Belgharia

Not to be confused with Belgharia, Nadia.

Belgharia
Neighbourhood
Feeder road to Belgharia railway station
Belgharia Location West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Belgharia Belgharia (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°39′N88°23′E / 22.65°N 88.38°E / 22.65; 88.38
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Greater Kolkata
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Kamarhati Municipality
• Vice-Chairman	Tushar Chatterjee [1]
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English [ citation needed ]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700056, 700083
Telephone code	+91 33
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Dum Dum
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kamarhati, Baranagar

Belgharia is a locality in Kamarhati Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) and a vital locality in Kolkata metropolitan area (or Greater Kolkata). Belgharia is also known for wholesale market for all types of bags, luggage, and purses. Dakshineswar Kali Temple of Kolkata is in approximately three kilometers distance from Belgharia Railway Station. The Vivekananda Setu on the river of Hooghly which is one of the oldest bridges in Calcutta established for the connection between the city of Howrah and Kolkata is also at the adjacent area of Belgharia.

Geography

5km
3miles

River

Hooghly

Nilganj

N

Karna Madhabpur

N

Nimta

N

South Dumdum

M

North Dumdum

M

Dum Dum

MV

Baranagar

M

Belgharia

N

Kamarhati

M

New Barrackpore

M

Agarpara

N

Sodepur

N

Teghari

CT

Chandpur

CT

Talbandha

CT

Muragachha

CT

Bilkanda

CT

Ghola

N

Panihati

M

Khardaha

M

Titagarh

M

Bandipur

CT

Patulia

CT

Ruiya

CT

Chak Kanthalia

CT

Barrackpore
Cantonment

Barrackpore

M

  

Cities and towns in the southern portion of Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town,
N: neighbourhood/ administrative location
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

96% of the population of Barrackpore subdivision (partly presented in the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map) lives in urban areas. In 2011, it had a density of population of 10,967 per km². The subdivision has 16 municipalities and 24 census towns. ^[2]

For most of the cities/ towns information regarding density of population is available in the Infobox. Population data is not available for neighbourhoods. It is available for the entire Municipal area and thereafter ward-wise.

Police station

Belgharia police station under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over Kamarhati Municipal area. ^{[3] [4]}

Demographics

Kolkata Urban Agglomeration

The following Municipalities, Census Towns and other locations in Barrackpore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Kanchrapara (M), Jetia (CT), Halisahar (M), Balibhara (CT), Naihati (M), Bhatpara (M), Kaugachhi (CT), Garshyamnagar (CT), Garulia (M), Ichhapur Defence Estate (CT), North Barrackpur (M), Barrackpur Cantonment (CB), Barrackpore (M), Jafarpur (CT), Ruiya (CT), Titagarh (M), Khardaha (M), Bandipur (CT), Panihati (M), Muragachha (CT) New Barrackpore (M), Chandpur (CT), Talbandha (CT), Patulia (CT), Kamarhati (M), Baranagar (M), South Dumdum (M), North Dumdum (M), Dum Dum (M), Noapara (CT), Babanpur (CT), Teghari (CT), Nanna (OG), Chakla (OG), Srotribati (OG) and Panpur (OG). ^[5]

Economy

Belgharia has now become a business hub, well connected with Kolkata through trains, buses and other means of transport. The nearest Industrial area is Kamarhatty (3 km), with the following companies: Agarpara Jute Mill, Allied Ceramic, ESDEE Allumina, Emami, Kamarhatty Jute Mill, Texmaco Rail & Engineering, ^[6] TIL, WIMCO.

Transport

Feeder road is one of the main roads in Belgharia. Feeder road connects Belgharia to Barrackpore Trunk Road (B.T. Road) on the west and through Madhusudan Banerjee Road (M.B. Road) to Nimta, Birati and consequently to Jessore Road in the east. Feeder Road and Madhusudan Banerjee Road (M.B. Road) are connected with a rail over-bridge named Kabi Satyendranath Dutta Setu above Belgharia railway station. ^[7] The newly built Belghoria Expressway which links with Dumdum/Kolkata Airport on Jessore Road and Nivedita Setu on the Hooghly River increased the importance of this place.

Belghoria Expressway near Nivedita Setu

Bus

Private Bus

• 56 Ruiya Purbapara - Howrah Station
• 78 Barrackpore Court - Esplanade
• 78/1 Rahara Bazar/Parthapur - Babughat
• 81/1 Rajchandrapur - Barasat
• 201 Nimta Post Office- Salt Lake Sector-V
• 214 Sajirhat - Babughat
• 214A Sodepur Girja - Esplanade
• 230 Kamarhati/Agarpara railway station - Alipore Zoo
• 234 Belgharia railway station - Golf Green
• 234/1 Belgharia railway station - Golf Green
• DN2 Dakshineswar - Barasat
• DN43 Dakshineswar - Barasat Checkpost

Mini Bus

• S180 Nandannagar - Howrah Maidan
• S185 Nimta Paikpara - Howrah Station

WBTC Bus

• C28 Barrackpore Court - Howrah Station
• E32 Nilganj - Howrah Station
• S9A Dunlop/Belgharia (Rathtala) - Ballygunge railway station
• S11 Nilganj - Esplanade
• S32 Barrackpore Court - Howrah Station
• S32A Belgharia (Rathtala) - Howrah Station
• AC2B Belgharia (Rathtala) - Jadavpur (Sulekha)
• AC20 Barrackpore Court - Santragachi railway station (8 AM to 9 AM and afternoon 2 PM to 3 PM. In the Evening, the Bus plies from B.B.D. Bagh to Dunlop.)
• AC54 Belgharia (Rathtala) - Howrah Station
• EB1A Belgharia (Rathtala) - Nabanna/Santragachi railway station

Bus Routes Without Numbers

• Madhyamgram - Howrah station
• Sodepur Girja - Uluberia Court
• Lalkuthi – Howrah Station
• Barrackpore Court - Salap
• Barrackpore Court - Mourigram railway station

Train

Belgharia railway station

Belgharia railway station is one of the stations on the main train line (Sealdah-Ranaghat line) starting from Sealdah Station.

Metro Rail

Kolkata new proposed Metro Line 5 (Baranagar - Barrackpore)

The Baranagar metro station, which is a part of the Kolkata Metro Line 1 (North-South line) and will also serve as the planned terminus of Kolkata Metro Line 5, is close to Belgharia. Kamarhati is also a planned Metro Station of Kolkata Metro Line 5, near to Belgharia.

Education

Bhairab Ganguly College was established at Belgharia in 1968. It was built by Sri Jibandhan Ganguli (Grandson of Sri Bhairab Ganguli), who contributed the land of 8.13 acres for the construction of a higher education institution. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, history, philosophy, political science, geography, education, physical education, physics, chemistry, mathematics, botany, zoology, physiology, economics, electronics, computer science, accountancy and general BA, BSc and B Com courses. ^{[8] [9]}

Ramakrishna mission shilpapitha is also situated in belghoria. This is one of the oldest diploma engineering colleges in west bengal est. 1951. It offers diploma in engineering in civil, electrical, mechanical and electronics and communications engineering courses.

Here is situated RICE head office. An institution that teaches students and help to get job .

References

1. Kamarhati Municipality
2. "District Statistical Handbook". North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
3. "District Statistical Handbook". North 24 Parganas 2013, Table 2.1. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
4. "Barrackpore Police Commissionerate". List of Police Stations with telephone numbers. West Bengal Police. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
5. "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh. Census of India 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
6. "Texmaco".
7. Google maps
8. "Bhairab Ganguly College". BGC. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
9. "Bhairab Ganguly College". College Admission. Retrieved 8 May 2018.