Girish Park | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
Coordinates: 22°35′11″N88°21′44″E / 22.586461°N 88.362151°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
City | Kolkata |
District | Kolkata |
Metro Station | Girish Park |
Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
KMC ward | 25 |
Population | |
• Total | For population see linked KMC ward page |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Area code | +91 33 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Uttar |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Jorasanko |
Girish Park is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. it is named after famous Bengali Theatre personnel Girish Chandra Ghosh.
Girish Park police station is part of the Central division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 138, Ram Dulal Sarkar Street, Kolkata-700006. [1]
Taltala Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Central division, i.e. Bowbazar, Burrabazar, Girish Park, Hare Street, Jorasanko, Muchipara, New Market, Taltala and Posta. [1]
In the Vivekananda flyover collapse, when a portion of the under-construction flyover collapsed in the Girish Park neighbourhood on 31 March 2016, 81 persons were killed and 205 injured. [2] [3]
Girish Park is the junction of Chittaranjan Avenue and Vivekananda Road. Beadon Street (Dani Ghosh Sarani/Abhedananda Road) also intersects Chittaranjan Avenue nearby. Many buses ply along these roads. [4]
Burra Bazar railway station and Sealdah Station are the nearest railway stations.
Bus
Beadon Street Bus Stop
Belur is a neighbourhood in northern part of Howrah city in Howrah district, West Bengal, India. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). The area is best known for Belur Math, a religious monastery containing a complex of temples. Belur Math is famous for being the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math, a monastic order, as well as that of the related Ramakrishna Mission, both founded by Swami Vivekananda. On the opposite side of the Hooghly River, opposite to Belur Math is the Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
Maniktala is a residential area of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India.
Chittaranjan Avenue, more commonly C.R. Avenue, a principal north-south thoroughfare in Central-North Kolkata. It starts from Beadon Street crossing in the north and ends at Chowringhee Road-Bentinck Street Junction (Esplanade) in the south. The road is renamed after Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, a nationalist politician and freedom-fighter of India. North of Beadon Street crossing, Chittaranjan Avenue becomes Jatindra Mohan Avenue.
Jorasanko is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It is so called because of the two (jora) wooden or bamboo bridges (sanko) that spanned a small stream at this point.
Park Circus is a neighbourhood of Central-South Kolkata in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India.
Bagbazar is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area, under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police, has been, along with neighbouring Shyambazar, the citadel of the Bengali aristocracy. Bagbazar has played an active role in growth and development of Kolkata.
Janbazar is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The two century-old house of Rani Rashmoni, the central attraction in Janbazar, is still used by descendants in the family.
Bowbazar, also spelt Boubazar; formerly known as Bahubazar) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Taltala is a neighbourhood in Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. One of the oldest neighbourhoods of the metropolis, it has a police station on its own name.
Posta is a neighbourhood in North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Once a citadel of Bengali mercantile aristocracy, it is now an extension of the whole sale market in neighbouring Burrabazar, dominated by Marwaris. The wholesale market features a wide range of products such as edible oil, salt, cereals, spices, food grains, sugar, and vanaspati products.
Burrabazar is a neighbourhood of Central-North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Vivekananda Road is a major east–west thoroughfare in the Indian city of Kolkata and connects Maniktala with Jorasanko. West of Maniktala Police Station, Maniktala Main Road becomes Vivekananda Road. It becomes Kali Krishna Tagore Street after crossing Rabindra Sarani. This road's name is a tribute for Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House which is some meters away from Bidhan Sarani Crossing.
Ward No. 25, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 4, covering parts of Rambagan, Girish Park, Jorasanko and Simla neighbourhoods in North Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ward No. 26, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 4, covering parts of Ramdulal Sarkar Street and Hedua Park neighbourhoods in North Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ward No. 39, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 5, covering parts of Marcus Square, College Street and Simla neighbourhoods in North Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ward No. 41, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 5, covering parts of Jorasanko neighbourhood in North Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ward No. 44, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 5, covering parts of Burrabazar (Mechhua), Tiretta Bazaar, Kolutola(Colootola Street) and College Street neighbourhoods in north-central Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ward No. 47, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 6, covering parts of Bowbazar and Dharmatala neighbourhoods in central Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Hare Street is a road in the Indian city of Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It connects the junction of Council House Street and Netaji Subhas Road in B.B.D. Bagh to Millennium Park on Strand Road.
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