Raninagar is a town with a police station, not identified in 2011 census as a separate town, in the Raninagar II CD block in the Domkol subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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

The Ganges has a tendency to change course frequently, causing severe erosion, mostly along the southern bank.

[1][2][3][4] 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).