Sarsuna

Sarsuna
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Coordinates: 22°29′03″N 88°16′58″E / 22.484135°N 88.282694°E / 22.484135; 88.282694Coordinates: 22°29′03″N 88°16′58″E / 22.484135°N 88.282694°E / 22.484135; 88.282694
Country  India
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
District Kolkata district
Municipal corporation Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward 127
Population
 • Total For population see linked KMC ward page
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code(s) +91 33
Lok Sabha constituency Kolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency Behala Paschim

Sarsuna is a neighbourhood in South West Kolkata. Part of the greater Behala region it is reachable through Chowrasta or through the narrow lanes of Barisha. It is a predominantly Bengali neighborhood, though its fast becoming a cosmopolitan place. It is bordered by Barisha in the east and Shakuntala Park to the west.

History

Behala was once a part of the Sunderbans. The history of Barisha dated back to the Pala Era. In the 12th century, Barisha was a small village of farmers, fishermen and honey-gathers when a Kulin Kayastha named Dhananjay Mitra settled here. During the reign of Akbar Barisha came under the lordship of Basanta Roy who set up his capital at modern-day Sarsuna. Roy’s nephew and the king of Jessore Pratapaditya murdered him and incorporated Barisha with his kingdom. After the Mughals defeated Pratapaditya, Laksmikanta Majumdar of the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family was given jagirdari of a vast tract of land by Raja Man Singh in 1608. The three villages of Sutanuti, Govindapur and Kalikata were part of a khasmahal or imperial jagir or an estate belonging to the Mughal emperor himself, whose jagirdari rights were held by the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family. Even the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family was not keen to allow the British to settle or do trading on these villages, but the British had paid a bribe at the Mughal Durbar to ensure that the deal did not fail. Just prior to their move to Barisha, the Roy Choudhury family had to transfer their rights over Kalikata in 1698, to the East India Company much against their wishes and protests. Sabarna Atchala

The stretch of Diamond Harbour Road from Taratala to Thakurpukur is a very old settlement, which divides the Behala into three parts - East Behala, South Behala and West Behala. It is populated mostly by citizens of East-Bengal (Before Partition of India Bangladesh was called East Bengal) though traditionally it was primarily a West-Bengali ('ghoti' in Bengali) settlement.

Settlement in the area dates back to the 1797, but its urbanization is relatively recent. Population growth started in Behala after the partition of India.

The Sabarna Roychoudhury's 'Aath-chala' could be regarded as the most prominent historical structure (though mostly ruined presently) of the city of Kolkata. It is the structure, sitting under which the British East India Company signed the rights of the villages- Kalikata, Gobindapur and Sutanuti (which later merged to form the city of Calcutta), under a lease from the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family on 10 November 1698.

Basically it is an area that was extremely rural prior to the 1972 Bangladesh war. During the war, the Indian government dumped scores of refugees from Bangladesh in this underdeveloped locality close to Kolkata. These refugees are now legalised Indian citizens and form the bulk of the population in Sarsuna.

Geography

Police district

Sarsuna police station is part of the South West division of Kolkata Police. Located at Satellite Township 4, Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata-700061, it has jurisdiction over the police district which is bordered on the north starting from a point where the western boundary of mouza Shibrampur and the southern limit of Ho-Chi Min Sarani meet each other, thence eastward along the southern limit of Ho-Chi Min Sarani up to a point where it meets the eastern limit of Sarsuna Main Road; on the east starting from a point on the southern limit of Ho-Chi Min Sarani where it meets the eastern limit of Sarsuna Main Road, thence southwards along the eastern limit of Sarsuna Main road, up to a point where it meets the eastern limit of Dakshin Behala Road, thence southwards along the eastern limit of Dakshin Behala Road up to a point where it meets the southern limit of Khan Mohammad Road thence westwards along the southern limit of Khan Mohammad Road where it meets the eastern limit of Kalagachia Khal, thence southwards along the western limit of Kalagachis Khal up to a point where it meets the northern limit of Churial Khal, thence westwards along the northern limit of Churial Khal up to the point where it meets the mouza boundary of mouza Hanspukuria; on the south by the southern boundary of mouza Hanspukuria and Paschim Barisha; and on the west by the outer boundaries of mouza Paschim Barisha, Sarsuna and Shibrampur, till it meets the southern limit of Ho-Chi-Min Sarani.[1]

Behala Women police station, located at the same address as above, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South West division i.e. Sarsuna, Taratala, Behala, Parnasree, Thakurpukur and Haridevpur.[1]

Transport

CSTC

Ordinary Bus

Midi Bus

Private Bus

Privete Bus

References

  1. 1 2 "Kolkata Police". South West Division. KP. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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