Ashoknagar, North 24 Parganas

Ashokenagar Kalyangarh is a city and a municipality under Ashoknagar police station of Barasat Sadar subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.Ashokenagar has a heritage of political consciousness, education and cultural movements. Ashokenagar Kalyangarh was planned by Dr. B.C Roy and later named after the leader Ashoke Kumar Sen. Principal architects of Ashokenagar Kalyanagarh were late Congress leader Tarun Kanti Ghosh, late congress leader Keshab Bhattacharjee, late CPI leader Dr. Sadhan Sen, late CPI(M) leader Bikash Ray Chaudhuri,late CPI(M) leader Nani Kar and Late Chitta Ranjan Basu (CPI-Leader of the common man).The area has two parks - Sanghati Park and Millennium Science Park. There are two English medium schools in Ashokenagar. The area is well connected to Kolkata through rail and road networks.Ashokenagar has the Kalyani Spinning Mill. It previously had a unit of RIC and a chemicals factory both of which were closed down by the state government.HistoryIn the British period it was a Royal Air Force station, an airfield. Four hangars of the RAF still stand as the remnants of the bygone era. After Independence Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the then CM of West Bengal developed that airfield to a planned city. Formerly this place was known as "Habra Urban Colony". Later its north-east portion was named "Kalyangarh" and then its south-west portion was named "Ashokenagar".GeographyAshokenagar is located at.DemographicsIndia census, Ashokenagar Kalyangarh had a population of 123,906. Males constitute 62,554 of the population and females 61,352. The 0–6 years population was 8,885. Ashokenagar Kalyangarh had an average literacy rate of 92.45%.