Ward No. 130, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Behala is a locality of South 24 Parganas district of Kolkata city in the Indian state of West Bengal. Behala is a part of Kolkata Municipal Corporation area. It is broadly spread across Ward Nos. 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and is divided into two Vidhan Sabha constituencies: Behala Paschim and Behala Purba. Behala, Parnasree, Thakurpukur, Haridevpur and Sarsuna police stations serve this area under the South West Division of Kolkata Police also known as Behala Division (The division comprises Behala, Sarsuna, Haridevpur, Thakurpukur, Parnasree and Taratola).Behala is one of the oldest residential areas of the city. The Sabarna Roy Choudhury's, one of the oldest zamindar families of western Bengal and the trustee of Kalighat Kali Temple lives here. It is also home to Sourav Ganguly, former Indian national cricket captain and Sovan Chatterjee, the former Mayor of Kolkata. The Durga Puja celebration of Sabarna Roy Choudhury family at Barisha was launched in 1610 by Laksmikanta Majumdar, making it the second oldest family Durga Puja in western Bengal. Today Durga Puja at Behala is marked by exotic theme-based sarbojanin pujas. Barisha Chandi Mela is a 10-day fair held every year in November–December since 1792.

Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita (Co-ed) College, is an undergraduate enginnering and medical college in Behala, West Bengal, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.

State Archaeological Museum in Kolkata, West Bengal, is an archeological museum founded in 1962 and has collections including rare tools of the Early, Middle and the Late Stone Ages from Susunia (Bankura) and other sites, proto-historic antiquities from Pandu Rajar Dhibi (Burdwan), terracottas, sculptures, stone and stucco from the Gupta, Maurya, Shunga, Kushana, Pala and Medieval times. It is located at the vicinity of Behala Bazar Metro on Diamond Harbour Road and Nafar Chandra Das Road at Behala behind Siddeshwari Kali Temple There is also a section on ‘Historical Art’ opened in 1963 which displays large number of old terracottas, bronzes, wood-carvings, textiles and manuscripts. Sells several card-sets and other publications; activities include explorations and excavations of historical sites.The present palatial building was donated by the family of Satyendranath Roy, second son of Rai Bahadur Ambika Charan Roy 1827-1902, especially at the initiative of Rabindranath Roy in the early 1970s.

Behala Girls' High School is a Bengali-medium girls' school located at Behala, Kolkata, India. This is a girls' school and is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Madhyamik Pariksha (10th Board exams), and to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Higher Secondary Examination (12th Board exams). The school was established in 1948. The school is maintained by National University of Educational Planning and Administration.

Behala High School is a school located at Behala, Kolkata, India. This is a boys' school and is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Madhyamik Pariksha (10th Board exams), and to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Higher Secondary Examination (12th Board exams). The school was established in 1886.

Ward No. 120, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 13, covering parts of Behala (James Long Sarani-Bliss Park-Behala Gardens-Behala Tram Depot) neighbourhoods in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Rabin Mukherjee College, formerly known as Behala college of commerce, established in 1964 is an undergraduate college in Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.

Vivekananda College for Women, established in 1961, is an undergraduate and postgraduate women's college in Barisha, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. The college affiliated with the University of Calcutta.

M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School is a private school in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is coeducational and teaches in English. The school started in 1988. It is run by the M.P. Birla Group, the philanthropic wing of the Birla family. The principal of the school was Mr. Herbert George whose tenure lasted from 1988 until his death in 2020. It is located in James Long Sarani, Behala, Kolkata. It follows the CISCE board of education. The school followed CBSE before switching to CISCE.

Ward No. 132, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 14, covering parts of Behala (Naskarpur-Bara Bagan-Pathakpara) neighbourhood in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Parnasree Pally is an upscale locality of Behala in southern Kolkata (Calcutta), India. It was included in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1985. Translated to English, the name means "beauty of the leaves." It was earlier known as Halderbagan (The Halders were probably the priests of the Sabarna Roy Chowdhury family). The name Parnasree (Beauty of the Leaves) was coined by Late Asoke Ratan Mazumder when he became a member of the co-operative society formed for the rehabilitation of Refugees during the Partition of India in 1947.

Jagatpur Rukmini Vidyamandir is a school located at Behala, Kolkata, India.