It is located in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

[1] The Bengal Central Railway was formed in 1881 to construct and operate a line to Khulna.

In South line commuter trains run mostly up to Sealdah via Barasat Jn.

Bandhan Express, connecting Kolkata to Khulna (Bangladesh) also runs through this station on every Thursday.

[4][5] Petrapole, the Indian side of the international border, with a land customs station, handles more than half of the 4 billion dollar trade between India and Bangladesh.