Netaji Nagar, Kolkata

Netaji Nagar
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Country  India
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
District Kolkata
Municipal Corporation Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward 98
Population
 • Total For population see linked KMC pages
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 700 040
Area code(s) +91 33
Lok Sabha constituency Jadavpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Tollyganj

Netaji Nagar is a locality and part of South Kolkata and comes under the South Kolkata parliamentary area part of Tollygunj area.[1] It is named after the famous freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and a statue of Bose is placed on the road which connects to the N.S.C Bose Road.

Geography

Police district

Netaji Nagar police station is in the South Suburban division of Kolkata Police.[2]

In 2014, Netaji Nagar police station was carved out of the jurisdiction of Patuli police station.[3]

Located at 9, Puratan Bazar, Hari Mohan Primary School, Kolkata-700092, it has jurisdiction over the police district, which is bordered on the north starting from the junction point of the eastern limit of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Road and the southern limit of Raipur Road, thence eastwards along the southern limit of Raipur Road, Raipur Road East, up to the junction point of southern limit of Baghajatin Station Road and the eastern limit of Raja Subodh Chandra Mullick Road; on the east starting from the junction point of the southern limit of Baghajatin Station Road and the eastern limit of Raja Subodh Chandra Mullick Road, thence southwards along the eastern limit of Raja Subodh Chandra Mullick Raoci up to northern limit to TollysNala; on the south stating from the junction point of the eastern limit of Raja Subodh Chandra Mullick Road, and the northern limit of Tolly's Nala, thence westwards along the northern limit of Tallys Nala up to the point where it meets the eastern limit of Nagendra Narayan Dutta Road; and on the west starting from the junction point of Nagendra Narayan Dutta Road and the northern limit of Tolly's Nala, thence northwards along the eastern limit of Nagendra Narayan Dutta Road up to a point where extended Nagendra Narayan Dutta Road meets the eastern limit of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Road, thence northward along eastern limit of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Road up to the point where it meets the southern limit of Raipur Road.[2]

Patuli Women police station has jurisdiction over all police districts under the jurisdiction of South Suburban Division i.e. Netaji Nagar, Jadavpur, Kasba, Regent Park, Bansdroni, Garfa and Patuli.[2]

Location and neighbourhood

It predominantly has lower to medium class residential area. Most of the people are Bengali Hindu refugee from East Pakistan, who were given land by government to rehabilitate them. They have settled here after 1947 partition of India. In the recent times people of all ethnicity including the old refugees live here. Starting from a refugee colony, the locality has grown both in size and facilities and has become one of the most Important localities of South Kolkata.

Recently, many Gujarati diaspora of Kolkata have preferred to live in this locality, who have shifted from prime Bhowanipore area of city and have also built a Jain temple in locality.

The PIN code for this area is 700040.[1]

Education

Among educational institution are Netaji Nagar Day College, Netaji Nagar College for Women and Netaji Nagar evening College,The Future Foundation School, Narmada School,etc.

Transport

The area is served by large arterial road named Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Road, which connects to Tollygunj Metro Station on one end and Garia on other end with the closest one being Masterda Surya Sen

Culture

There is cinema hall named Malancha nearby, which is also a major landmark.

References

  1. 1 2 Netaji Nagar
  2. 1 2 3 "Kolkata Police, South Suburban Division". KP. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Four new police stations". The Telegraph, 26 February 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

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