Chitpur
Chitpur | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
Kashipur-Belgachhia |
Chitpur (or Chitpore) is a neighbourhood in
History
Chitpur has existed for at least 400 years. It received its name from the goddess Chitteswari, who had a splendid temple here erected by
According to another source, the area was earlier named Chitrapur. It is referred to in
The
There was a house and garden of Mahmed Reza Khan, the Chitpur Nawab, to whom the administration of Bengal was assigned for several years after the
The Circular Canal joins the Hooghly River at Chitpur. Early in the 20th century a large lock and tidal basin had been constructed, at the mouth of the canal.[6]
Chitpur Road
The great thoroughfare, which commencing in the extreme south, assumes the various names of Russa Road, Chowringhee Road, Bentick Street, Chitpore Road, and Barrackpore Trunk Road, forms a continuation of the Dum Dum Road and was the old line of communication between Morshedabad and Kalighat. It is said to occupy the site of the old road made by the
Barisha, where the junior branch resided, to Halisahar, beyond Barrackpore, which was the seat of the senior branch.[9]
Along that old road, popular as pilgrim's path,
Chitpur Road was Kolkata's oldest road. Apart from the aristocracy, there have been common folks engaged in various trades.
A part of Lower Chitpur Road rivalled the
Jorasanko Thakur Bari, the home of the Tagore family now houses Rabindra Bharati University.
Corporation ward
In 1876, the peripheral areas of Kolkata were brought under the umbrella of a single Suburban Municipality. In 1889, the suburban area was split into five units of which one was the Suburban Municipality of Kashipur and Chitpur. In 1931, it was merged with Kolkata.[13] Chitpur now forms ward no. 6 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. With the Hooghly River on the west, it is surrounded by Cossipore, Bagbazar, Paikpara, Tala, Belgachia and Shyambazar on the other three sides.[14] Across the Hooghly River is Salkia in Howrah.
Police district
Chitpur police station is part of the North and North Suburban division of Kolkata Police. Located at 19, Cossipore Road, Kolkata-700002, it has jurisdiction over Chitpur neighbourhood/ Ward no. 6, of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[15][16]
Amherst Street Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.[15]
Railway passenger terminal
Chitpur is home to
Transport
Cossipore Road (Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa Dev Sarani) is the artery of Chitpur. Buses ply along the road. The road is connected to B.T. Road (at Chunni Babu Bazar) with Lock Gate Road Overbridge. It is also connected to Bagbazar (Khirode Vidyavinode Avenue) with Chitpur Bridge over a canal.[19] Chitpur Bridge was firstly inaugurated in 1937.[20]
Bus
Private Bus
CSTC Bus
- S17A Ariadaha - Kudghat
Train
Besides
References
- ^ Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, [1909] (1980), rev. ed., pp. 221, 283, General Printers and Publishers Pvt Ltd.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-563696-3.
- ^ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 6-10: The History. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, first published 1909/reprint 1980, pages 103-4 and 221, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
- ^ Nair, P.Thankappan, The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, pp. 14-15, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
- ^ a b Cotton, H.E.A., p. 221,
- ^ Cotton, H.E.A., p. 109.
- ^ Bagchi, Amiya Kumar, Wealth and Work in Calcutta, 1860-1921, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, p. 213.
- ^ Cotton, H.E.A., p. 283
- ^ Bandyopadhyay, Ritajyoti. streets in motion: the making of infrastructure, property, and political culture in twentieth-century Calcutta. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Jatra 2 BBC News, 2005.
- ISBN 978-3-7757-2106-6
- ISBN 978-0-19-563697-0.
- ^ Detailed Maps of Kolkata, D.P.Publication & Sales Concern.
- ^ a b "Kolkata Police". North and North Suburban Division. KP. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory, Fourth Impression 2003, Map No. 4, D.P.publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata - 700 073.
- ^ a b Online version of Frontline magazine dated 3-16 Dec 2005 Archived 12 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "News article dated January-31-2006 from expressindia.com". Archived from the original on 12 February 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2006.
- ^ Google maps
- ^ "Chitpur Bridge".
External links
Kolkata/North Kolkata travel guide from Wikivoyage