Sinthee

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Sinthee
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
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Sinthee
Location in Kolkata
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Sinthee
Sinthee (West Bengal)
Coordinates: 22°37′41″N88°23′04″E / 22.62806°N 88.38444°E / 22.62806; 88.38444
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
District Kolkata
Metro Station Dum Dum
Kolkata Suburban Railway Dum Dum Junction
Municipal Corporation Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward 2
Population
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For population see linked KMC ward page
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700050
Area code +91 33
Lok Sabha constituency Kolkata Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency Kashipur-Belgachhia

Sinthee or Sinthi is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. [1]

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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 Sinthee was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the Maratha Ditch. [2] [3] [4]

Geography

Location

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260m
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Sinthee is surrounded by South Dum Dum and Dum Dum in the east, Dum Dum Road in the south, Baranagar in the north, Cossipore & Barrackpore Trunk Road in the west.

Police district

Sinthee police station is part of the North and North Suburban division of Kolkata Police. Located at 145/1 South Sinthi Road, Kolkata-700050, it has jurisdiction over Sinthee neighbourhood/ Ward No. 2 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. [5] [6]

Amherst Street Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala. [5]

Landmarks

Transport

Road

B.T. Road passes along the west boundary of Sinthee. Many buses ply through 'Sinthee More' on B.T. Road. The only bus (Private bus) which enters into Sinthee is 30A (Sinthee More - Esplanade), which runs along KC Ghosh Road. [7]

A large number of buses ply on B.T. Road via Sinthee More are as follows:

WBTC Bus

Private Bus

Train

Dum Dum Junction is the nearest railway station of Sinthee. Dum Dum Metro Station is the neighborhood subway station.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Kolkata Statistics". Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 6-10: The History. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, first published 1909/reprint 1980, pages 103-4 and 221, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
  4. ↑ Nair, P.Thankappan, The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, pp. 14-15, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
  5. 1 2 "Kolkata Police". North and North Suburban Division. KP. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory, Fourth Impression 2003, Map No. 1, D.P.publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata - 700 073.
  7. ↑ Google maps
  8. ↑ "AC 54 Bus Services". You Find Go. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
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