Habra is a city, a municipality, a telephone exchange and a police station of Barasat sadar subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an administrative subdivision. Habra is situated on the Jessore Road betweenKolkata and the Bangladesh border at Petrapole.Habra Urban Agglomeration includes: Habra (M), Ashokenagar Kalyangarh (M), Bara Bamonia (CT), Guma (CT), Anarbaria (CT), Khorddabamonia (CT). Its location makes it an important town for export and import of goods between India and Bangladesh. This city is treated as North Kolkata Suburban town. Though not under KMDA
