It is located in the southern fringes of the city and is flanked by Bansdroni to the north and west, Naktala to the east and Boral to the south.

The name of the place can be located back to the glory days of the Brahmo Samaj and of Rishi Raj Narayan Bose, who was born in this area.

With the real estate boom of the late 90s, Suvada Housing, a real estate development concern, took fancy to this area and developed a number of low-cost apartment complexes in the locality naming them as Niva Parks with different Phases.

Open spaces, unpolluted air and proximity to the high-growth locality of Bansdroni, Naktala, Garia, Tollygunge, Eastern Metropolitan Bypass and the upcoming extension of the Kolkata Metro to Garia has fuelled growth in the locality.

Brahmapur, being a primarily rural locality, has very narrow and serpentine roads which are not suitable for bigger vehicles like buses, minibuses and thus, the major transport facilities used are the auto-rickshaws and cycle rickshaws & occasional taxi.