New Barrackpur is a town and a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 under Ghola police station of Barrackpore subdivision

Barrackpore subdivision

Barrackpore subdivision , is a subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of sixteen municipalities , one Cantonment Board ,...

. in North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas district is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the [tropical zone] from latitude 22º11'6" north to 23º15'2" north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east...

 in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

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Geography

New Barrackpore is 17 km from Sealdah Station on the Sealdah

Sealdah

Sealdah is one of the major train stations serving Kolkata in India, the others being Howrah Station, Shalimar Station and Kolkata Railway Station. Sealdah is one of the busiest rail stations in India and an important suburban rail terminal...

-Bangaon

Bangaon

Bongaon is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Bongaon is headquarters of Bongaon subdivision.- Geography :...

 branch line of Eastern Railway

Eastern Railway (India)

The Eastern Railway is one of the 17 zones of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is at Fairley Place, Kolkata, and comprises four divisions: Howrah, Malda, Sealdah, and Asansol. These are the financial departments and each has an assistant divisional financial manager , divisional railway...

. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway

Kolkata Suburban Railway

The Kolkata Suburban Railway is the rail system for the suburbs surrounding the city of Kolkata . Railways such as this are important and heavily-used infrastructure in India....

 system. Jessore road is the nearest main road from New Barrackpore (Bus stop-B.T.College bus stop). New Barrackpore is 22 km from Sealdah by road. Netaji Subhash International Airport is 10 minutes by car. For maps and more information please visit www.nbmonline.org the official website of New Barrackpore Municipality.

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, New Barrackpore had a population of 83,183. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. In New Barrackpore, 7% of the population is under 6 years of Age. The Census for the year 2011 will soon to be published. For details please visit www.nbmonline.org.

Banking

UCO Bank

UCO Bank

Uco Bank, formerly United Commercial Bank, established in 1943 in Kolkata, is one of the oldest and major commercial bank of India. Ghanshyam Das Birla, an eminent Indian industrialist, during the Quit India movement of 1942, had conceived the idea of organizing a commercial bank with Indian...

,Allhabad Bank, State Bank of India, United Bank of India,Axis bank has their branches and ATMs in New Barrackpur. HDFC bank's ATM is also available beside State Bank of India.