Gobardanga is a Town and a Municipality in Barasat sadar subdivision[4] of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

There is a horse bow lake named Kankona Baorh at Media, Gobardanga.

The lake resembles a Kankon, worn by ladies hence it is being named Kankona Baorh.

The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain.

It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.

Gobardanga had been governed by Brahmin Zamindars of bharadwaj gotra in pre-old days.

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.

[11] Map of Habra I CD Block on Page 289 of District Census Handbook.