The Eastern Side of the Station is called Little Kanchrapara or Gram (Rural) Kanchrapara. Here lies Kampa Panchayat, which houses the [[Kanchrapara Airfield]] and the [[Indian Army]] Camp. Nearby is Jonepur, which is home to a significant minority [[Christians|Christian]] population.

===Police station===
[[Bijpur, North 24 Parganas#Police station|Bijpur]] police station under [[Barrackpore Police Commissionerate]] has jurisdiction over Kanchrapara and [[Halisahar]] Municipal areas.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook |work = North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 11 June 2018 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/bkp_commissionerate.php | title = Barrackpore Police Commissionerate | work = List of Police Stations with telephone numbers | publisher = West Bengal Police | access-date = 11 June 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143852/http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/bkp_commissionerate.php | archive-date = 12 June 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Post Office===
Kanchrapara has a delivery sub post office, with [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] 743145 in the North Presidency Division of North 24 Parganas district in Calcutta region. The other post offices with the same PIN are Bagermore, Binodnagar, Chandmari Road, Palashi, Kanchrapara Loco Shop, Barajonepur, Chandua, Majhipara and Saliadaha.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://pincodezip.in/pincode/west-bengal/north-24-parganas/north-presidency/kanchrapara| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180711185644/http://pincodezip.in/pincode/west-bengal/north-24-parganas/north-presidency/kanchrapara| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 11 July 2018| title = Kanchrapara PIN Code | publisher = pincodezip.in |access-date =11 July 2018}}</ref>

==Demographics==
===Population===
{{Historical population
| source = [[Census of India]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work = Section II Town Directory, Pages 781–783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799–803 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 11 June 2018}}</ref>
| 1921 | 10332
| 1931 | 15005
| 1941 | 24015
| 1951 | 56668
| 1961 | 68966
| 1971 | 78768
| 1981 | 92293
| 1991 | 104231
| 2001 | 126191
| 2011 | 120345
}}

As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Kanchrapara (municipal area + outgrowth) had a total population of 120,345, of which 60,707 (51%) were males and 59,638 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 9,947. The total number of literates in Kanchrapara was 108,092 (90.36% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 7 June 2018 }}</ref>

As of 2001 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Kanchrapara had a population of 126,118. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kanchrapara has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 76%. In Kanchrapara, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.
===Languages===
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|caption = Languages spoken in Kancharapara city (2011)<ref>[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16T/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2000.XLSX 2011 census data] censusindia.gov.in</ref>
|label1= [[bengali language|Bengali]]
|value1= 67.4
|color1 = Red
|label2= [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|value2 = 30.1
|color2 = green
|label3 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]
|value3 = 0.85
|color3 = brown
|label4 = [[Odia Language|Odia]]
|value4 = 1.25
|color4 = orange
|label5 = [[ Santali language|Santali]]
|value5 = 0.23
|color5 = teal
|label6 = Others
|value6 = 0.56
|color6 = yellow
}}

===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===
The following Municipalities, Census Towns and other locations in Barrackpore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: '''Kanchrapara''' (M), [[Jetia]] (CT), [[Halisahar]] (M), [[Balibhara]] (CT), [[Naihati]] (M), [[Bhatpara]] (M), [[Kaugachhi]] (CT), [[Garshyamnagar]] (CT), [[Garulia]] (M), [[Ichhapur Defence Estate]] (CT), [[North Barrackpur]] (M), [[Barrackpur Cantonment]] (CB), [[Barrackpore]] (M), [[Jafarpur]] (CT), [[Ruiya]] (CT), [[Titagarh]] (M), [[Khardaha]] (M), [[Bandipur, North 24 Parganas|Bandipur]] (CT), [[Panihati]] (M), [[Muragachha]] (CT) [[New Barrackpore]] (M), [[Chandpur, Ghola|Chandpur]] (CT), [[Talbandha]] (CT), [[Patulia]] (CT), [[Kamarhati]] (M), [[Baranagar]] (M), [[South Dumdum]] (M), [[North Dumdum]] (M), [[Dum Dum]] (M), [[Noapara, India|Noapara]] (CT), [[Babanpur]] (CT), [[Teghari]] (CT), [[Nanna, North 24 Parganas|Nanna]] (OG), Chakla (OG), Srotribati (OG) and [[Panpur]] (OG).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | work= Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher =Census of India 2011 | access-date = 7 June 2018}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Kanchrapara Municipal city covered an area of 9.06 km2, subdivided into 24 wards. Amongst the civic amenities it had 160.23 km of roads and both open and closed drains. Amongst the educational facilities It had 48 primary schools, 14 middle schools, 14 secondary schools, 14 senior secondary schools, 1 degree college for arts/science/commerce and 8 non-formal education centres. Amongst the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 3 stadiums, 2 auditoriums/ community halls, 3 cinema/theatres, 6 public libraries and 6 reading rooms. It had several bank branches, including those of [[Indian Bank]], [[State Bank of India]], [[Bank of Baroda]], [[UCO Bank]], [[Punjab National Bank]], [[Axis Bank]], [[ICICI Bank]] among others.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work = Section II Town Directory, Pages 781–783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799–803; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 791–794; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 795–796; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803–805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 31 May 2018}}</ref> Kanchrapara has 3 petrol pumps, one near Gandhi More(East Kanchrapara), another at Lichubagan(Central Kanchrapara), and a yet another at Bagmore(West Kanchrapara)

See also [[Barrackpore subdivision#Municipal towns/ cities|Cities and towns in Barrackpore subdivision]]

==Economy==

===Kanchrapara Railway Workshop===
[[Kanchrapara Railway Workshop]] was established by [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] in 1863, and served the defence department during [[World War II]]. With the introduction of electric traction in eastern India in 1962, Kanchrapara Railway Workshop was made a base workshop for periodic overhauling of electric locomotives and electric multiple stock of [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]] and [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]. It ranks first among the Indian Railways workshops in terms of number of [[electric multiple unit|EMU]] coaches overhauled and second in terms of number of electric locomotives overhauled. The Loco Complex mainly deals with repair and overhaul of electric locomotives and EMU motor coaches. The Carriage Complex deals with periodical overhauling of suburban and mainline EMU trains, [[diesel-electric multiple unit|DEMU]] trains, non-AC coaches, accident relief train vans and eight-wheeler tower cars.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,265,446,560,562 | title = History of Kanchrapara Workshop| publisher = Eastern Railway| access-date = 14 July 2018}}</ref>

===Timber Industry===
Wooden furniture-making and timber harvesting are the major economic factors at Kanchrapara.<ref name="India 9">[http://www.india9.com/i9show/41327.htm India 9]</ref>

===KMDA===
Kanchrapara Municipality is included in the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] for which the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|KMDA]] is the statutory planning and development authority.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://kmdaonline.org/home/download/QVRNUU5QNW5kK1dCRDQ3V0pmRXBqQitJRU9kS1k1WEhRblBLdmc1ZVZNMW5WZlZRTHRLd0hxUHc4dlk2VWQ4WmhueGdBSURnc0w2OUZqZzl4WXFTRVE9PQ== | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190501182418/https://kmdaonline.org/home/download/QVRNUU5QNW5kK1dCRDQ3V0pmRXBqQitJRU9kS1k1WEhRblBLdmc1ZVZNMW5WZlZRTHRLd0hxUHc4dlk2VWQ4WmhueGdBSURnc0w2OUZqZzl4WXFTRVE9PQ== | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 1 May 2019 | title = Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, Annual Report 2010-11 | work = 1/1 Kolkata Metropolitan Area Map | publisher = KMDA | access-date = 7 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://kmdaonline.org/home/download/MTFVek5Lc3UrYmJ4R0xLM3ZqRTdKQWJlK2tJV3BicHZGNjB1Uldpa0JLTXM0RHd6Q29vWXViQlBLSmNPQkZsZW5hcDFwM1VaUTQwaHJlVDQ5NG5FeWc9PQ== | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190501182413/https://kmdaonline.org/home/download/MTFVek5Lc3UrYmJ4R0xLM3ZqRTdKQWJlK2tJV3BicHZGNjB1Uldpa0JLTXM0RHd6Q29vWXViQlBLSmNPQkZsZW5hcDFwM1VaUTQwaHJlVDQ5NG5FeWc9PQ== | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 1 May 2019 | title = Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, Annual Report 2010-11 | work = 1 / 2 Role of KMDA | publisher = KMDA | access-date = 7 June 2018}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Kanchrapara Railway Station.JPG|thumb|[[Kanchrapara railway station]]]]
* '''Airfield:''' [[Kanchrapara Airfield]] (for special military purpose).
* '''Railway:''' [[Kanchrapara railway station]]. [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] Trains, UP towards [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar City]], [[Shantipur]], [[Ranaghat]], [[Chakdaha]], [[Gede railway station|Gede]] & [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani Simanta]], DOWN towards [[Naihati]], [[Barrackpore]], [[Dum Dum]], [[Sealdah]], [[Budge Budge]], [[Princep Ghat]] & Majherhat. [[Lalgola]] [[Passenger train|Passenger]] & [[MEMU]].
* '''Roads & Highway:''' [[Kalyani Expressway]], Kabiguru Rabindra Path, Kanchrapara Jaguli Road connects to [[National Highway 12 (India)|NH 12]] (old numbering NH 34). Private buses running across the town consist of route no. 85 to [[Barrackpore]], route no. 88 to [[Barasat]], route no. 22 to Nimtala, route no. 27 to Kalyani Simanta.
* '''Private Bus:''' 85 Barrackpore Court – Shyamnagar – Naihati – Kanchrapara, 88 Barasat – Amdanga – Jaguli – Kanchrapara, 22 Kanchrapara – Haringhata – Nimtala, 27 Kanchrapara – Kalyani Simanta, E48 Kanchrapara – Jaguli – Barasat – New Town – Salt Lake Karunamoyee.

==Culture==
[[File:Dakat Kali temple of Kanchrapara, North 24 Pgns. 05.jpg|thumb|Dakat Kali temple at Kanchrapara]]
Kanchrapara has the Krishna-Raya Temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, which is a point of attraction.<ref name="India 9"/> Other attractions of the town include religious temples like the Dakat Kali Mandir and Station Kali Bari.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://juprojectblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/dakat-kali-mandir-at-kanchrapara/ | title=Dakat Kali Mandir at Kanchrapara | publisher=juprojectblog.wordpress.com | date=22 August 2016 | access-date=19 September 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/halisahar-and-kanchrapara-temples-and-pilgrimage/|title = Halisahar and Kanchrapara, Temples and Pilgrimage|date = 23 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=India) |first=India Superintendent of Census Operations (West Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fl5PYvU5w98C&q=Kanchrapara+Dakaiti+Kali |title=District Census Handbook, West Bengal: 24-Parganas |date=1962 |publisher=Superintendent, Government Printing |language=en}}</ref> There are also mosques in the city. Churches are found predominantly in the [[Kanchrapra Railway Workshop]] Complex and in Jonepur. The [[Vishwakarma Puja]] is conducted in the [[Kanchrapara Railway Workshop]] every year with great pomp and splendour. Annual [[Cricket]] tournament, the Kanchrapara Premiere League (KPL), is held in the playground behind the [[Kanchrapara College]] during the winter.

==Education==
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There is a college named [[Kanchrapara College]] under the [[University of Kalyani]].

Schools such as [[Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 Kanchrapara]] and Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2 Kanchrapara are also present in the locality which are under the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]], [[Government of India]]. Other well known educational institutes are St.Joseph's School, Kanchrapara Harnett English Medium School (C.B.S.E), [[Kanchrapara Harnett High School]] for Boys, Kanchrapara Indian Girls' High School, Kanchrapara Municipal Politechnic High School, Kanchrapara Sharada Devi Uchcha Baalika Vidyalaya, Jonepur High School for Boys, Jonepur Girls School, Kanchrapara High School (W.B.B.S.E.), Kanchrapara Albatross School, Kanchrapara Shree Mandhari High School (H.S) (Hindi Medium), Kanchrapara Janta High School (H.S) (Hindi Medium), Kanchrapara Ram Prasad High School (H.S) (Hindi Medium).
Kanchrapara houses [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]] centre from where students can receive higher distance education at minimal costs.

==Healthcare==
Kanchrapara Railway Hospital functions with 220 beds and Shibani Arogya Niketan with 8 beds.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 27 June 2018 | archive-date = 28 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134305/https://qphs.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-99a499ee367f0c1530476c81086270c8 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Private health units include Night Angel Nursing Home, etc.
[[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]] district has been identified as one of the areas where groundwater is affected by [[Arsenic contamination of groundwater|arsenic contamination]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm|title=Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study)|access-date=24 August 2007|work=Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India|publisher=SOES|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002938/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Cuisine==
Kanchrapara is well renowned for its sweets — especially its [[gujiya]] and traditionally cooked [[rasgulla]].

==Notable people==
* [[Ishwar Chandra Gupta]], renowned Bengali poet, was born at Rathtallah, Gram Kanchrapara.
* [[Tarak Nath Das]], Indian Revolutionary and one of the first [[Indian Americans|American Indians]]
* [[Mukul Roy]], Indian politician of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] hails from Kanchrapara.

==References==
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{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}

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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]
[[Category:Cities in West Bengal]]

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