Beniapukur

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Beniapukur
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
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Nonapukur Tram Depot, Beniapukur
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Beniapukur
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°32′47″N88°22′10″E / 22.546333°N 88.369525°E / 22.546333; 88.369525
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
District Kolkata
Nearest Metro Station Rabindra Sadan, Maidan, Park Street, Sealdah and Barun Sengupta(under construction)
Municipal Corporation Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC wards 59, 60, 61
Population
  TotalFor population see linked KMC ward page
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700014
Area code +91 33
Lok Sabha constituency Kolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency Ballygunge

Beniapukur is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is adjacent to Park Circus.

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Etymology

The name of the neighbourhood is derived from two words, benia and pukur. Influential benias or merchants, particularly gandhabaniks, perfume and spice traders, settled here. They had dug a tank or pukur in the area. [1]

History

The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across the Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as Dihi Panchannagram and Beniapukur was one of them. [2] [3] [1]

The Maratha Ditch was dug in 1742 and it was partly filled up in 1799 to create the Circular Road (now Acharya Jagaidsh Chandra Bose Road). [1]

Entally, Maniktala, Beliaghata, Ultadanga, Chitpur, Cossipore, parts of Beniapukur, Ballyganj, Watganj and Ekbalpur, and parts of Garden Reach and Tollygunj were added to Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1888. Garden Reach was later taken out. [4]

In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Beniapukur, which is mentioned from the mid-eighteenth century, but the thana dates from the early 19th century. [1]

Geography

Police district

Beniapukur police station is part of the South East division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 48A, Gorachand Road, Kolkata-700014. [5]

Karaya Women police station, has jurisdiction over all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South East Division, i.e. Topsia, Beniapukur, Ballygunge, Gariahat, Lake, Karaya, Rabindra Sarobar and Tiljala. [5]

Education

Healthcare

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Academic Section of Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (Chittaranjan Hospital)

Transport

Road

Many buses ply along Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Park Street, Suhrawardy Avenue, Darga Road and CIT Road in Beniapukur. Nonapukur tram depot-cum-workshop, where all manufacturing, modernisation and refurbishing of trams are done, is also situated here. Kolkata tram route no. 25 serves Beniapukur (via Nonapukur-AJC Bose Road-Park Street-Park Circus). [12]

Train

Park Circus railway station on Sealdah South Lines is the nearest railway station. Sealdah Station, one of the major railway-terminals of the city, is also located nearby.

Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage

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