Its situated around 30 km away from Kolkata. Geography
Shyamnagar is located at 22.83°N 88.37°E.It has an average elevation of 2 m (6.6 ft). Administrative Personnels
1. Sri Parash Dutta, MLA-Jagaddal Assembly Constituency, Contact No.: (033) 2586-5486, (+91) 9433062233
2. Sri Arjun Singh,MLA-Bhatpara AC,Chairman Bhatpara Municipality, Contact No.: (033) 2581-2301, (+91) 9830069908
Transport
Local and passenger trains are available every now and then to go to Calcutta. Dum Dum Airport, better known as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is less than 30 k.m. away from here. It is served by two major roadways of the district - Ghoshpara Road and Kalyani Expressway. Education
Schools in Shyamnagar 1. St' Augustines day school 2. Shyamnagar Kantichandra High School 3. Shyamnagar Balika Vidyalaya (HS) 4. Jawharlal Nehru Smrity Vidya Mandir 5. Rishi Aravinda School(Boys) 6. Rishi Aravinda Balika Vidyalaya (Girls) 7. Swami Vivekananda High school [ vocational H.S (agriculture/civil engineering) ] 8. Mulajore Sitanath Pathsala High School 9. Authpur National Model H.S School 10. Mandalpara Boys' High School 11. Mandalpara Girls' High School
Overview
During the rule of Raja Krishna Chandra of Kirshna nagar, the king gifted the village called MULAJORE along with a title of ROY GUNAKAR to his court poet Bharat Chandra Roy. In memory of Bharat Chandra Roy Gunakar there is a very old and historic library named Bharat Chandra Library. It is situated very close to the railway station. Notable bengali writer Troilakyonath Mukhopadhyaya had his origin from Rahuta in Shyamnagar. Shyamnagar is situated on the east bank of river Ganges. A famous Kali Temple is situated in between Shyamnagar railway station and river Ganga is known as Mulajore Kalibari. An auditorium named Rabindra Bhavan was built by Bhatpara Municipality by the side of this Kali Temple.A fair called Poush Mela is organised every year in Poush Mash according to Bengali calendar and between December and January in English calendar. The place becomes holy with the blessings of Goddess Kali and Ganga. Other than the Mulajore Kalibari there are two other famous KaliBari(Kali Temple) situated in Shyamnagar. They are Chowrangi Kalibari and Sidhheswari Kalibari.Another famous Kali temple here is Rakshakali temple. Culture
The place is rich in culture and sports especially football.It is proud of the two exponents, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty in classical music and Subroto Bhattacharya in football. Geeticharcha Sangeet Shikhshayatan.Other prominent footballers from Shyamanager are ex-olympian Kesto Pal, Mahabir Prasad & Asoklal Banerjee, Prasanta Mitra, Sumit Mukherjee etc.An annual book fair is held in the KaliBari grounds during the first week of January. The most Prominent Clubs of Shyamnagar are: Sabuj Sangha, Yuger Pratik, Tarun Sangha, Probhati Sangha, Nabajiban Sangha.
