Naihati

Naihati is a city and municipality in the North 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal, and part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Its municipality, established in 1869, is one of the oldest in the district. The town lies on the Hooghly River at an average elevation of about 15 metres, with a climate of hot humid summers and cool dry winters and heavy rain when monsoon clouds arrive from the Bay of Bengal. It is the birthplace of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, author of the song Vande Mataram. At the 2011 census of India Naihati had 217,900 residents, and it forms part of the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.