Narendrapur

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  ?Narendrapur
West Bengal • India
Coordinates: 22°16′N 88°14′E / 22.26, 88.23
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) South 24 Parganas

Coordinates: 22°16′N 88°14′E / 22.26, 88.23

This page is about the neighbourhood. See Ramakrishna Mission Narendrapur for the educational institute.

Narendrapur (Bengali: নরেন্দ্রপুর) is a town under Jaynagar Mazilpur police station of Baruipur subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Now it is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is the home of a famous school and college founded by Ramakrishna Mission. Narendrapur is situated right beside Aadi Ganga (Old Ganges).

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[edit] Geography

Narendrapur is located at 22.26° N 88.23° E[1]

[edit] Transport

Narendrapur in 15 km from Sealdah on the Sealdah – Sonarpur section and is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.

It is connected by road to Garia and the EM Bypass.

[edit] Education

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission. The institute has its services open to all irrespective of caste, creed and nationality. Its special field is education. Started in Pathuriaghata, a North Calcutta neighbourhood immediately after the Bengal Famine of 1943, it first served as a home for the poor and orphaned boys. Since its relocation in 1957 to its present site in the southern suburbs of Calcutta, near Garia, it has grown into a huge complex with varied activities. It has more than 2,000 resident students and occupies about 150 acres (0.61 km²) of land dotted with flower gardens, green fields, mango groves and lakes.

[edit] Healthcare

Certain areas of South 24 Parganas district has been identified where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission. Wikimapia. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
  2. ^ Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study ). Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.

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