Today, the cantonment has a large army base with headquarters for 'Bengal Engineer Group' (BEG), also known as Bengal Sappers, established in 1803, in 1901 the population of the cantonment had grown to 2951.
Today, the cantonment has a large military base with headquarters for 'Bengal Engineer Group' (BEG), also known as Bengal Sappers, established in 1803, and in 1901, the population of the cantonment grew to 2951.