Ashoknagar Kalyangarh

Ashoknagar Kalyangarh

Ashokenagar Kalyangarh (Bengali: অশোকনগর - কল্যাণগড়) is a popular town and a municipality under Ashoknagar police station of Barasat sadar subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Ashokenagar has a rich heritage of political consciousness, education & cultural movements. It has been a seat of refugee movement. Ashokenagar Kalyangarh was planned by Dr. B.C Roy. Principal architects of Ashokenagar Kalyanagarh were late Congress leader Tarun Kanti Ghosh,late congress leader Keshab Bhattacharjee,late CPI leader Sadhan Sen and late CPI(M) leader Nani Kar. Till now drama and children festivals of national standards are held every year. The area has two beautiful parks - Sanghati Park and Millennium Science Park. It has a degree college, two hospitals, several high schools, two English medium schools, good libraries, an Engineering & Management Institution, two community halls, a stadium, a picnic garden, a swimming pool & two multi gyms. The area is well connected to Kolkata through rail and road networks.

Some of the reputed schools of the locality include Ashokenagar Banipith Girls' High School and Ashokenagar Adarsha Valika Vidyalaya for the girls and Ashokenagar Boys' Secondary School, & Kalyangarh Vidyamandir for Boys and many more.

Ashokenagar has a spinning mill, named Kalyani Spinning Mill. It previously had a unit of RIC and a Chemicals factory both of which are closed down by the state government.