Garulia

Garulia 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 was established in 1869. The town lies at an average elevation of about 13 metres and is bounded by Bhatpara on the north, Garshyamnagar and Noapara on the east, North Barrackpur on the south and the Hooghly River on the west, with ferry services running until midnight. At the 2011 census of India it had 85,336 residents, and its municipal area covered 6.47 square kilometres. The town is listed among the municipalities of the Barrackpore subdivision that belong to the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration, and its manufactured goods have included cotton, jute and rakhi.