Southern fringes of Calcutta - Frange meridionali di Calcutta

Southern fringes of Calcutta
(Calcutta)
South City Mall
StateIndia
Federated stateWest Bengal

Southern fringes of Calcutta is a district of the city of Calcutta.

To know

The rapidly proliferating neighborhoods south of the city include Tollygunge, Behala, Joka, Pailan, Jadavpur, Garia, and Narendrapur. New areas are continually being developed and added to the city. Traditionally a part of the 24 Pargana South district is now part of the added areas of Calcutta. Calcutta is a city built in the British style, but the southern fringes were left by the British as practically a large semi-urban slum that quickly attracted millions of refugees from the Pakistan Oriental. The transformation into a modern city was spectacular, while still maintaining slums here and there, as a reminder of the harrowing days after the split. Most refugee colonies now look brighter.


How to orient yourself

Below is a list of the main landmarks in the area:

  • 1 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science). Founded in 1876 by Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar, is the oldest research institute in India. Sir C.V. Raman worked here between 1907 and 1933 on various subjects of physics discovering the famous effect on the diffusion of light in 1928, which bears his name and which has brought many awards including the Nobel Prize. 
  • 2 Indian Institute of Management (Indian Institute of Management or IIM), Joka. Founded in 1961, it is a completely self-contained institution and offers several postgraduate degree programs and associations in management. 
  • 3 Jadavpur University. Established by the National Council of Education in 1905, with the aim of challenging British control over education by offering education to the masses "on national lines and under national control". He was awarded university status in 1955. 
  • 4 Kolkata Doordarshan Kendra, Golf Green. 
  • 5 Royal Calcutta Golf Club. The oldest golf club in India, established in 1829. For members and guests only. 
  • 6 Tollygunge Club. Exclusively for members and their guests. This club, founded in 1895, spread over a hundred acre campus, is recognized as one of the best clubs in the world. It offers facilities for golf, tennis, squash, indoor and outdoor swimming, horseback riding and amateur equestrian sports 


How to get

On the train

The Sealdah-Canning, Sealdah-Lakshmikantapur-Namkhana, Sealdah-Diamond Harbor and Sealdah-Budge Budge Eastern Railway lines pass through this area. During peak business hours, lines can be congested. Cycle rickshaws are available at all stations for local travel.

The railway stations serving this area are:

  • 7 Akra train station. 
  • 8 Bagha Jatin Railway Station. 
  • 9 Brace Bridge Railway Station. 
  • 10 Budge Budge railway station. 
  • 11 Garia railway station. Buses available: 1b.s5c, 45 (white bus), Garia Station-Howrah Station, Garia-bbdbag Station, Garia-Newtown Station, 37a. 
  • 12 Jadavpur Railway Station. Car services available for Garfa, Haltu & Santoshpur & Jadavpur 8b & sulekha. Buses available: sd4, 1, 212 from the Jadavpur railway station area near Palbajar. 
  • 13 Narendrapur railway station. 
  • 14 New Garia railway station. Passage communicating with the Kavi Subhash metro. Buses available: 1b, 206, 45 (white bus @ kadamtala), Garia station-Howrah station, Garia station-Kolkata station, 37a (nayabad-howrah), s5c (nayabad-howrah). 
  • 15 Nungi Railway Station. 
  • 16 Santoshpur Railway Station. 
  • 17 Sonarpur Railway Station. 

By bus

Behala city center
Street of the railway station of Garia
South City Residential Towers

A large number of bus lines from other parts of Kolkata and from outside the city converge in this area. Buses with A / C have also started to merge, such as from Sulekha to Rajarhat and from Tollygunge to the airport.

Some of the important stands and bus stops are:

  • 18 Ajaynagar Morh bus stop. There are many long-distance buses from places like Baruipur and Sonarpur in the south to places like the airport, Barasat and Dakhineswar which avoid urban congestion and travel via EM Bypass. This is the bus stop from where people from Santoshpur and surrounding areas can board such buses. Mukundapur is close by. It has many hospitals and many cheap guesthouses and hotels have sprung up. 
  • 19 Avisikta Morh bus stop (It is at the meeting point of the Prince Anwar Shah Road Connector and EM By Pass, near the crossings of Kalikapur and Anandapur). There is a Spencer outlet nearby. 
  • 20 Bagha Jatin Morh bus stop. Linked to Rani Kuthi. 
  • 21 Behala Chowrasta bus stop. 
  • 22 Behala Manton bus stop. 
  • 23 Behala Parnasree Pally bus stop. 
  • 24 Garia bus stop No. 5. Garia has three bus stops. The first operates buses arriving from Raja SC Mullick Road. The second handles buses from NSC Bose Road. The last one, near the Padmashri movie theater, which operates the 45, 45A and 45B. The Garia-Gol car park is opposite the bus stop for bus number 5. 
  • 25 Garia bus stop No. 6. This terminal handles buses from NSC Bose Road. Buses traveling south of Garia are operated from terminal 5 or 6 depending on which direction they come from. Minivans on the Garia-Tollyguge route depart near this stop. There are also minivans to Boral. 
  • 26 Golf Green bus stop, 18/3 Uday Shankar Sarani. Bus terminal for 234, 234/1, 17A, 223, AC43 (Golf Green-Airport via sector 5 and New Town), AC9A (Golf Green-Dakhineswar) and Golf Green-Howrah mini. Connection by minivan to Lake Garden / Lords Morh. 
  • 27 Jadavpur bus stop 8B. Terminus for buses S9, E1, AC1, AC 9, S19, S31, S8B and AC 9B and Jadavpur-Airport and Jadavpur-Purbachal (via Diamond Harbor Road). Minivan to Nayabad, Rani Kuthi, Tollygunge Metro and Taratala (infrequent). The Garia-Golpark minivan goes through. 
  • 28 Jadavpur Thana More bus stop. Important crossing point and terminus of 240 (Jodhpur Park-Baghbazar). Pass many buses and minivans traveling south to Jadavpur, Santoshpur and Garia. The Anwar Shah Road-Nimtala minibus passes here. All Golf Green buses run through here. Automatic routes: Garia-Gol Park, Jadabpur-Taratala. 
  • 29 Joka Tram Depot bus stop. 
  • 30 KamalGazi More bus stop. narendrapur 
  • 31 RaniKuthi bus stop. Buses, minibuses and minivans pass through the NSC Bose Road between Tollygunge and Garia. Car links to Jadavpur 8B and Bagha Jatin Morh. 
  • 32 Santoshpur Jora Bridge bus stop. Buses may be available for some important places, such as: Howrah, Burrabazar, Ultadanga, Sealdah, College Street, Airport, Birati, Kalighat, Behala, Park Street, Esplanade, Chadni Chowk, BBD bag, tea table, new town, sector 5, Karunamoyee, Beleghata, Saltlake, Santragachi, vidyasagar setu, pts, alipore zoo, park circus and nabanna. Except Dakhineshar and Belur math. Some major bus services - 1A Mukundapur-Ramnagar (via Santoshpur, alipore zoo, kalighat, Khiddirpore). 1B Nayabad (Garia stn.) - Ramnagar (via Santoshpur, Golpark, New Alipore). S9 / AC9 Jadavpur- Saltlake, Karunamoyee (via Santoshpur, EM Byepass, Bikasbhawan, Central Park). MW-1 (ac) Jadavpur (sulekha) - unitech (via Santoshpur, EM Byepass, Niccopark, Sec5, New Town). S4B haridevpur-newtown (via Tollgunge, Ranikuthi, Baghajatin, Santoshpur, EM Byepass, Sec5) S5C (Old C5) nayabad (garia stn) -howrah station (via Santoshpur, kalighat) SD16 Mukundapur-serakole (via Santoshpur, amtala, behala) . AC37B Airport Gate 1 - Garia 5 (AC) Bus Stop (Santoshpur, EMByepass). M2 tollygunje-birati (via Santoshpur, airport) tollygunge-ultadanga / airport shuttle (via Santoshpur), AC 9B Jadavpur-Ecospace (via Santoshpur, sector 5, new city, unitech), 206 new garia metro-saltlake (via Santoshpur, esplanade, tea board, chudney chowk, college street, ultadanga, sealdah) 37A Nayabad-Howrah (via Santoshpur, kalighat, park street, rashbihari, gariahut, hazra) Santoshpur bbd bag mini (via Santoshpur, park street). 
  • 33 Taratala Morh bus stop. 
  • 34 Tollygunge Phanri bus stop. All buses and minibuses travel south to Tollygunge metro and beyond, pass through here. Car connection: Tollyguge-Hazra Morh. 

By subway

The Dum Dum-Kavi Subhash (New Garia) metro runs through this area. With the exception of Mahanayak Uttam Kumar and Kavi Subhash, which have ground level stations, the entire track in the area is elevated. The Mahanayak Uttam Kumar-Dum Dum platform beyond the area is underground. New metro lines were built from Kavi Subhash to the airport and from Joka to Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh. Progress is delayed in many places due to the illegal occupation of the railway land.

The metro stations serving this area are:

  • 35 Gitanjali metro station (Naktala). 
  • 36 Kavi Nazrul metro station (Garia Bazar). 
  • 37 Kavi Subhash metro station (Approximately 10 minutes by bus / car from Santoshpur Jora bridge area). Change to New Garia station in the Sealdah-Sonarpur section. 
  • 38 Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Metro Station (Tollygunge). 
  • 39 Masterda Surya Sen metro station (Bansdroni). 
  • 40 Netaji metro station (Kudghat). 
  • 41 Shahid Kshudiram Metro Station. 


How to get around

Auto-rickshaws are available for generally longer journeys, while cycle-rickshaws, available everywhere, are more used for short journeys.

What see

The remains of the Aatchala Bari in Barisha
  • Durga Puja of the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family (In Barisha, southwest of Behala / Sakher Bazar). The three villages of Sutanuti, Govindapur and Kalikata were part of an imperial khas mahal or jagir or property belonging to the Mughal emperor himself, whose jagirdari rights were held by the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family. On November 10, 1698, they transferred their rights over the three villages to the East India Company for a fixed period. The pillars of the rubble factory (land collection office) where Charles Eyre, son-in-law of Job Charnock of the East India Company, was awarded the right to collect the rent in the three villages still standing. The family has been celebrating Durga Puja since 1610 at their ancestral home in Barisha. It is perhaps the oldest organized festival in the Calcutta region. 
  • 1 Gurusaday Museum (Inside the Thakurpukur / Joka bus stop on Diamond Harbor Road). 
  • 2 Tipu SultanShahi Masjid (At the intersection of Deshaparan Sashmal Road and Anwar Shah Road). Tipu Sultan Mosque was built in Dharmatala in 1832 by Prince Ghulam Mohammed, the youngest son of Tipu Sultan. An identical mosque built later by the Tollygunge Waqf committee. 
  • Tollygunge film industry (Focused on Tollygunge). From the beginning of the silent era of 1919 to the talking era of the 1930s to the golden days of the 1950s and 1970s it has been a story with ups and downs. It has seen greats such as Satyajit Ray, Bimal Roy, Rittwick Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. Tollygunge produces around 70 films a year. 
  • 3 State Archaeological Museum (Next to the Behala tram terminal). The museum has an extensive collection of Bronze Age antiques and various artifacts collected from excavations in the West Bengal. 


What to do

  • INOX South City Mall. Multiplex cinema inside thehomonymous shopping center. 
  • Jadavpur Stadium (Kishore Bharati Krirangan). Sports complex of 13 acres. It has a stadium that can accommodate 12,000 spectators and matches from the lower division of the Kolkata Football League. It has a swimming pool with training equipment for children. 


Shopping

  • 1 South City Mall, 375 Prince Anwar Shah Rd. Parking available at ₹ 25 / h. 
  • Big Bazaar, The Metropolis, 6 Hiland Park, 1925 Chakgaria (Near the Peerless hospital), ☎ 91 33 2436 4148. 


For the Hiland Park Metropolis Mall see East Calcutta.

How to have fun

  • Amit Das F.L. Off Shop, Santosphpur Jora Bridge. Liquor store. 
  • Gossip, 1050/1 Unnayan Commercial Complex, UNS 77, Survey Park, Santoshpur, ☎ 91 33 24188348. 
  • Palki, 110 Baroda Avenue Extension, Patuli (Close to bus stop 45), ☎ 91 33 24308378. 
  • Spoonz Rooftop Restaurant, 140-22A, NSC Bose Road, Tollygunge (Close to the Malancha cinema), ☎ 91 33 28370868. 
  • Trouble Bay, Survey Park, Ajay Nagar Morh, Santoshpur, ☎ 91 33 24164126. 


Where to eat

Average prices

Behala
  • Darbar Restaurant, 371/1 (48) Diamond Harbor Rd (Next to the Ashoka Cinema Hall), ☎ 91 9830919450. 
  • Haji Saheb, 474 Diamond Harbor Rd (Close to Behala tram station), ☎ 91 9831063809. 
  • Jadu Kadai, 743 Diamond Harbor Rd (Near Behala Chowrasta), ☎ 91 9874118554. 
  • New Punjabi Hotel & Restaurant, 394 Diamond Harbor Rd (Close to Behala tram station), ☎ 91 9874661256. 
  • Panna's Kitchen, 54 N, Diamond Harbor Rd, ☎ 91 33-24680535. 
  • 6 Ballyganj Place, 20/4 Souren Roy Road, Behala AC Market, First Floor, ☎ 91 7384650430. 
  • Hatari, James Long Sarani. 
  • Kolkata 34, James long Sarani. 
Joka
Tollygunge
Jadavpur
Santoshpur
  • Open Sesame, 1050/1, Survey Park Unnayan, Bengal Ambuja Complex, ☎ 91 33 24189334. 
  • Raajbarir Khawa, B / 171 Survey Park (Close to the Kidzee school), ☎ 91 33 66246302. 
  • Shiraz Golden Restaurant, C279, Ajay Nagar, Survey Park, ☎ 91 33 24164591. 
Garia
  • Anish Restaurant, 2/92 NSC Bose Rd (In front of the Allahabad bank), ☎ 91 9831524331. 
  • Brar's Punjabi Hotel, Garia Main Rd, ☎ 91 9831540560. 
  • Dishes, P-2A, Kanungo Park (In front of the Padmashree cinema), ☎ 91 33 24305024. 
  • Ishan South Indian Delite Restaurant, 87 Baroda Ave (Next to the State Bank of India), ☎ 91 9830036626. 
  • Raj Restaurant, 124C, Raja SC Muliick Rd (Close to bus stop 5), ☎ 91 33 44504153. 

High prices

South City Mall

It has a refreshment area on the third floor with several restaurants, most of which have a bar. The restaurants are in the upper middle range. In addition to the restaurants at the edge there is a large open space in the middle with seating. This area is served by KFC and other outlets serving food ranging from South Indian to kababs. Smaller outlets are relatively less expensive. The Spencers also have a food area in the basement.


Where stay

Average prices


For places to sleep in other parts of Calcutta, see South Calcutta, Maidan ed Esplanade.

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