Madhyamgram is a place in Kolkata, located in West Bengal. It is an urban of Metropolitan City.

Location of Madhyamgram
Madhyamgram is located in the border line of Kolkata- The City of Joy. It is also called the Fortune City of Kolkata.

History of Madhyamgram
Madhyamgram was in the Kingdom of Raja Protapaditya Roy, one of the twelve feudal provinces of Bengal and Ruler of Jessore during the Mughal regime. On 20th December 1757, Mirzafar, the Nawab of Bengal presented twenty-four Parganas to the British East India Company as a gift which also included Madhyamgram, under Anwarpur Pargana adjacent to Barasat. During the rule of British East India Company, Madhyagram got its first railway line from Madhyamgram to Duttapukur which was commissioned in 1882 when the station was called Chandipur. Madhyamgram was then named as Majher Gaon, probably because the area was situated between Badu and Sajirhat. The present narrow Noai Canal now acting as dividing border line between New Barrackpore and Madhyamgram stretching from the South of Ganganagar to Sajirhat in the West used to be a river, once called Labanyabati, which through colloquial transformation became Noai river and after years of silt depositions turned into Noai Canal. In medieval era, Anwarpur Pargana was famous for tobacco trade and a special sweet smelling blended tobacco. It was manufactured in Madhyamgram. The old Madhyamgram had a vast paddy growing area and Labanya River was a medium of navigation for export of those products. Madhyamgram was also famous for fine embroidery works that attracted appreciation from Delhi and Mumbai. Many Muslim families used to maintain livelihood through those works.

Administration of Madhyamgram
Madhyamgram is under the jurisdiction of Barasat sadar subdivision within the limit of Madhyamgram police stations and under the local jurisdiction of Madhyamgram Municipality. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

Geography of Madhyamgram
The geography of Madhyamgram has the canal river system, which was once used to have an export and import business to the other parts of the country. The climate is tropical, like the rest of the Gangetic West Bengal. The monsoon is in early June to mid September. The weather remains dry during the winter and humid during summer.

Demography of Madhyamgram
Madhyamgram had a population of 198,964. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Madhyamgram has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 71%. In Madhyamgram, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy of Madhyamgram
Madhyamgram has the major textile mill and a rubber factory. The business of the city revolves around retailing, though there are dealers who supply mainly to the rest of the district. Madhyamgram also hosts an integrated computer hardware and software development unit. However, the major occupation of its residents is service. The neighbourhood is characterized by its close proximity of C. 15 minutes to an airport. A notable advantage of Madhyamgram is the transportation facility with road mode and the local railway section. There are bus routes from Madhyamgram to various parts of Kolkata and towns and villages bordering to Bangladesh.

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