Alipur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Jaynagar Majilpur police station in the Jaynagar I CD Block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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.

Among the civic amenities, it had 15 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank.