Khardaha is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

It has a railway station on the Sealdah-Ranaghat section, sandwiched between Sodepur and Sukchar (to the south) and Titagarh (to the north).

Khardaha is bounded by Titagarh to the north, Patulia and Bandipur to the east, Panihati to the south and the Hooghly River to the west.

[12][13] As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Khardaha covered an area of 6.87 km2, with both open and closed drains.

Shyamsundar ferry ghat is used by commuters to reach Rishra on the other side of Hooghly River.

[24] Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School has facilities for teaching from class 1 to 12 (Higher secondary) in both Bengali and English mediums.

Every year in the month of December, Khardaha municipality organizes a flower show.

[29] Khardaha Sanskritik Utsav (Cultural Festival) is organized on a regular basis, where performers from all over India come to entertain people.

[30] Khardaha book fair is a culturally significant event that takes place every year.

[30] Nityanandu Mahaprabhu, a primary religious figure within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Bengal, came and settled in a hut named Kunjabati at Khardaha.

26 Shiva temples were built on the bank of the Ganges, in the early 19th century by Ramhari Biswas and his son, Prankrishna.