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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Birati<br />
| other_name = <br />
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood<br />
| image_skyline = Angana Abasan - Banik Junction - Madhusudan Banerjee Road - Birati - Kolkata 2017-03-30 0876.JPG<br />
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| image_caption = Angana Abasan, Banik Junction, Madhusudan Banerjee Road (M.B. Road)<br />
| nickname = <br />
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India3<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location West Bengal, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22.6643|N|88.4283|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} <br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Region<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kolkata metropolitan area|Greater Kolkata]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| founder = <br />
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| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]<br />
| governing_body = [[North Dumdum|North Dumdum Municipality]]<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 700051<br />
| area_code = +91 33<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| registration_plate = WB<br />
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]<br />
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|Tropical]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small><br />
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum Uttar]]<br />
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'''Birati''' is a locality in [[North Dumdum|North Dumdum Municipality]] of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is close to [[Kolkata]] and also a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kmdaonline.org/htm/kma.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191015/http://www.kmdaonline.org/htm/kma.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | title = Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area | publisher = [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] | access-date = 29 January 2009}}</ref><br />
[[File:Big-bazaar,birati.jpg|thumb|Birati Big Bazaar]]<br />
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==History==<br />
Nimta-Birati area was a well known Janapada since the days of [[Laksmikanta Roy Choudhury]]. Later after his death in 1649, it became the capital of Laksmikanta's jagir and remained the administrative headquarters till 1716 when the capital was shifted to [[Barisha, India|Barisha]]. Still Birati remains an abode of the [[Sabarna Roy Choudhury]] family.<ref>Bangiya Sabarna Katha Kalishetra Kalikatah by Bhabani Roy Choudhury, Manna Publication. {{ISBN|81-87648-36-8}}</ref><br />
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==Geography and locality==<br />
[[File:Madhusudan Banerjee Road - Birati Junction - Kolkata 2017-05-10 7616.JPG|thumb|Madhusudan Banerjee Road (M.B. Road), Birati More]]<br />
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Birati is bound by the [[Jessore Road]] in the East, [[Nimta]] in the West, [[New Barrackpore]] in the North and [[Durganagar]] in the South. It also features a railway station. It's closeness to [[Dum Dum]] also adds the [[Kolkata Metro]] as a way of conveyance.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
There are many close knit communities in Birati who live among them peacefully without any atrocities. Gitanjali Park is one of them.<ref>{{Cite web|title=বিরাটী বসন্ত উৎসব ২০২০|url=https://allevents.in/kolkata/বিরাটী-বসন্ত-উৎসব-২০২০/200019248068925|access-date=2 December 2020|website=AllEvents.in|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Religion:<br />
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Hindus:99.90%<br />
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Muslim:0.08%<br />
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Others:0.02%<br />
[[File:Tarun Sengupta Smriti Bhawan 4th July 2019.jpg|thumb|left|Tarun sengupta Smriti Bhawan is situated near the Birati station 1 no platform ticket counter. This is an air conditioned auditorium in Birati area.]]<br />
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==Education==<br />
[[Mrinalini Dutta Mahavidyapith]] (more commonly known as the Birati college) is the only college in Birati.<br />
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==Transport==<br />
[[File:Madhusudan Banerjee Road - Birati - Kolkata 2017-03-30 0874.JPG|thumb|Madhusudan Banerjee Road (M.B. Road), Birati]]<br />
===By air===<br />
Birati is close to [[Kolkata Airport|Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]].<ref name="Tele"/><br />
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===By road===<br />
[[National Highway 12 (India)|Kolkata-Siliguri]] highway passes through Birati. Birati also has the 237 and Birati Mini Bus which goes to Babughat and B.B.D<br />
Bag respectively. <ref name="Tele">{{cite news |last1=Chaudhuri |first1=Moumita |date=21 February 2021 |title=The Calcutta-Siliguri highway is a track everybody loves to take but nobody ever made |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/the-calcutta-siliguri-highway-is-a-track-everybody-loves-to-take-but-nobody-ever-made/cid/1807329 |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=the Telegraph}}</ref><br />
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===By rail===<br />
[[Birati railway station]] on the [[Sealdah–Bangaon line]] serves the area. It will be soon connected with the Noapara-Barasat Yellow Line [[Line 4]] of Kolkata Metro. The metro station will be underneath Jessore Road at Birati More.<br />
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==Notable residents==<br />
* Mihir Sen: Writer<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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