It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

Howrah Maidan is on its south, Salkia is on its north and Tikiapara is on its west.

It was the slum about which Dominique Lapierre's bestselling book City of Joy was written.

This bridge was opened in 1933 by East Indian Railway Company (EIR)[11] and was named after Bangal Babu (Zamindar Ramjatan Bose).

This article about a location in the Howrah district of West Bengal is a stub.