Barrackpore is a city and a municipality of north suburban Kolkata and situated in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area is covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is the administrative headquarters of the Barrackpore subdivision.
Image: Barrackpore Railway Station Area North 24 Parganas 2012 04 11 9671
Image: Mangal Pandey Park Barrackpore North 24 Parganas 2012 04 11 9508
St Bartholomew's Cathedral, Barrackpore
Barrackpore Chiria More is the junction of Barrackpore Trunk Road and Surendranath Banerjee Road
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India.
Kolkata is the seventh most populous city of India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore). It is the centre of the Kolkata Metropolitan Region, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world with a population of over 15 million residents. Kolkata is the de facto cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal. It is the second largest Bengali-speaking city in the world. It has the highest number of Nobel laureates among all cities in India.
Image: Kolkata City skyline from Hoogly bridge
Image: বাগবাজার সার্বজনীন দুর্গোৎসব ২০১৮
Image: Kolkata CBD
Image: Birla Planetarium Kolkata (24455076008)