Bijpur, North 24 Parganas

Bijpur is a city with a police station in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It has a rich heritage. It mainly consists of three adjacent towns, namely Kanchrapara, Halisahar, and Hazinagar, the largest being Kanchrapara, with an area of 9.8 sq. km. The town, Kanchrapara, is old and developed towns. In recent years, the area of Kanchrapara has attracted large multinational business companies, including. There is Kanchrapara Railway Workshop, near Bijpur police station which was established in 1863, now serving as a department of the Indian Railways. Halisahar is another town lying to the south of Kanchrapara. It ranked first in the category of the cleanest city of West Bengal. This town has the well knowned Ramprasad Kalibaari or birth place of Ramprasad Sen. Hazinagar is a sub-urban area, slightly underdeveloped than Kanchrapara and Halisahar. The maximum area of Bijpur situated in the bank of Bhagirathi River.GeographyBijpur is located at. It has an average elevation of 13 metres (43 feet).EconomyBhusan Steel, which is setting up a 2 million tonne integrated steel and power plant at Salanpur in Bardhaman district, will set up a cold rolled unit at Bijpur. Covering 100acre of land this project will have a capacity of five lakh tons. It was cleared by West Bengal government on 22 August 2007.