Bamangachhi
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Bamangachhi বামনগাছী muhajir |
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Bamangachhi Town map from satellite view
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| Nickname(s): baidya | |
 Bamangachhi
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| Coordinates: 22°44′N 88°31′E / 22.74°N 88.51°ECoordinates: 22°44′N 88°31′E / 22.74°N 88.51°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 48,886 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN |
743706 (Bamangachhi Sub Post Office) 743294 (Chhota Jagulia Sub Post Office) |
| Telephone code | 033-2542/2552/2562/2584-**** |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Police Station | Barasat |
| Website | north24parganas |
743706 (Bamangachhi Sub Post Office)
Bamangachhi is a census town in Barasat I CD Block in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India. It is situated in Southern portion of West Bengal. Bamangachhi consists of one major village Chhota Jagulia and the town Bamangachhi. It is approximately 26 km north of Kolkata. Bamangachhi is under the Barasat Sadar Subdivision and Barasat Police Station. It is situated at the outskirt of Greater Kolkata and under the authority of KMDA. There are two Sub Post Offices present in this area. (Chhota Jagulia : 743294, Bamangachhi : 743706).
The exact reason to be named as Bamangachhi is not known, but according to local lore, it may have been derived the name "bamun para" (literally meaning the neighbourhood of Brahmins), which is an old Brahmin-predominant locality of here.
Bamangachhi is approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Kolkata, and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from North 24 Pargana's district headquarters Barasat. It is well connected by rail and roads with the major destinations in North 24 Parganas and Kolkata. The Bamangachhi Railway Station is a part of Kolkata Suburban Railway under the Sealdah-Bongaon division. The station had been upgraded as the Adarsh Railway Station (model railway station) by the former Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Railway Budget 2011-12 (Upgradation of Bamangachhi Railway Station will provide safe drinking water, pay & use toilets, high-level platforms, better accessibility for the physically challenged among many other facilities at the station.).
Bamangachhi is situated between the two major National Highways, NH-34 and NH-35(Jessore Road). The National Highway 34 connects Kolkata to Siliguri (in North Bengal) and National Highway 35 connects Kolkata to Jessore, a city in Bangladesh. Bamangachhi is about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) away from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata and 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Sealdah Railway Station. A major P.W.D. Road, which is known as Bamangachhi-Bamunmura Road has passed across the town and connects Taki Road, NH 35, Bamangachhi Station and NH 34. The other main roads which connects the localities inside Bamangachhi are Station Road, Kashimpur Road, Post Office Road, Nityananda Sarani, B.D.Office Road, Suripukur Road etc.
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