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Kolkata the capital of West Bengal situated on the eastern banks of River Hooghly is one of the famous places to visit in India. Topographically, the city is divided into five geographical units, namely north, south, east, west and central Kolkata including the adjoining regions.

The rapidly mushrooming localities to the south of the city, Southern fringes includes Jadavpur, Behala, Garia, Tollygunge and Narendrapur. The city additionally has a number of edifying institutes and shopping malls. This component of the city is relatively more incipient where a plethora of expansion going on.

Major Localities in and around Kolkata

Localities in Kolkata

The area of north Kolkata consist of the oldest area of the city dominated by narrow lanes and old century buildings. 

The North Kolkata includes areas of Bagbazar, Chitpur, Belgachhia, Shobha Bazaar, Shyam Bazaar, Maniktala, Jora Sanko and the most famous College Street area.

The area additionally locates the Sealdah station, one of the largest and busiest train hubs in India, including the incipiently built Kolkata station.

Dum Dum

Dum Dum is a component of the Dum Dum Municipality under Barrackpore sub-division and is a popular place in north Kolkata. 

The most noted being the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, formerly Dum Dum Airport, which provides domestic and international flight departures.

Ordinance Factory Dum Dum that manufactures armaments and equipments for the Indian Armed Forces is a major industrial unit in the area.

Dakshineswar

Kolkata

Dakshineswar comes under Kamarhati Municipality in Barrackpore subdivision of the city. The town is fundamentally famous for maths & temples, of which the most famous are the Dakshineswar Kali Temple & Adyapeath

The claim to fame of the town links up to Dakshineswar being the workplace for the famous 19th century saint of India, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. 

The establishment of Ramakrishna Mission with the proclamation of the preponderant of Vedic Culture gave elevate to Bengali nationalism bringing great gregarious religious Renaissance in India. 

Dakshineswar is well connected to the main city of Kolkata by both rail and road. Dakshineswar railway station is a component of Sealdah.

Lake Town

Lake Town is known to be a posh neighborhood in north Kolkata. The area comes under the jurisdiction of South Dum Dum Municipality.  The upscale neighborhood was developed in an orchestrated manner after the Independence of India. The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is 7 kilometers from Lake Town.

Nager Bazar

Nagerbazar is withal fine neighborhood in north Kolkata. The area comes under the administration of South Dum Dum Municipality. A flyover was opened at Nagerbazar more to decongest the heftily ponderous traffic on Jessore Road.

Maniktala

Maniktala gets its name from "Manik pir" a mosque located in the vicinity of the area. Maniktala is a residential area of northern Kolkata. The Maniktala Bazaar which is one of the oldest markets of Kolkata can be identified by the clock tower. 

The town is located at the heart of North Kolkata with all types of conveyance facilities to peregrinate to any component of the city with the most proximate metro railway stations being the Girish Park.

Shyam Bazar

Shyambazar comes under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police division. Shyambazar earlier kenned as Sutanuti is withal kenned to be the citadel of the Bengali aristocracy. In North Kolkata, Shyambazar is the main point of shopping.

The old favorites of Shyambazar are Dwarik Ghosh and Sen Mahasay. Srineketan is one of the major shopping mall of the region. Withstanding the scorching afternoon heat and pleasant drizzles in the evening, Kolkatians are seen at roadside shops for the Chaitra sale offering alluring concessions.

Shyambazar vies with Incipient Market and Gariahat as the most crowded markets in Kolkata. The Shyambazar – Hatibagan area additionally caters extensively to customers on the eve of Durga Puja and for weddings, apart from daily essentialities. 

A newspaper columnist indited, “A formidable matron with husband and children in tow wading through the crowds at Gariahat and Shyambazar is a familiar visual perception on the eve of Poila Baishakh. 

Shyambazar has two conventional markets — Shyambazar and Hatibagan. Shyambazar's footpaths have virtually been surmounted by hawkers, who spread out their fare all over the place.

Shobha Bazar

Shobhabazar is comes under Ward No. 9 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation and is bounded by Baghbazar on the north, Kumortuli on the south, Shyambazar on the east and the River Hooghly on the west. 

The cultural richness of this place corresponds to 1757 when Maharaja Naba Krishna Deb commenced the Durga Puja in Shobhabazar Rajbari wherein he set a pattern for the puja that became a fashion and a status symbol among the upcoming merchant class of Kolkata. 

For the past 250 years, generations of haluikars (traditional confectioners) from Bardhaman come down to the Sovabazar Rajbari and make lip-smacking delicacies like jibe gaja, khaja and nimki. 

Alipur

Alipur is the headquarters of South 24 Parganas district and is one of the poshest and costliest localities in Kolkata. It is circumvented by the Tolly Nullah to the north.

New Alipore to the south, Bhowanipore to the east and the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and is bordered by the Budge Budge section of the Sealdah South section railway line. 

Alipore is connected to all parts of the city with extensive transportation services- road and rail. The stations that serve Alipore are Majherhat and New Alipore railway station, the Kalighat station of the Kolkata Metro and the Jatin Das Park station is close to Alipore.

Gariya

Gariya is home to finest upcoming apartments in the city, and is a haven for people looking to get away from the congestion of Kolkata. The most famous apartment complexes comprise of the Hiland Park, Orbit City, Westwind, Sherwood Estate Sugam Park and Bengal. 

In Garia, the Ambuja's Upohar are the most famous apartment complexes. However, incrementing population day by day, and the upcoming projects and a prodigious number of residential flats and incremented traffic have made Garia virtually identically tantamount to the other congested places of Kolkata, at present.

Ballygunge

Ballygunge has a paramount name with the term bâli meaning sand and gônjo rialto or trading centeris. It is an elite locality in South Kolkata flanked by Park Circus in the north, Dhakuria and the Lakes (now called Rabindra Sarobar) in the south, Kasba and the Eastern Railway south suburban line in the east, and the localities of Bhowanipore and Lansdowne in the west. 

One of the important junctions in Ballygunge is the Ballygunge Railway Station. Transportation also caters with the underground Metro railway which skirts Ballygunge with the closest station being Kalighat and Jatin Das Park.

Jadavpur

Jadavpur falls under the southern neighborhood of Kolkata and is hub of several major learning institutes of India including the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, KPC Medical College and Hospital and the most famous of all the Jadavpur University.

The area of Jadavpur is rudimentally a residential area wherein the residential complexes are built proximate to the shopping districts of Golpark and Gariahat. The Santoshpur Flyover Bridge connects the far side of Jadavpur.

Kasba

The area of Kasba is a suburb in the city of Kolkata located in the southern part of the city circumvented by the Dhakuria and Haltu to the south, Tiljala to the north, the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass to the east and Sealdah South section of the Eastern Railways to the west. 

Jodhpur Park

Jodhpur Park locates its area in the southern part of Kolkata wherein it is connected by the Dhakuria Bridge. The area is verbally expressed to be a golf course area during British rule where the Jodhpur Park post office was their reposal room. Jodhpur Park has seven medical stores and eight nationalized nanks with two nursing homes and multiple medico's chambers. 

Jodhpur Park market serves the daily needs of the residents in the area as it is considered as one of the key residential area in Kolkata city. The area has facilities of a modern amenities and structured city. The area holds hospitals, residential quarters, hotels, schools and other consequential institutes.

In a recent survey by Telegraph it’s rated the 3rd best area to reside in Kolkata after Ballygunge Place and Incipient Alipore. It withal has a lake. It is withal famous for Aurobindo Seva Kendra(EEDF),one of the most immensely colossal hospitals in Kolkata. 

Kalighat

kalighat is kenned for the famous temple Kalighat Kali Temple dedicated to the goddess Kali which is considered as one of the 51 Shakti Peethas wherein the right toe of Dakshayani is verbally expressed to have fallen here. 

The place is famous place as a pilgrimage for Shiva and Durga/Kali/Shakti worshippers within the Hindu religion. Another prominent temple in this area is the Kalika temple that has references in 15th century texts.
 
In the Kalika Temple, the image of the deity is incomplete wherein only the face of the deity was made first and the hands are composed of gold and silver. Over the years Shiva statue and jewelries are integrated. It is characterized by benevolently curving figures of both men and women and an earthy satirical style.

Esplanade

Esplanade is more of a colonial district and the central business area, thus considered to be the heart of Kolkata. The area includes Mirza Ghalib Street. Park Street, Dalhousie Square (B.B.D. Bag), Barra Bazaar, Sudder Street and Chandni Chowk.

Entali

Entali is spread over components of Ward Nos. 54, 55 and 56 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. It is surrounded by Sealdah and Beliaghata in the north, Beniapukur in the south Tangra in the east and Taltala in the west. 

It is said that during late 1928, Mother Teresa arrived in Kolkata. She worked in Loreto Convent at Entally but the slums beyond the school compound engaged her more and more. 

In 1948, she secured the sanction to work plenarily with the poor and the sick and thus established a home in an obscure house in Entally.

BBD Bagh

B.B.D. Bagh is the minimized version for Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh formerly called Dalhousie Square. B.B.D. Corresponds to three adolescent Indian independence activists namely Benoy, Badal and Dinesh, who shot dead the N.S. Simpson, Inspector General of Prisons at the then Dalhousie square on 8 December 1930. B.B.D.

Bagh is the heart of Kolkata and many famous buildings of housing's importance and banks are located in this area.

Sealdah

Sealdah is one of the most noted railway station accommodating Kolkata. The station was commenced in the year 1869. Since then it is kenned to be one of the most diligent railway stations in India. 

Sealdah withal kenned as the Vidhan Sabha constituency was an assembly constituency in Kolkata however as a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Sealdah-Vidhan Sabha constituency ceased to subsist from 2011 and is now under the Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency). 

The north and south section is connected by two links, one is Dumdum-Majherhat link popularly kenned as the circular rail and an extension of circular rail called Bidhannagar-Parkcircus.

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