Pilkhana, Kolkata

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Pilkhana is a slum in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is part of Howrah, which is poor. It is the slum the best-seller City of Joy has been written about.[1] Pilkhana has at least tens of thousands of residents.[2] It is not far from Howrah Station.[3] A Hallman High School exists.[4] As for religious adherents, it has significant Hindu and Muslim populations.[5] Pilkhana is of industrial character.[6] It is part of Howrah Sadar constituency.[7] The Salesians of Don Bosco are present in Pilkhana.[8] Another notable slum in Kolkata is Tikia Para.

References

I just wanted to report that Tikia Para is not in Kolkata. It is in Howrah which is a different district altogether.

  1. ↑ "Family Support in Pilkhana". Calcuttakids.org. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Les racines des palιtuviers: l ... – Gaston Dayanand". Google Books. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Seva Sangh Samiti-Brief History". Sevasanghsamiti.org. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  4. ↑ "News from Calcutta". Ashalayam. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Pilkhana – Google-Suche". Google.de. 23 May 2004. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  6. ↑ "The Indian journal of economics – University of Allahabad. Dept. of Economics, University of Allahabad. Dept. of Commerce, Indian Economic Association". Google Books. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Leaders mouth platitudes, play votebank politics – Times Of India". The Times of India. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  8. ↑ http://donboscokolkata.org/houses/12.html

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