Netaji Nagar is a locality and part of South Kolkata and comes under the Jadavpur parliamentary area. It is a part of Tollygunge area. It is named after the famous freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and a statue of Bose is placed on the road which is connected to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road.

Netaji Nagar
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Narkelbagan, Netaji Nagar's main crossroads
Narkelbagan, Netaji Nagar's main crossroads
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Coordinates: 22°28′51″N 88°21′36″E / 22.48083°N 88.36000°E / 22.48083; 88.36000
Country India
StateWest Bengal
CityKolkata
DistrictKolkata[1][2]
Metro StationMahanayak Uttam Kumar and Masterda Surya Sen
Municipal CorporationKolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward98
Population
 • Total
For population see linked KMC pages
Time zoneUTC 5:30 (IST)
PIN
700 040,700 092
Area code 91 33
Lok Sabha constituencyJadavpur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyTollyganj

Geography

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Police district

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Netaji Nagar police station is in the South Suburban division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 9, Puratan Bazar, Hari Mohan Primary School, Kolkata-700092.[3]

In 2014, Netaji Nagar police station was carved out of the jurisdiction of Patuli police station.[4]

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.[3]

Location and neighbourhood

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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 700040/92.[5]

Education

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Among educational institution are Netaji Nagar Day College, Netaji Nagar College for Women and Netaji Nagar Evening College, The Future Foundation School, Kolkata, Narmada School, Netaji Nagar Vidya Mandir & Netaji Nagar Balika Vidyamamdir.

Transport

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The area is served by large arterial road named Netaji Subhash 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 metro station (Bansdroni).

Culture

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There was a cinema hall named Malancha nearby, which was a major landmark before its services were shut down.

References

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  1. ^ "South 24 Parganas district".
  2. ^ "Electors Details As On 30-10-2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Kolkata Police, South Suburban Division". KP. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Four new police stations". The Telegraph, 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  5. ^ Netaji Nagar