The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the southern part is covered by the Baruipur-Jaynagar Plain.

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

Garia, Champahati, Solgohalia and Naridana form a cluster of census towns in the Baruipur CD block, as per the map of the Baruipur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.

[6] Another cluster of census towns Kalaria, Gaur Daha and Banshra in the Canning I CD block is adjacent to the above cluster, as per the map of the Canning I CD block on page 333 of the District Census Handbook.

Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home and 3 medicine shops.

Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 old age home, 1 cinema theatre, 2 public libraries.

After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata.

[13][14] South Calcutta Polytechnic College, is a prominent institution affiliated with the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education (WBSCTE).