Lalgola is a trading hub situated near Bangladesh-India border surrounded by a number of large and small lakes (dighis).

The average elevation is about 23 metres (75 ft) The climate is similar to the rest of Gangetic West Bengal.

Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map).

[7][8][9][10] The historic city of Murshidabad, a centre of major tourist attraction, is located in this area.

In 1717, when Murshid Quli Khan became Subahdar, he made Murshidabad the capital of Subah Bangla (then Bengal, Bihar and Odisha).

Royal residence made way first for female lunatic convicts and later, from 1987, the open-air correctional home.

[15] As a trading town and transit point for farm products, Lalgola is visited daily by hundreds of people from the surrounding villages.

A popular Bengali proverb is baro mase tero parbon, translated as thirteen festivals in twelve months.

One of the main festivals is the Hindu Durga Puja, when pandals (ceremonial structures) are constructed throughout the town.