Thakurpukur

Thakurpukur is a neighbourhood of South West Kolkata in Behala area of the Indian state of West Bengal.

Thakurpukur
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Thakurpukur
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22.464675°N 88.306694°E / 22.464675; 88.306694
Country India
StateWest Bengal
CityKolkata
DistrictKolkata [1][2][3]
Metro StationThakurpukur(under construction)
Municipal CorporationKolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward124,125
Population
 • TotalFor population see linked KMC ward page
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700 063
Area code(s)+91 33
Lok Sabha constituencyKolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBehala Purba

Geography

Thakurpukur is located at 22.464675°N 88.306694°E / 22.464675; 88.306694

Administration

Police district

Thakurpukur police station is part of the South West division(Behala Division) of Kolkata Police. It is Located at 123/117, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata-700063.[4]

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.[4]

Jadavpur, Thakurpukur, Behala, Purba Jadavpur, Tiljala, Regent Park, Metiabruz, Nadial and Kasba police stations were transferred from South 24 Parganas to Kolkata in 2011. Except Metiabruz, all the police stations were split into two. The new police stations are Parnasree, Haridevpur, Garfa, Patuli, Survey Park, Pragati Maidan, Bansdroni and Rajabagan.[5]

Education

Vivekananda College, was established at Barisha in 1950 as Barisha College, renamed Vivekananda College in 1956 and shifted to Thakurpukur in 1959. Affiliated with the University of Calcutta, it offers honours courses in Bangali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science, journalism & mass communications, physics, chemistry, mathematics, economics, botany, zoology, computer science, bio-chemistry and environmental science.[6]

References
  1. "Kolkata district".
  2. "web.archieve.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013.
  3. "KMC Wards in South 24 Parganas".
  4. "Kolkata Police". South West Division. KP. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. "Midnight change of guard – 17 more police stations come under Lalbazar". The Telegraph, 1 September 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. "Vivekananda College". VC. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

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