Ashoknagar Kalyangarh is a city and a municipality in Barasat Sadar subdivision[1] of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Ashoknagar Kalyangarh was planned by Dr. B.C Roy and was later named after the leader Ashoke Kumar Sen [citation needed].

The Congressional leaders Tarun Kanti Ghosh and Keshab Bhattacharjee and the CPI leaders Dr. Sadhan Sen, Bikash Ray Chaudhuri, Nani Kar and Chitta Ranjan Basu were principal architects of Ashoknagar Kalyangarh.

CPI(ML) Organizer Atmajit Chowdhury, Dramatist Swadesh Munshi, Social Worker Parlay Ghosh, Trapada Bhattacharjee, Gauranga Kar, Biswajit Das were contributed notable works in town's cultural development.

The first unit in this district of West Bengal State Government Employees Pensioners' Samity was formed in Ashokenagar under the leadership of J.C Kundu which worked towards the safeguarding of the rights of retired employees of the state government.

The city previously had a unit of RIC and a chemical factory; both were closed down by the state government.

After India became independent, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the then CM of West Bengal, developed the airfield into a planned city.

The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain.

It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.

Temperature : 39.5 °C in May(Max) and 10.3 °C in January(Min) Relative Humidity: Between 55% in March & 98% in July Rainfall: 31mm(Normal) According to the 2011 Census of India, Ashoknagar Kalyangarh had a total population of 121,592, of which 61,236 (50%) were males and 60,356 (50%) were females.

According to Census of India 2011, Hinduism is the predominant religion in this city, followed by Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism and others.

People move to capital cities and industrial areas like Kolkata, Kalyani, Barrackpore, etc.

Besides, there are several self-help groups, women folks, artisans and craftsmen who are engaged in small scale production of jewellery boxes, garments and different kinds of decorative items.

Renowned theatre groups like Ajantrik, Avijatri, Annesha, Nattya Mukh, Bhnuiphnor, Ashoknagar Bratyajon and Aaharnish are based out of this town.

Ashoknagar Road is 41 kilometres (25 mi) from Sealdah Station and 18 km from Barasat on the Sealdah-Bangaon branch line of Eastern Railway.

Buses from Habra Bus Terminal and Ashoknagar SBSTC Bus stand are directly connected to Naihati, Maslandapur, Madhyamgram, Bangaon, Barasat, Haringhata, Kalyani, Basirhat, Kolkata, Bagdah, Chakdaha, Bagjola, Digha, Durgapur, Bandel, Baruipur, Howrah, Badkulla, krishnanagar, Barasat, Alampur, Dattaphulia, Nimta, Sodepur, Duttapukur, Thakurnagar, Jaguli.

The NH 112 (Old NH 35) - commonly known as Jessore Road, comes from Belgachia Road (Nani Kar Sarani) - also known as Habra-Ashoknagar Bypass, passes through the town in the direction of Bangladesh and the border town Bongaon, which is approximately 38 km from Ashoknagar.

Stadium' (৩ নম্বর স্টেডিয়াম) is the main sports ground which is facilated with two galleries for the crowd to sit.