Archaeological excavations at Dhosa and Tilpi, on the bank of the Piyali River indicate the existence of human habitation around 2,000 years ago.

Baruipur subdivision has 9 police stations, 7 community development blocks, 7 panchayat samitis, 80 gram panchayats, 523 mouzas, 482 inhabited villages, 3 municipalities and 30 census towns.

The census towns are: Radhanagar, Danga, Ramchandrapur, Bidyadharpur, Kalikapur, Chak Baria, Sahebpur, Raynagar, Kalikapur Barasat, Baharu, Uttarparanij, Alipur, Uttar Durgapur, Nimpith, Tulshighata, Petua, Garia, Panchghara, Mallikpur, Hariharpur, Champahati, Solgohalia, Naridana, Baruipur (CT), Salipur (P), Khodar Bazar, Komarhat, Maricha, Bhangar Raghunathpur and Gobindapur.

* Does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation The following institutions are located in Baruipur subdivision: The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in South 24 Parganas district.

Medical facilities in Baruipur subdivision are as follows: Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)[29] Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [30] Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds)[31] Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)[32] Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Baruipur subdivision were as follows:[33]