| South Kolkata | |
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| — City — | |
| South City, Prince Anwar Shah Road | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
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| Parliamentary constituency | Kolkata Dakshin, Jadavpur |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area code(s) | +91 33 |
| Website | http://www.southkolkata.com/ |
South Kolkata refers to the southern areas of the city of Kolkata, India. It includes the localities of Bhawanipore, Lansdowne, Park Circus, Ballygunge, Alipore, New Alipore, Tollygunge, Dhakuria, Jodhpur Park, Lake Gardens, Golf Green, Jadavpur, Santoshpur, Garia, Chak Garia, Taratala, Narendrapur, Sonarpur etc.
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South Kolkata has many old educational institutions like Ashutosh College, Jadavpur University, IPGMER, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Ramkrishna Mission Residential College Narendrapur, Lady Brabourne College and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Calcutta University has a number of campuses spread all over South Kolkata, notably Ballygunge Science College Campus on Ballygunge Circular Road, Hazra Law College Campus on Hazra Road, Alipore Campus on 1, Reformatory Street, Alipore and others. The Netaji Subhas Open University was established in 1997, offering courses in different disciplines in graduate and post-graduate study.
Prominent schools of the city like Don Bosco, La Martiniere, St Lawrence High School, Birla High school, The Heritage, G. D. Birla Center for Education, Modern High School, South Point, St Thomas school, Laxmipat Singhania Academy, Ashok Hall Girls High School, Mahadevi Birla Girls School, Julien Day School, Ballygunge Govt. High School, Ballygunge Shiksha Sadan, Jodhpur Park Boys School, Indus Valley World School, Delhi Public School Ruby Park, Garden High School, Ramkrishna Mission Narendrapur, etc. are located in South Kolkata.
Among the major state run public hospitals in South Kolkata are S. S. K. M. (formerly P. G. ) Hospital, M. A. Bangur Hospital, Chittaranjan Hospital(National Medical college), Shambhunath Pandit hospital and Chittaranjan Seva Sadan.
Among the major private hospitals in South Kolkata are Fortis Hospital, CMRI Hospital, Ruby General Hospital, Desun Hospital, AMRI Hospitals, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital, Bell Vue Hospital, Priyamvada Birla Aravind Eye Hospital, Kothari Medical Centre, B M Birla Heart Research Centre, Peerless Hospital, Shankara Nethralaya, Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan, Vivekananda Mission Hospital, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, etc.
Major places of interest in South Kolkata include
Festivals celebrated include
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