Bonhooghly

Bonhooghly is a popular locality of Baranagar in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is very close to Kolkata. The area is under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).[7]

Bonhooghly
Neighbourhood
B.T. Road, Bonhooghly
Location: Bonhooghly
Bonhooghly
Location in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Bonhooghly
Bonhooghly (India)
Bonhooghly
Bonhooghly (Asia)
Coordinates: 22.38°N 88.22°E / 22.38; 88.22
Country India
State West Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas[1]
RegionGreater Kolkata[2]
Railway stationBaranagar Road
Metro stationBaranagar(under construction)
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyBaranagar Municipality
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700108[3]
Telephone code+91 33[4]
Vehicle registrationWB-23, WB-24[5]
Lok Sabha constituencyDum Dum[6]
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBaranagar[6]

Location

Bonhooghly is surrounded by Dunlop, Kamarhati and Belgharia to the north; Alambazar and Dakshineswar to the west; Baranagar Bazar and Noapara to the south and Dum Dum and North Dum Dum to the east.

History

All the areas like Dunlop, Kolkata, Alambazar, Bonhooghly, Noapara were known to be a single place called as "Baranagar" in old days. In many places there, the baranagar name still included. The word Baranagar derives from the Bengali term "Barahanagore" (City of Hogs). Streynsham Master who visited the area in 1676 spoke of the hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export. The Dutch had set up here in the seventeenth century. Baranagar is also name of the Municipality. It was established in 1869.

Education

Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

The ISI, Kolkata is situated at Bonhooghly. It is the main branch or headquarter of all the ISI situated at many different places around India. The Kolkata (Bonhooghly) campus offers bachelors level degree course in Statistics (B. Stat), master's degree course in Statistics (M.Stat), Mathematics (M.Math), Computer Science (MTech), Cryptology & Security (MTech), Quality Reliability and Operations Research (MTech) and Quantitative Economics (M.S.). Major divisions and units are: Statistics and Mathematics Unit (SMU), Human Genetics Unit (HGU), Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit (PAMU), Geological Studies Unit (GSU), Advanced Computation and MicroElectronics Unit (ACMU), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit (CVPRU), Machine Intelligence Unit (MIU), Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit (ECSU), Applied Statistics Unit (ASU), Economic Research Unit (ERU), Linguistic Research Unit (LRU), Sociology Research Unit (SRU), Psychometry Research Unit (PRU) and Population Studies Unit (PSU).

MSME Tool Room, Kolkata

MSME Tool Room, Kolkata (Bonhooghly) provides technological support to the Industry and ensures that Tool Room technology keeps pace with the rapid growth and development of Industry which aims at rapid growth of micro, small & medium scale sector. It also provides short and medium duration coarses like CAD, CAM, 3DsMax, AutoCAD, Hardware & Networking, Programming languages, PLC, VLSI, SCADA and many more for Engineering students (Degree & Diploma) and ITI students.

Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College (B.K.C.)

This is a government sponsored Co-Ed college at Bonhooghly. The college was established in 1956. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It is accredited from AICTE and it is affiliated to University of Calcutta. It was upgraded from bachelor's to master's degree college. It offers :- Undergraduate Courses

  • B.A Honours (General)
  • B.Sc Honours (General)
  • Industrial Fish & Fisheries (major)
  • Zoology & Chemistry (major)

Post Graduate Courses

  • Botany (M.Sc)
  • Mathematics (M.Sc)

Schools
  • Bonhooghly High School
  • Ananda Ashram Sarada Vidyapith
  • Apple Primary School
  • Khalsa Model Senior Secondary School
  • Bikashayan, Dunlop
  • Bonhooghly Girls High School
  • Mata Manmohini School
  • Jyotinagar Bidyashree Niketan (H.S.)
  • Springfield International School, Kolkata

Healthcare

Hospitals Nearby
  • National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), Bonhooghly
  • National Institute For Locomotor Disabilities (NILD), Bonhooghly
  • Baine Hospital (Gopal Lal Thakur Road)
  • Indian Institute Of Psychometry (Bonhooghly)
  • Ali Yavar Jung National Institute Of Speech And Hearing Disabilities (Bonhooghly)
  • Binayak Hospital (Near Sinthee)
  • Baranagar State General Hospital (Tobin Road)

Transport

B.T. Road and Gopal Lal Thakur Road passes through Bonhooghly. Deshbandhu Road also starts from here. Many buses ply along these roads.[8]

Bus

Private Bus

Mini Bus

WBTC Bus

Many Shuttle Buses (Without Numbers) also pass through Bonhooghly.

Train and Metro Rail
Baranagar Road railway station

The nearest rail station to Bonhooghly is Baranagar Road railway station which is in Dunlop.

Baranagar metro station

The nearest metro station is Baranagar metro station which is under construction of Kolkata Metro Line 1 extension.

Auto Rickshaw

References
    1. "History of North 24 Parganas district".
    2. "Centre shows urgency in TMC-ruled West Bengal; clears projects".
    3. "Pin Code of Bonhooghly".
    4. "India Dial Codes". dialcode.org.
    5. "REGISTRATION OF VEHICLE".
    6. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
    7. "Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority". kmdaonline.org. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
    8. Google maps
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