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{{Short description|City in West Bengal, India}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Barasat
| other_name =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Barasat Cancer Research & Welfare Centre - Barasat 2011-05-01 1050798.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Streets of Barasat
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.72|N|88.48|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 = [[District]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png}} [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[North 24 parganas]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| governing_body = Barasat Municipality<ref name="Barasat Municipality">{{cite web|title=Barasat Municipality|url=http://www.barasatmunicipality.org/AboutBarasat.html|access-date=14 August 2019|archive-date=12 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512161110/http://www.barasatmunicipality.org/AboutBarasat.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = Chairman
| leader_name1 = Asani Mukhopadhyay
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 34.06
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 11
| population_total = 278,435
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 700124, 700125, 700126, 700127
| area_code = +91 (0) 33
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = WB-25, WB-26
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barasat]]
| website = {{URL|north24parganas.nic.in/}}
{{URL|barasatmunicipality.org/}}
| footnotes =
| leader_title2 = MP
| leader_name2 = [[Kakali Ghosh Dastidar]]
| leader_title3 = MLA
| leader_name3 = [[Shankar Chatterjee]]
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barasat]]
| official_name =
}}
'''Barasat''' 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 the headquarters of [[Barasat Sadar subdivision]]. It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web |title=Barasat Municipality |url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |publisher=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority}}</ref>

==History==
During the [[Mughal Empire]] period, Sankar Chakraborty (a commander of the [[zamindar]] [[Pratapaditya]] and king of [[Jessore District|Jessore]] in present-day Bangladesh) came to Barasat, Kolkata in 1600 and established himself. In 1700, Hazarat Ekdil Shah moved to the town and was known as a social reformer. His tomb, in Kazipara, is a pilgrimage site for the Muslim community. Pratapaditya made his way to Kolkata from Jessore; Sirajudullah went to Kolkata from Murshidabad via Barasat on a road which became two national highways.

Under the [[British Raj]], [[East India Company]] officials from Calcutta (Kolkata) made Barasat a weekend retreat and built houses with gardens. [[Warren Hastings]] built his villa in the heart of Barasat and [[Bankim Chandra Chatterjee]] was the town's first Indian deputy magistrate.

[[Indigo dye|Indigo cultivation]] was a major industry and indigo merchants were known for their inhumane treatment of farmers. [[Titumir]], a farmer, fomented a revolution against indigo merchants in Barasat. [[Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar]], [[Pyari Charan Sarkar]] and [[Kalikrishna Mitra]] were known for social reformation in the town, including women's education and widow remarriage. During the early nineteenth century, Barasat Cadet College trained new recruits and cadets from Europe; the college closed in 1811.<ref name="gazetteer">{{cite book|last=Hunter|first=William Wilson|title=The Imperial Gazetteer of India|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924081223301|publisher=Trübner & co.|year=1885|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924081223301/page/n132 123]}}</ref><ref name="Book">{{cite book|last=Wheeler|first=Mortimer |title=The Cambridge History of India|publisher=Cambridge University Press (CUP)|year=1935|page=161}}</ref>

From 1834 to 1861, Barasat was the seat of Barasat District. The district became a subdivision of the Twenty-four Parganas district in 1861,<ref name="gazetteer"/> and Barasat is the headquarters of [[North 24 Parganas district]].<ref name="Barasat">{{cite web|url=http://jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/PDF/ULB_ProfilesPDF/Barasat/Barasat%20muni%20profile.pdf |title=Barasat |publisher=jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in |access-date=5 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402174619/http://jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/PDF/ULB_ProfilesPDF/Barasat/Barasat%20muni%20profile.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2012}}</ref>

=={{anchor|Geography}}Geography==
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===Location===
Barasat is located in eastern India's [[Ganges Delta]]. The Bangladesh border, at [[Petrapole]], is {{convert|70|–|80|km}} from the city.

Its average elevation is {{convert|11|m}}. The nearest river is the [[Ganges]], about {{convert|15|km}} to the west, and it is on the [[Gangetic plain]].

===Area overview===
The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain, located in the lower [[Ganges Delta]].<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 = Page 13 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 16 April 2018}}</ref> The area is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7Hkj2xOrEwkC&q=24+parganas+district+gazetteer&pg=PA1|title = Bengal District Gazetteers: 24 Parganas|last = LSS O’Malley|pages=1–4|year = 2009| publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn = 9788172681937| access-date = 3 May 2018 }}</ref> 54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the rural areas.<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-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 2019-01-21 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

===Climate===
Barasat has a [[tropical]] climate similar to the rest [[West Bengal]]. The region experiences a [[monsoon]] from early June to mid-September. The climate is dry in winter (mid-November to mid-February) and humid in summer. January is the coldest month and May is the hottest month in Barasat. Months of July and August produces most rainfall in Barasat.<ref name="en.climate-data.org">{{Cite web|title=Barasat climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Barasat weather averages - Climate-Data.org|url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/india/west-bengal/barasat-47623/#climate-graph|access-date=2021-05-30|website=en.climate-data.org}}</ref>

{{Kolkata weatherbox}}Barasat has a [[tropical]] climate similar to the rest [[West Bengal]]. The region experiences a [[monsoon]] from early June to mid-September. The climate is dry in winter (mid-November to mid-February) and humid in summer. January is the coldest month and May is the hottest month in Barasat. Months of July and August produces most rainfall in Barasat.<ref name="en.climate-data.org"/>

==Demographics==

{{Historical population
| source = [[Government of India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Census Tables |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref>
|1901 | 8634
|1911 | 8790
|1921 | 8211
|1931 | 8672
|1941 | 11230
|1951 | 16027
|1961 | 43138
|1971 | 64097
|1981 | 101395
|1991 | 160044
|2001 | 231521
|2011 | 278435
|align = left
}}

{{bar box
|title=Religion in Barasat municipality (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11396/download/14509/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|width=
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in West Bengal|Hinduism]]|darkorange|87.23}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in West Bengal|Islam]]|green|11.98}}
{{bar percent|Others|black|0.79}}
}}

According to the [[2011 Census of India|2011 Indian census]], Barasat had a total population of 278,435; 140,822 (51%) were males and 137,613 (49%) females, and 22,605 were under age six. The literacy rate was 89.62 percent of the population over age six (229,279 people).<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=29 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="census4-2011">{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42559/download/46185/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistTwn-0000.xlsx|title=Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and Town (Without Ward), 2011.|publisher=Census of India 2011|format=XLSX|access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref> The town's population increased from 231,521 in 2001.<ref name="census-2001">{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/20038/download/23170/PC01_A04_0.xls|title=A-4: Towns and urban agglomerations classified by population size class in 2001 With Variation since 1901 - Class I|page=9|publisher=Census Commission of India|format=XLS|access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref> The literacy rate that year was 76 percent, higher than the national average of 54.5 percent.<ref name="census-2001-literacy">{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/22642/download/25773/PC01_C13_APP_00.xls|title=C-13 Appendix: Single year age returns by residence, sex and literacy status|publisher=Census Commission of India|format=XLS|access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref> Of the literate population, 52 percent were male and 48 percent female.<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><ref name="census4-2011" /> Barasat was part of the [[List of cities in West Bengal by population#Urban agglomeration|Kolkata Urban Agglomeration]] in the 2011 census.<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 = 30 May 2018}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Barasat (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value1 = 97.64 |color1 = orchid
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According to the 2011 census, 97.64% of the population spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and 1.82% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10245/download/13357/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue (Urban): West Bengal |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

[[File:Barasat kalipuja guidemap-2018.jpg|thumb|Guide map of some famous [[Kali Puja]] in Barasat]]

==Economy==
Cotton weaving is Barasat's major industry, and the town is a trade centre for rice, legumes, sugarcane, potatoes, and coconuts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Barasat|title=Barasat {{!}} India|work=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2017-11-23|language=en}}</ref> Now it is becoming a shopping destination with various malls including all major brands and multiplexes.

About 32,00,000 people commute daily from around the city to Barasat. Fifty-eight trains transport commuters from 24 stations in the town's Sealdah-Bangaon section and 32 trains carry commuters from 30 stations in the Sealdah-Hasnabad section. Barasat is well connected with [[Bongaon]], [[Basirhat]] and [[Habra]] by train.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.indiansss.org/pdf/pdfset-8/issueset-9/Art_017.pdf| title = The Suburban Railway Network of Kolkata: A Geographical Apprisal| first = Teesta| last = Dey| publisher = eTraverse, the Indian journal of spatial science, 2012| access-date = 3 June 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171118122331/http://indiansss.org/pdf/pdfset-8/issueset-9/Art_017.pdf| archive-date = 18 November 2017| url-status = dead}}</ref>
[[File:House of Warren Hastings, Barasat.jpg|thumb|House of [[Warren Hastings]], Barasat]]

==Transport==

[[National Highway 12 (India)|NH 12]] (previously NH 34) running from [[Dalkhola]] to [[Bakkhali]], locally popular as [[Jessore Road]], passes through Barasat.<ref name="renumber">{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date=16 September 2016|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Barrackpore-Barasat Road (part of [[State Highway 2 (West Bengal)|SH 2]]) goes up to [[Barrackpore]] via [[Nilganj]]. Many buses ply along these roads.

===WBTC Bus===
* EB-12 Barasat - Karunamoyee
* ACT-4 Barasat - Karunamoyee
* AC-37 Barasat - Garia
* D-10 Barasat - Amtala via Joka
* DS-34 Barrackpore - Barasat
* AC-2 Barasat - Howrah Stn
* D-37 Barasat - Baruipur
* C-29 Barasat - Barrackpore Court
* C-42 Barasat - Howrah Stn

===Private Bus===
* L238 Barasat - Howrah Stn
* DN-9/1 Barasat - Dakshineswar
* 79B Barasat - Bagbazar
* DN-2 Barasat - Dakshineswar
* DN-5 Barasat - Naihati
* 81 Barasat - Fishery Gate
* 81/1 Barasat - Rajchandrapur
* Barasat - Garia Bus
* Barasat - Baruipur Bus
* Barasat - Botanical Garden Bus
* Barasat - Santragachi Bus
* Barasat - Dankuni Housing Bus

=={{anchor|Barasat Municipality}}Administration==
[[File:Circuit House Barasat.jpg|thumb|alt=Closed gate with an arch reading "Circuit House"|Front gate of Barasat Circuit House, a government guest house]]
Although Barasat Municipality was established on 1 April 1869, it had no independent existence until 1882. It was controlled by the magistrate office (and its magistrate), without a chairman. In 1882, Barasat Municipality was formed and a local government was created. Barasat Association, a citizen organization, donated land for the construction of municipal buildings.

Barasat is divided into 29 [[mouza]]s. There were originally four wards, later increasing to 18. After surrounding [[Panchayati raj (India)|panchayats]] were incorporated in 1995, the number of wards increased to 32. In 2015, before the municipal election, the number of wards increased to 35.<ref name="Barasat">{{cite web|url=http://jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/PDF/ULB_ProfilesPDF/Barasat/Barasat%20muni%20profile.pdf |title=Barasat |publisher=jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in |access-date=5 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402174619/http://jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/PDF/ULB_ProfilesPDF/Barasat/Barasat%20muni%20profile.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2012}}</ref>
Barasat is part of 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==|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, Annual Report 2010-11|work=1/1 Kolkata Metropolitan Area Map|publisher=KMDA|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501182418/https://kmdaonline.org/home/download/QVRNUU5QNW5kK1dCRDQ3V0pmRXBqQitJRU9kS1k1WEhRblBLdmc1ZVZNMW5WZlZRTHRLd0hxUHc4dlk2VWQ4WmhueGdBSURnc0w2OUZqZzl4WXFTRVE9PQ==|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The KMDA manages the area's infrastructure development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmdaonline.org/home/download/MTFVek5Lc3UrYmJ4R0xLM3ZqRTdKQWJlK2tJV3BicHZGNjB1Uldpa0JLTXM0RHd6Q29vWXViQlBLSmNPQkZsZW5hcDFwM1VaUTQwaHJlVDQ5NG5FeWc9PQ==|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, Annual Report 2010-11|work=1 / 2 Role of KMDA|publisher=KMDA|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501182413/https://kmdaonline.org/home/download/MTFVek5Lc3UrYmJ4R0xLM3ZqRTdKQWJlK2tJV3BicHZGNjB1Uldpa0JLTXM0RHd6Q29vWXViQlBLSmNPQkZsZW5hcDFwM1VaUTQwaHJlVDQ5NG5FeWc9PQ==|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

The district court handles local and national cases. The Barasat police have a jurisdiction of {{convert|4.6|km2|sqmi}}, and serves a population of 417,663 in the Barasat municipal area. There are two police outposts (in Barasat and Badu), and a women's police station (in KNC Road, near Barasat Govt College) in the town.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://n24pgspolice.in/home/police-station.php | title = North 24 Parganas Dist. Police | work = Know Your Police Station | publisher = District Police| access-date = 4 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180607033433/http://n24pgspolice.in/home/police-station.php | archive-date=7 June 2018 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

==={{anchor|Zilla Parishad (District Council)}}Zilla Parishad (district council)===
The Zilla Parishad of North 24 Parganas was founded on 26 June 1986, with the north–south bifurcation of the [[24 Parganas]] district. The highest tier of the three-tier [[panchayati raj]] system, its headquarters are at Barasat. It has six riverine [[Panchayat samiti (block)|panchayat samitis]] in the [[Sundarbans]], which has a saline tract on one side and rich alluvial tracts of the [[Ichamati River]] basin and industrial belt of Barrackpore on the other side. Its territory extends on the east to the Bangladesh border.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://north24parganas.gov.in/n24p/zp/page.php?nm=Zilla_Parishad|title=Barasat Zilla Parishad|publisher=north24parganas.gov.in|access-date=21 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003035942/http://north24parganas.gov.in/n24p/zp/page.php?nm=Zilla_Parishad|archive-date=3 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=={{anchor|Notable persons}}Notable residents==
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[[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]] was the deputy magistrate of 24 Parganas during the 19th century.

[[Graves Haughton]] became a [[cadet]] in 1808, and received his first commission on 13 March 1810 from Barasat cadet institution.

== Educational Institutes ==

* The city of Barasat comprises various education institutions ranging from pre-schools, secondary schools, high schools, colleges and universities. It has both government funded institutions and privately operated institutions.

=== Schools ===
* [[Auxilium Convent School]]<ref>[https://auxiliumbarasat.org/ Auxilium Convent School]</ref>
* [[Barasat Indira Gandhi Memorial High School]]<ref>[https://www.barasatigmhs.org/ Barasat Indira Gandhi Memorial High School]</ref>
* [[Barasat Peary Charan Sarkar Government High School]]
* [[Barasat Mahatma Gandhi Memorial High School]]
* [[Calcutta Public School]]<ref>[https://calcuttapublicschools.com/ Calcutta Public School]</ref>
* [[Kalikrishna Girls' High School]] (First school for female education in Indian subcontinent)
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* Adamas School<ref>[https://adamasworldschool.org/ Adamas School]</ref>
* Aditya Academy Secondary<ref>[https://adityaacademysecondary.com/ Aditya Academy Secondary]</ref>
* Bodhisukha School<ref>[https://bds.school/ Bodhisukha School]</ref>
* Central Modern School, Bararat
* Delhi Public School, Bararat<ref>[https://www.dpsbarasat.com/ Delhi Public School]</ref>
* Kalyani Public School<ref>[https://www.kalyanipublicschool.org/ Kalyani Public School]</ref>
* Nabapally Boy's High School
* Nabapally Jogendranath Balika Vidyamandir
* Narayana School<ref>[https://www.narayanaschools.in/west-bengal/barasat Narayana School]</ref>
* Purba Barasat Adarsha Bidyapeeth
* Sudhir Memorial School<ref>[http://www.sudhirmemorialinstitute.com/ Sudhir Memorial School]</ref>

=== Colleges & Universities ===
* [[Adamas University]]
* [[Barasat College]]
* [[Barasat Government College]]
* [[Barasat Government Medical College and Hospital]]
* [[Brainware University]]
* [[Camellia School of Engineering & Technology]]
* [[Eminent College of Pharmaceutical Technology]]
* [[West Bengal State University]]

==See also==
*[[Barrackpore]]
*[[Basirhat]]
*[[Kolkata]]
*[[North 24 Parganas]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{EB1911 poster|Barasat}}
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Kolkata/Northern fringes}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101201022621/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/FrameTable4_11.htm Census 2001 data]
* [https://www.barasatmunicipality.org/ Barasat Municipality]

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