Gobardanga (গোবরডাঙ্গা) is a town and a municipality under Habra police station of Barasat sadar subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the oldest municipality of West Bengal. Go means ‘world/earth’, Bar means ‘Greatest’ and Danga means ‘Place’. ie. “Gobardanga” means “the greatest place on earth”.

History:
It has strong historic background from the pre-independence era, i.e. jamindar bari, oxebow lake, site of probably the first widow marriage & Brhama samaj in modern India.Gobardanga is also known as The Village of Theatre. It has almost 12 theatre groups. Gobardanga Naksha one of the oldest leading reportary theatre company since 1981.

Geography:
Gobardanga is located at 22.87°N 88.76°E. It has an average elevation of 6 metres (19 feet). It is 58 km from Sealdah Station on the Sealdah-Bangaon branch line of Eastern Railway.

Demographics:
As of 2001 India census,Gobardanga had a population of 41,618. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Gobardanga has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 75%. In Gobardanga, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education:
There are several renowned schools in this town. Gobardanga Khantura High School (1856) is one of the oldest high schools in modern India. It has a College named Gobardanga Hindu College along with Hostel.
Is currently posted in Hyderabad, Ramoji Film City.’Pravati abbriti charcha kendra’organised by Subir Chattopadhaya. Gobardanga is an only one cultural location in this District. Many genius person contributed their own activities. Novelist Ashapurna Devi, Usha Prasanna Mukhopadhyaya, Artist Samir Ghosh, Artist Chira Ranjan Roy, Artist Bhaskar Mondal, Geologist Pramathanath Basu and many other persons.Nitai Ghatak,who was one of the bestfriend of Kajee Najrul and he created many melody of Najrul’s songs