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Garia
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
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Garia Patuli
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Garia
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°27′46″N88°23′48″E / 22.4629°N 88.3968°E / 22.4629; 88.3968
CountryIndia
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
District South 24 Parganas
Metro Station Gitanjali, Kavi Nazrul, Shahid Khudiram, Kavi Subhash
Municipal Corporation Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality
KMC wards 100, 101, 109, 110, 111
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700084, 700047, 700094, 700152
Area code +91 33
Lok Sabha constituency Jadavpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Jadavpur and Sonarpur Uttar

Garia is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is bordered by the neighbourhoods of Jadavpur in the north, Bansdroni/Tollygunge in the north-west, Santoshpur/Mukundapur in the north-east and Narendrapur/Rajpur Sonarpur in the south. It is on the banks of Adi Ganga.

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Geographic location

The junction of Raja S.C.Mullick Road, N.S.C. Bose Road and Garia Main Road adjacent to Kanungo Park is known as "Garia More".

Shopping

Garia is one of the major shopping areas of Kolkata. [1] Notable shopping malls and department stores include:

Medical facilities

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Peerless Hospital

Several medical institutes are found within Garia.

Education

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Netaji Subhash Engineering College

Garia is home to several academic, research and professional institutions. Major colleges, schools and research institutions located here include:

In early 1953, the principal photography of Satyajit Ray's debut film Pather Panchali was done at Boral, which was then a small village on the outskirts of Kolkata and is now a locality of Garia. A decade later, Ray again shot a scene of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne in the dense bamboo groves near a pond in Garia. [28]

Notable people

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ Metropolis Mall, Hiland Park Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Big Bazaar-Garia". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  4. ↑ Spencers-Garia
  5. ↑ Spencers-Patuli
  6. ↑ Spencer's Express-Naktala
  7. ↑ "Proyozonio-Garia". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  8. ↑ Bizarre Bazar-Garia
  9. ↑ "Sonar Bangla Shopping Complex". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "The Apollo Clinic Clinics". Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  11. ↑ Banchbo Healing Touch Official Website
  12. ↑ SMiLZ Dental Treatment Facility
  13. ↑ KMC Chest Clinics
  14. ↑ Indian Centre for Space Physics
  15. ↑ "Affiliated colleges of Calcutta University". Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  16. ↑ Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta address
  17. ↑ Seacom Marine College address
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  28. ↑ "Apu Doesn't Live Here Anymore". Indian Express. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

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