Thakurpukur

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Thakurpukur
Neighborhood of Kolkata
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Thakurpukur, D.H Road
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Thakurpukur
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°27′54″N88°18′25″E / 22.465°N 88.307°E / 22.465; 88.307
CountryIndia
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
District Kolkata [1] [2] [3]
Metro Station Thakurpukur
Municipal Corporation Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward124,125
Population
 • TotalFor population see linked KMC ward page
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700 063
Area code +91 33
Lok Sabha constituency Kolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency Behala Purba, Behala Paschim

Thakurpukur is a neighborhood in Behala area of South West Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is majorly a residential region although there are quite a few numbers of Schools, Colleges, Hospitals and Shopping Malls. This was a remote area until a few decades ago, but as a result of urbanization today it has become an urban area with all kinds of amenities. Thakurpukur was also under the Barisha area of Sabarna Roy Choudhury's zamindari era.

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Administration

Police district

Thakurpukur police station is part of the South West division (Behala Division) of Kolkata Police. It is located at 123/117, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata-700063. [4]

Behala Women police station, located at the same address as above, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South West division i.e. Sarsuna, Taratala, Behala, Parnasree, Thakurpukur, and Haridevpur. [4]

Jadavpur, Thakurpukur, Behala, Purba Jadavpur, Tiljala, Regent Park, Metiabruz, Nadial, and Kasba police stations were transferred from South 24 Parganas to Kolkata in 2011. Except for Metiabruz, all the police stations were split into two. The new police stations are Parnasree, Haridevpur, Garfa, Patuli, Survey Park, Pragati Maidan, Bansdroni and Rajabagan. [5]

Education

Vivekananda College was established at Barisha in 1950 as Barisha College, renamed Vivekananda College in 1956 and shifted to Thakurpukur in 1959. Affiliated with the University of Calcutta, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science, journalism & mass communications, physics, chemistry, mathematics, economics, botany, zoology, computer science, biochemistry, and environmental science.

Other Educational Institutions nearby are

  1. Vivekananda College for Women [6]
  2. El Bethel School
  3. M. P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School
  4. Meghmala Roy Education Centre
  5. Sarsuna College
  6. Sarsuna Law College
  7. National Gems School
  8. Barisha Purba Para High school
  9. Barisha Vivekananda Boys High School
  10. Barisha Vivekananda Girls High School
  11. Gournagar High School
  12. Bratachari Vidyasram

Market

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Thakurpukur Bazar, Bakhrahat Road
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Fruits, Vegetables, Fish, Meat Market

Thakurpukur Bazar is one of the biggest and most versatile market in South Kolkata. Starting from vegetables, meat, fish, groceries stores up to clothing, electronics, gadgets all kind of necessary commodities are available here.

Hospitals and Treatment Centres

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LINAC_Block_of_SGCC&RI

One of the oldest cancer treatment centre of Kolkata is situated here as Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Which is located off the Mahatma Gandhi Road. The hospital is locally known as Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital. This hospital is one of the important landmark of this area.

Besides Cancer Hospital, many other hospitals and treatment centres are available here like D.M Hospital, Apollo Clinic, Swadesh Basu Hospital, BMRI Hospital, Kasturi Medical centre, Advanced Neuropsychiatry Institute, Humanity Hospital etc.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kolkata district".
  2. ↑ "Electors Details As On 30-10-2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "KMC Wards in South 24 Parganas".
  4. 1 2 "Kolkata Police". South West Division. KP. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Midnight change of guard – 17 more police stations come under Lalbazar". The Telegraph, 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Vivekananda College". VC. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

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