New Barrackpore

New Barrackpore is a city and municipality in the North 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal, and it is part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The New Barrackpore police station, under the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, has jurisdiction over the municipal area. The town lies near Jessore Road, also known as National Highway 12. According to the District Census Handbook of 2011 the municipal town covered 6.89 square kilometres and made goods such as foam bags, gloves and musical instruments. The 2011 census recorded 76,846 residents, down from 83,183 in 2001, with Hindus forming almost 99 percent of the population.