Kidderpore

Kidderpore
খিদিরপুর
Khidirpur
neighborhood
Kidderpore

Location in Kolkata

Coordinates: 22°32′34″N 88°19′09″E / 22.5427°N 88.3192°ECoordinates: 22°32′34″N 88°19′09″E / 22.5427°N 88.3192°E
Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
City Kolkata
Elevation 9 m (30 ft)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English, Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Khidirpur or Kidderpore is a neighborhood of metropolitan Kolkata (Calcutta). Located in the central-west part of the city, it is bounded by the Alipore in the east, Mominpur in the south, Hastings, in the north, Garden Reach and Metiabruz in the south-west and the Hooghly River in the west.

History

One of the oldest parts of the city, Kidderpore has a legend with respect to its name. It is said that some British could not converse in Bengali. Whenever they passed by, their asking in broken Hindi for the directions to the port where their ships used to dock sounded somewhat like 'kidder-port'. More plausibly, the name is a corruption of Khidrpur or Khizarpur, Khizr/Khidr being the guardian saint of the seas and the delta for the fishing communities in Bengal. This is one of the versions behind the nomenclature of the place. In fact, the port got its name from Lord Kyde, a 19th-century engineer who designed and supervised the building of the lock gate that connects the port to the Hoogly River. Because of his work, the tidal difference of the Hoogly River water level is isolated from the water level of the port. The port took his name and is called Kyderpore or Khidirpur.

The Diamond Harbour Road at Kidderpore.

The gateway of Kidderpore is at the crossing of Diamond Harbour Road and Gangadhar Banerjee Lane. At that place a roadside restaurant dating from the British era remains, named "Panchubabu's Shop" or "Panchubabur Dokan", one of the landmarks of Kidderpore. The area is also home to quite a few dargahs of Sufi saints like Syed Baba and Shah Warsi Baba, to name a few.

A number of soldiers killed during the 2nd World War were buried at the Solana Muslim burial ground.

Even in the field of Indian literature, this part of Kolkata produced three jewel poets. They were Rongolal Bandhopadhyay, Hemchandra Bandopadhyay and Michael Madhushudan Dutta. As no other place or locality in West Bengal had ever produced three such poetic maestros together a name was given to a road in tribute this fact, it is the "Kabitirtha Sarani".

St Thomas school, which is probably one of the oldest and largest area schools of India is situated here. Its history runs for more than 220 years. The entire area was donated by the then Raja of Bhukailash Rajbari. Online, Share Mandi is a trusted equity dealer in this locality for the last ten years. The place is also known for Kidderpore College, the leading educational institute in the area.

Geography

Kidderpore is located at 22°32′N 88°19′E / 22.53°N 88.32°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 9 m (30 ft).

Transport

Kidderpore Bridge is one of the few bridges in Kolkata that has trams plying across it. The Kidderpore Tram Depot connects famous locations like Kalighat, Tollygunge and Ballygunge, etc. The main Kidderpore intersection (also called More in Bengali) is connected with North, South and Central Kolkata by various private and state bus services. Kidderpore is the site of the only ocean port in India accessed by river. Kidderpore can also be accessed by the Kolkata Circular Railway which has a station in the locality. In the future, the neighborhood will be connected to the city center by the Kolkata Metro.

Medical facilities

I - Major hospitals:

II - Major nursing homes:

Also there are some governmental medical institutions like S.S.K.M. Hospital, Calcutta Dock Labour Board Hospital and Shambhunath Pandit Hospital.

Educational institutions

  1. St Thomas School, Kolkata|St. Thomas' School, Diamond Harbour Road is the oldest one in West Bengal,
  2. Jawahar Lal Nehru Vidyapith
  3. Moulana Azad Urdu School, Driver's Quarter
  4. The Kidderpore Academy
  5. Sharat Chandra Paul Girls High School
  6. Jnan Chandra Ghosh College of Polytechnique
  7. Adarsh Hindi High School
  8. Kidderpore College
  9. St. Thomas College of Engg And Technology, Diamond Harbour Road
  10. St. Paul's School Kidderpore, Diamond Harbour Road
  11. St. Teresa Secondary School, Diamond Harbour Road
  12. Lajpat Hindi High School
  13. Loyola High School
  14. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Command Hospital
  15. Sarat Chandra Paul Girls High School
  16. Sir Syed High School (Urdu)
  17. Kidderpore Urdu Girls Primary School
  18. Kidderpore Oriya High School
  19. Kidderpore Balika Vidyatan
  20. Bankim Ghosh Smriti Uchha Balika Vidyalaya
  21. Jnan Bhaskar Vidyalaya
  22. Thomas Day High School
  23. Jnan Bhaskar Vidyalay
  24. St Barnabas High School
  25. Grace International School - Mominpore

Places of interest

Libraries

Clubs

Social organisations

farz foundation of India is located in 27 d-Mansatalla lane-near lajpat high school.

See also

Periodicals

The only Bengali periodical published from Kidderpore is "Khidirpur Darpan" (The Mirror of Kidderpore)

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kidderpore

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kidderpore.

Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage