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Baranagar (বরাহনগর Barāhanagar or বরানগর Barānagar) is a suburb north of Kolkata, with a rich cultural heritage.

Understand

Name

The Bengali name of "Baranagar" is either Barāhanagar (বরাহনগর BAW-rah-hoh-naw-gohr) or Barānagar (বরানগর BAW-rah-naw-gohr). The name is a compound of barāha (বরাহ, meaning "boar", "hog" or "pig") and nagar (নগর, meaning "city"). There used to be a hog factory at Baranagar in the 17th century, where about 3,000 hogs were slaughtered and salted for export annually.

History

In the 17th century, Dutch merchants set up a residence here and made it a large business hub at that time, and the center of the jute industry. It has become a major industrial centre for the manufacture of agricultural and industrial machinery, chemicals, castor oil, several jute products, matches, and numerous cotton-processing companies.

Get in

By metro

Baranagar is best reached by metro, with 1 Noapara  1  4  being a metro junction, connecting the suburb to the different parts of the metropolis. 2 Baranagar  1  is another station, with a connectivity to the local train station.

By train

Baranagar is served by 3 Baranagar Road  Chord Link  railway station on the Chord Link Line.

By ferry

• 4 Kuthi Ghat. There's a heritage building established by the Dutch merchants in 17th century, as "Dutch Kuthi". (updated Aug 2025)

See

Baranagar Math

• 1 P.C.M. Memorial Museum & Archive (Amrapalli), ISI, 203, Barrackpore Trunk Rd, ☏ +91 33 2575 2756, museum@isical.ac.in. 10AM-6PM (closed Sa and S). A museum hosted in the former residence of statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. It has five galleries dedicated to his life, along with 752 exhibits. It also has a preserved study room and living quarters of the statistician for their historical value. Free. (updated Jul 2025)

Ashrams

Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission

• 2 Alambazar Math. Second monastery of Ramakrishna Order. Swami Vivekananda first put up here after coming back from abroad. (updated Sep 2025)
• 3 Baranagar Math. First monastery of Ramakrishna Order. After the death of Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda and some of his other disciples permanently started to live here. Here, they decided to establish Belur Math for the first time.  
• 4 Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission (BRKM), 37, Gopal Lal Tagore Rd, Baranagar, ☏ +91 33 2556-3817, fax: +91 33 2556-3817, brkmreunion@gmail.com. Founded by Yogindranath Tagore (the disciple of Swami Brahmananda) in 1912. This institution celebrates many cultural programmes throughout the year. Many people come to watch those cultural events every year. (updated Aug 2025)

Temples

Kripamayee Kali Temple

• 5 Kacher Mandir (Glass Temple), 1, Pran Krishna Saha Ln.  
• 6 Kripamayee Kali Temple (Joy Mitra Kalibari). A navaratna (nine-pinnacled) temple of Goddess Kali worshipped as Kripamayee (she who is merciful). There are twelve shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva. (updated Dec 2022)
• 7 Mahamilan Math, 7/7, PWD Road. The Annapurna Temple and the Omkarnath Temple are two attractions here.  
• 8 Pathbari Temple. A place where Chaitanya Mahaprabhu set his foot on his way to Puri in the early 16th century.  

Do

• 1 Narayani Cinema Hall, 15, Surya Sen Rd.  
• 2 Sinthee More Ground. Hosts various local events throughout the year, including "Ajanta Circus" every winter. (updated Aug 2025)
• 3 Sonali Cinema Hall, 140, BT Rd.  

Learn

Indian Statistical Institute

• 1 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), 203, Barrackpore Trunk Rd, Baranagar. Founded by the statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1932, the institute is often considered one of the foremost centres in the world for training and research in statistics. (updated Jul 2025)

Buy

• 1 Chandrani Pearls, 153/1, BT Rd (Baranagar  Chord Link ), ☏ +91 33 2578 9025. 10:30AM - 9PM. Ornaments of pearls.  

Eat and drink

Major food chains include Wow Momo (140, BT Rd). Major cafe chains include Cafe Coffee Day (BT Rd). You also can get lassi in several sweets shops, in Anandamayee Sweets many kinds of lassi like mango, dahi etc. are available. In the Alambazar area, you could get lassi in a sweet shop. In the Dunlop area, near Baranagar railway station and Sonali cinema hall, several fruit juice shops are available. You can also visit "Dunlop Coffee House" for coffee.

• 1 Anandamayee Sweets, 209, BT Rd, ☏ +91 33 2577 0120. 7AM - 10PM. Traditional Bengal sweets, curd (in Bengali "doi"), ice cream, dhokla, lassi.  
• 2 The Cric World, 44/51, BT Rd, ☏ +91 98304 15213 (mobile). Noon - 11PM. Multi-cuisine restaurant.  
• 3 Dhaka Biryani House, 144, BT Rd (suburban: Baranagar  Chord Link ), ☏ +91 99039 68610 (mobile). 11AM–10:30PM.  
• 4 Food Village, 144, BT Rd (suburban: Baranagar  Chord Link ), ☏ +91 99039 43648 (mobile). Noon - 10:45PM.  
• 5 Ganguram Sweets, 269/2, BT Rd (near Baranagar Police Station), ☏ +91 98317 36332 (mobile). 7AM - 10PM.  
• Haldiram's Confectioners, 140, BT Rd (near Baranagar Road railway station), ☏ +91 33 2578 0815. 9AM-2PM & 5-9PM. 
• 6 Mahua (মহুয়া Mahuẏā), 18/3, KC Ghosh Rd. The 40-year-old shop is known for creamy dahi (দই dai), and it often runs out of dahi every day. Dahi: ₹260 per kg. (updated Dec 2024)
• 7 New Sher-e-Punjab Hotel, 131, BT Rd (near Indian Statistical Institute), ☏ +91 78901 01313 (mobile). 11:30AM - 10:45PM.  

Sleep

This guide uses the following price ranges for a standard double room:
Budget	Under ₹2,000
Mid-range	₹2,000–5,000
Splurge	Over ₹5,000

Cope

Fire stations

• 2 Baranagar Fire Station, 282, Deshpran Shasmal Ave, ☏ +91 33 2510 2102.  

Police stations

• 3 Baranagar Police Station, 47, BT Rd, ☏ +91 33 2531 9300. (updated May 2023)