Barrackpore

Barrackpore, also spelled Barrackpur, is a city and municipality in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India, and the headquarters of the Barrackpore subdivision, within the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The English Wikipedia article says the name may come from the English word barracks, because the first cantonment of the British East India Company stood here, and that the first British barrack in India was built in the town in 1772. After the British crown assumed direct control, a Government House and estate were built here as a suburban residence for the viceroy. The 2011 census counted 152,783 residents, and the municipal city covered 10.61 square kilometres.