Kidderpore

Kidderpore
Khidirpur
neighborhood
Kidderpore

Location in Kolkata

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

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.

A number of soldiers killed in World War II were buried at the Solana Muslim burial ground.

In the field of Indian literature, this part of Kolkata produced three jewel poets. They were Rongolal Bandhopadhyay, Hemchandra Bandopadhyay and Michael Madhushudan Dutta.

Etymology

One of the oldest parts of the city, Kidderpore has many legends associated with respect to the stoical origin of 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 to the fishing communities of Bengal. Another theory points out that the port probably got its name from Lord Kyde, a 19th-century engineer who designed and supervised the building of the lock gate that connects the nearby port to the Hoogly River.

Geography

Kidderpore is located at 22°32′N 88°19′E / 22.53°N 88.32°E / 22.53; 88.32.[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 locations like Kalighat, Tollygunge and Ballygunge, etc. The main Kidderpore intersection is connected with northern, southern and central Kolkata by various private and state bus services. Shared autos ply from nearby distances are an affordable option. Kidderpore can also be accessed by the Kolkata Circular Railway, which has a station in the locality.

Medical facilities

The area is well served by several major hospitals:

Educational institutions

Places of interest

Sri Sri Patit Pabani Durga Mandir
Bhukailash Shiv Temple

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kidderpore

Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage

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