The school is located in the area WARD NO.17 of NORTH DUM DUM MUNICIPALITY. It was established in the year 1952. The school is a U. Prim. + Sec/H.Sec school. The coeducation status of BIRATI HIGH SCHOOL (H.S) is boys only. The medium of instruction in school is Bengali.
Mangalam Vidya Niketan opened its doors of wisdom in 2003 with the blessings of Shrimati (Dr) Sarala Birla and Shri B.K. Birla. A formal English medium co-educational school, Mangalam Vidya Niketan is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) for ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII). The school provides education for students from the Infant level to Class X.In order to serve better and provide facilities to the rapidly growing family, on 6th December 2010, the inauguration of its current campus took place in Kaikhali.