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Sarsuna | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
![]() Sarsuna Housing | |
Coordinates: 22°29′03″N88°16′58″E / 22.484135°N 88.282694°E Coordinates: 22°29′03″N88°16′58″E / 22.484135°N 88.282694°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
City | Kolkata |
District | Kolkata [1] [2] [3] |
Municipal corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
KMC ward | 127, 126, 125 |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 43,782 |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 700 061 |
Area code | +91 33 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Behala Paschim |
Sarsuna is a neighborhood in South West Kolkata. It is a part of the greater Behala region and can be reached via Chowrasta or through Barisha. It is a predominantly Bengali neighborhood, though its fast becoming a cosmopolitan place. It is bordered by Barisha in the east and Maheshtala to the west.
Behala was once a part of the Sunderbans. The history of Barisha dated back to the Pala Era. In the 12th century, Barisha was a small village of farmers, fishermen and honey-gathers when a Kulin Kayastha named Dhananjay Mitra settled here. During the reign of Akbar Barisha came under the lordship of Basanta Roy who set up his capital at modern-day Sarsuna. Roy’s nephew and the king of Jessore Pratapaditya murdered him and incorporated Barisha with his kingdom. After the Mughals defeated Pratapaditya, Laksmikanta Majumdar of the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family was given jagirdari of a vast tract of land by Raja Man Singh in 1608. The three villages of Sutanuti, Govindapur and Kalikata were part of a khasmahal or imperial jagir or an estate belonging to the Mughal emperor himself, whose jagirdari rights were held by the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family. Even the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family was not keen to allow the British to settle or do trading on these villages, but the British had paid a bribe at the Mughal Durbar to ensure that the deal did not fail. Just prior to their move to Barisha, the Roy Choudhury family had to transfer their rights over Kalikata in 1698, to the East India Company much against their wishes and protests. Sabarna Atchala
The stretch of Diamond Harbour Road from Taratala to Thakurpukur is a very old settlement, which divides the Behala into three parts - East Behala, South Behala and West Behala. It is populated mostly by citizens of East-Bengal (Before Partition of India Bangladesh was called East Bengal) though traditionally it was primarily a West-Bengali ('ghoti' in Bengali) settlement.
Settlement in the area dates back to the 1797, but its urbanization is relatively recent. Population growth started in Behala after the partition of India.
The Sabarna Roychoudhury's 'Aath-chala' could be regarded as the most prominent historical structure (though mostly ruined presently) of the city of Kolkata. It is the structure, sitting under which the British East India Company signed the rights of the villages- Kalikata, Gobindapur and Sutanuti (which later merged to form the city of Calcutta), under a lease from the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family on 10 November 1698.
It is an area that was extremely rural prior to the 1972 Bangladesh war. During the war, scores of refugees from Bangladesh settled in this area. These refugees who became legal Indian citizens and form the bulk of the population in Sarsuna.
Sarsuna is composed of many small localities like Banarjee para, Chatterjee para, Bakultala, Talpukur, Sakuntala Park, Shibramapur, Dakhin Behala(Partially), Sarkar Hat Lane, Sarsuna Satelite Township, Jahutala, Pauri Para, Khudiram Pally, Kestor More, Bakpota, Debi Nagar , Anandanagar(Partially) etc.
Sarsuna police station is part of the South West division of Kolkata Police. [4]
Behala Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South West division. [4]
Sarsuna Block Primary Health Centre at Sarsuna, with 15 beds is the major government medical facility for Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block. [5]
Behala is a locality of South West Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. Behala is a part of Kolkata Municipal Corporation area. It is broadly spread across Ward Nos. 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and is divided into two Vidhan Sabha constituencies: Behala Paschim and Behala Purba. Behala, Parnasree, Thakurpukur, Haridevpur and Sarsuna police stations serve this area under the South West Division of Kolkata Police also known as Behala Division.
Parnasree Pally is an upscale locality of Behala in southern Kolkata, India. It was included in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1985. Translated to English the name means "beauty of the leaves". It was earlier known as Halderbagan. The name Parnasree was coined by Late Asoke Ratan Mazumder when he became the member of the Co Operative Society formed for the rehabilitation of Refugees during Partition of India in 1947.
Kalikata was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata in India. The other two villages were Gobindapur and Sutanuti. Job Charnock, an administrator with the British East India Company is traditionally credited with the honour of founding the city. He settled in the village of Sutanuti.
Gobindapur was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Calcutta in late 17th century. The other two villages were Kalikata and Sutanuti. Job Charnock, an administrator with the British East India Company is traditionally credited with the honour of founding the city. While Kalikata and Sutanuti lost their identity as the city grew, Gobindapur was demolished for the construction of new Fort William.
Barisha is a residential and very old locality of Kolkata (Calcutta) in West Bengal, India. It is under Behala area and divided as Paschim Barisha and Purba Barisha.
Sabarna Roy Choudhury was a Zamindar family of Mughal Bengal. They controlled significant swathes of territory, including what would later become Kolkata, prior to the sale of zamindari rights in 1698 to the East India Company.
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Shakuntala Park is a neighborhood / township in South West Kolkata which lies in the greater Behala region on Biren Roy Road (West).
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Ward No. 125, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 16, covering parts of Paschim Barisha, Dakshin Behala Road and Thakurpukur neighbourhoods in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ward No. 126, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 16(previously 14), covering parts of Sarsuna and Paschim Barisha neighbourhoods in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ward No. 128, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 14, covering parts of Behala neighbourhood in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Thakurpukur is a region of South West Kolkata in Behala area of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is majorly a residential region. It has been rapidly developed in the last 20 years and what was a jungle before is now an urban agglomeration in Kolkata's South. Thakurpukur was also under the Barisha area of Sabarna Roy Choudhury's zamindari era.
Haridevpur is a region of South Kolkata of the state of West Bengal, India. The area is situated off the Mahatma Gandhi Road and is a part of Behala Purba and Tollygunge assembly constituency.
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