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Barrackpore II

Barrackpore II
ব্যারাকপুর II সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Community development block
Barrackpore II is located in West Bengal
Barrackpore II
Barrackpore II
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°41′N 88°25′E / 22.69°N 88.42°E / 22.69; 88.42Coordinates: 22°41′N 88°25′E / 22.69°N 88.42°E / 22.69; 88.42
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Government
 • Type Community development block
Area
 • Total 30.22 km2 (11.67 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 217,171
 • Density 7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Literacy (2011)
 • Total literates 165,866 (84,53%)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 033
ISO 3166 code IN-WB
Vehicle registration WB-23, WB-24, WB-25, WB-26
Lok Sabha constituency Barrackpore
Vidhan Sabha constituency Noapara, Khardaha
Website north24parganas.nic.in

Barrackpore II (also spelled Barrackpur II) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Titagarh, Khardah and Ghola police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Karna Madhabpur. It is located 8 km from Barasat, the district headquarters.

Muragachha, a census town in Barrackpore II block, is located at 22°41′N 88°25′E / 22.69°N 88.42°E / 22.69; 88.42.

Barrackpore II CD Block is bounded by Barrackpore I CD Block in the north, Amdanga and Barasat I CD Blocks in the east and Chinsurah-Mogra CD Block in Hooghly district, across the Hooghly River, in the west. The Barrackpore industrial belt with municipalities such as New Barrackpur, Panihati, Khardaha, Titagarh and Barrackpore is in the south and west.

Barrackpore II CD Block has an area of 30.22 km2.


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