Barasat Tourism, West Bengal India

Barasat  is a city in the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal India and is the district head quarter of the district North 24 Parganas. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The town is an important railway and roadway junction. Barasat is also the name of a sub-division centering the city.

As an urban setup in the vicinity of the Kolkata, the town is within the area of Greater Kolkata. Several significant roads like National Highway 34 (Krishnanagar Road leading towards North Bengal), Jessore Road (road leading to Jessore in Bangladesh via Bongaon); road leading to Basirhat etc. cross through the town.

Barasat is only 21 km from Kolkata.It is an old town with population approx. 298127 people and it has its own historic value.In the early nineteenth century, there was a college in Barasat for the cadets who arrived from Europe for the first time to India.From 1834 to 1861, Barasat was the seat of a joint-magistrate, known as "Barasat District". In 1861, the joint magistracy was abolished, and the Barasat District became a sub-division of the Twenty-four Parganas district.Once Rishi Bankim Ch. Chattopadhyay was the Collector of Barasat.Presently this is the District Head Quarter of North 24 Parganas and an emerging business town.Barasat is also familiar for Kali Puja which is best within West Bengal.