Bhadreswar /bəˈdrɛswər/ is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural.

Languages spoken in Bhadreswar city (2011)[10] Jute mills drew in a large labour force from the neighbouring states of Bihar and Orissa, as well as eastern Uttar Pradesh, quite often forming an overwhelming majority of the population in the area, living in shanty towns and bustees dotting the mill area.

[11] According to a study carried out by Vidyasagar University, "Most of these industrial units were located in riverine towns.

A few of these were old towns inhabited previously by middle class Bengali 'babus' while others were new towns grown out of agricultural lands... Agriculture in Bengal was more remunerative than work in the jute mills but what the jute mills paid was enough to attract labour from Bihar, Orissa, U.P.

The mill is passing through a rough phase, closing down and opening off and on with militant labour in a volatile environment.

[14][15][16][17] State Highway 6 (West Bengal)/ Grand Trunk Road passes through Bhadreswar.