Baruipur

History

Many janapadas grew up along the old Bhagirathi channel from the ancient times till around the 16th century: Kalighat, Boral, Rajpur, Harinavi, Mahinagar, Baruipur, Baharu, Jaynagar Majilpur, Chhatrabhog etc. Bipradas Pipilai's Manasavijaya, composed in 1495, mentions many places in this region. "Chand Sadagar, a merchant character of the Manasavijaya, reached Baruipur, from Kalighat, through the old Bhagirathi channel. From there he proceeded towards Chhatrabhog, and then traveling through Hatiagarh pargana reached the open sea". Chaitanyadeva (1486–1534) also went through this route. Travelling by boat to Puri he halted at the village of Atisara, near Baruipur. "His last stoppage in 24 Parganas was at Chhatrabhog, now a village within the jurisdiction of the Mathurapur police station. Chhatrabhog seems to have been an important river-port on the old Bhagirathi channel". Rama Chandra Khan, the zamindar of Chhatrabhog, helped Chaitanyadeva to continue with his journey.

Geography

Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 20 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the southern part is covered by the Baruipur-Jaynagar Plain. Archaeological excavations at Dhosa and Tilpi, on the bank of the Piyali River indicate the existence of human habitation around 2,000 years ago. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Baruipur is located at . It has an average elevation of . Khodar Bazar on the west, Salipur on the north, Baruipur (P) on the east are census towns adjacent to Baruipur, and Komarhat is a little away on the south, as per the map of the Baruipur CD block in the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas district. Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).

Most-observed species

• Spotted Dove

  Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) · Aves
  6,513
• Red-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,137
• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,975
• House Crow

  Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  5,272
• Black Drongo

  Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  5,259
• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  4,707
• Asian Pied Starling

  Gracupica contra (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,635
• White-throated Kingfisher

  Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,459

Most recent

• M 5 — 2026-02-27
  24 km SSE of Sātkhira, Bangladesh
• M 4.5 — 2018-08-28
  6 km ENE of Gh?t?l, India
• M 4.1 — 2013-06-01
  22 km NE of Kultali, India
• M 4.2 — 2009-01-05
  10 km NE of Nagarukhra, India