Titagarh

Titagarh টিটাগড়
Neighborhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Titagarh railway station
Titagarh Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°44′N 88°22′E / 22.74°N 88.37°E / 22.74; 88.37Coordinates: 22°44′N 88°22′E / 22.74°N 88.37°E / 22.74; 88.37
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Government
• Municipality Chairman	prasanta choudhary
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	124,198
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code	+91 33
Lok Sabha constituency	Barrackpore
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Barrackpore

Titagarh is a city and a municipality in north Kolkata, formerly Calcutta. It is a part of Titagarh Municipality under Barrackpore sub-division and Kolkata city of the state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

Titagarh is located at 22°44′N 88°22′E / 22.74°N 88.37°E / 22.74; 88.37. It has an average elevation of 15 metres (49 feet).

It is served by the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.

As of 2011^[update] India census, Titagarh had a population of 118,426. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Titagarh has an average literacy rate of 81.18%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 86.87%, and female literacy is 74.42%. In Titagarh, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The Jute Mills drew in a large labour force from the neighboring states of Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, as well as eastern Uttar Pradesh, forming an overwhelming majority of the population in the area, living in shanty towns and bustees dotting the mill area. The proportion of migrants in the population was a stunning 90% in Titagarh

Advocate Sil Bhadra Dutta of All India Trinamool Congress won the Barrackpore Assembly seat in 2011, defeating Dr. Madhu Samanta of Communist Party of India (Marxist). Pravin Kumar Shaw of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Shukla of Trinamool Congress in 2001 and of Indian National Congress in 1996, as well as Ganga Prasad Sha of the Indian National Congress(INC) in 1991. Ganga Prasad Sha of Congress defeated Mohammed Amin of CPI (M) in 1987 and 1982. Mohammad Amin of CPI (M) defeated Ganga Prasad Sha of Congress in 1977.