South Kolkata
| South Kolkata | |
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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 |
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, Rajpur Sonarpur, Baruipur etc.[1]
Transport
Major roads of South Kolkata
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- Eastern Metropolitan Bypass
- Ballygunge Circular Road
- Syed Amir Ali Avenue
- Gariahat Road
- Alipore Road
- Judges Court Road
- Sarat Bose Road
- Elgin Road
- Ashutosh Mukherjee Road
- Rashbehari Avenue
- Southern Avenue
- Prince Anwar Shah Road
- Raja SC Mullick Road
- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road
- Udayshankar Sarani
- Tollygunge Circular Road
- Deshpran Sasmal Road
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road
- Diamond Harbour Road
List of Metro Stations in South Kolkata
- Rabindra Sadan
- Netaji Bhavan (formerly Bhawanipore)
- Jatin Das Park
- Kalighat
- Rabindra Sarobar
- Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (formerly Tollygunge)
- Netaji (formerly Kudghat)
- Masterda Surya Sen (formerly Bansdroni)
- Gitanjali (formerly Naktala)
- Kavi Nazrul (formerly Garia Bazar)
- Shahid Khudiram (formerly Birji)
- Kavi Subhash (formerly New Garia)
List of railway stations in South Kolkata
Sealdah-Baruipur Section
- Park Circus
- Ballygunge
- Dhakuria
- Jadavpur
- Baghajatin
- New Garia
- Garia
- Narendrapur
- Sonarpur
- Subhasgram
- Mallickpur
- Baruipur
Sealdah-Budge Budge Section
- Lake Gardens
- Tollygunge
Education
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 G.D.Birla Centre For Education, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur, Don Bosco, La Martiniere, St Lawrence High School, Birla High school, The Heritage, Modern High School, Nava Nalanda, South Point, St Thomas school, National Gems Higher Secondary School, Laxmipat Singhania Academy,Patha Bhavan, 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, M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School, etc. are located in South Kolkata.
Health
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.
Places of interest
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Major places of interest in South Kolkata include
- National Library, Alipore
- Agri Horticultural Gardens, Alipore Road
- Kali Temple, Kalighat
- Birla Temple, Ballygunge
- Victoria Memorial, Queens Way
- Birla Planetarium, Cathedral Road
- St. Paul's Cathedral, Cathedral Road
- Rabindra Sadan
- Nandan Cinema complex
- Calcutta Club, AJC Bose Road
- South Club, Woodburn Park Road
- CCFC, Ballygunge
- Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Ballygunge
- Deshapriya Park
- Park Circus Maidan
- Homeland Mall, Bhawanipore
- Tollygunge Club, Tollygunge
- Mohini MalanchaRaja Basanta Roy Road- One of the oldest residential houses of South Kolkata constructed by educationist, Sanskrit Scholar and eminent writer Vasanta Krishna Raya Dev in 1841. The well maintained property is still being used by the 4th generation of this family that originally hails from Mangalore (Karnataka). Admission is strictly by permission. The exterior of the house in itself boasts of the artistic taste of the Raja who built it.
- Royal Calcutta Golf Club, Golf Green
- Rabindra Sarobar Lakes, Southern Avenue
- Calcutta Rowing Club, Southern Avenue
- Bengal Rowing Club, Southern Avenue
- Tipu Sultan's Mosque, Tollygunge Phari
- Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark
- Gariahat Market
- Dakshinapan Shopping Complex, Dhakuria
- South City Mall, Prince Anwar Shah Road
- Princeton Club, Prince Anwar Shah Road
- Forum & Forum Courtyard Mall, Elgin Road
- Metropolis Mall, Hiland Park
- Wood Square Mall, Narendrapur, Rajpur Sonarpur
- Mukti World Mall, Ballygunge
- Clown Town, Patuli, Garia
Culture
Festivals celebrated include
- Durga Puja and Vijaya Dashami
- Kali Puja
- Buddha Jayanti
- Christmas
- Eid
- Muharram
- Diwali
- Holi
- Poila Baishakh- Barsha Baran
- Rabindra Jayanti
References
- ↑ "BARUIPUR, SOUTH 24 PARGANAS, WEST BENGAL, India, Pincode.net.in". PinCode. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
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