Baranagar

Baranagar or Baranagore is a city and municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is in the region of Greater Kolkata and therefore is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
It is home to the Indian Statistical Institute for research, teaching and application of statistics, natural sciences and social sciences. Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School is one of the oldest and renowned schools in Baranagar and North 24 Parganas.
Baranagar is a major industrial centre for the manufacture of agricultural and industrial machinery, chemicals, castor oil, and matches. There are also many cotton-processing companies.
Name.
The word "Baranagar" derives from the Bengali term "Barahanagore" (Bengali: বরাহনগর), meaning "City of the Hogs". (বরাহ: hog, নগর: city)
Streynsham Master who visited the area in 1676 spoke of the hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export.
Education.
University.
Baranagar houses the headquarters of the Indian Statistical Institute. It is an academic institute of national importance as recognised by a 1959 act of the Indian parliament. Established in 1931, this public university of India is focused on statistics.
Colleges.
Colleges of Baranagar are:
Schools.
Baranagar is also home to many schools providing quality education to the local and neighbourhood people.
Health facilities.
Following hospitals are located in Baranagar:
Sports.
Olympic played archer Dola Banerjee, Rahul Banerjee, Atanu Das born in Baranagar.
Many sport academies and sporting clubs are in Baranagar:
Tourist attractions.
Several educational institutions, religious places, pilgrims, places of Baranagar are tourist attractions:
Besides these, many people come in Baranagar every year in Durga puja period, in the time of "Ajanta Circus".