Thakurpukur
Thakurpukur | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
Behala Paschim |
Thakurpukur is a
Administration
Police district
Thakurpukur police station is part of the South West division (Behala Division) of Kolkata Police. It is located at 123/117, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata-700063.[4]
Behala Women police station, located at the same address as above, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South West division i.e. Sarsuna, Taratala, Behala, Parnasree, Thakurpukur, and Haridevpur.[4]
Jadavpur, Thakurpukur, Behala, Purba Jadavpur, Tiljala, Regent Park, Metiabruz, Nadial, and Kasba police stations were transferred from South 24 Parganas to Kolkata in 2011. Except for Metiabruz, all the police stations were split into two. The new police stations are Parnasree, Haridevpur, Garfa, Patuli, Survey Park, Pragati Maidan, Bansdroni and Rajabagan.[5]
Education
Vivekananda College was established at Barisha in 1950 as Barisha College, renamed Vivekananda College in 1956 and shifted to Thakurpukur in 1959. Affiliated with the University of Calcutta, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science, journalism & mass communications, physics, chemistry, mathematics, economics, botany, zoology, computer science, biochemistry, and environmental science.
Other Educational Institutions nearby are
- Vivekananda College for Women
- El Bethel School
- M. P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School
- Meghmala Roy Education Centre
- Sarsuna College
- Sarsuna Law College
- National Gems School
- Barisha Purba Para High school
- Barisha Vivekananda Boys High School
- Barisha Vivekananda Girls High School
- Gournagar High School
Some popular coaching centers and career counselling services nearby are
- Pathfinder
- Allen Coaching
- Naboday Coaching
- Mashtishkam
- Alankrita Careers and Alankrita Tutorials
- I leap
- RICE
- ICA
and many more.[6]
Market
Thakurpukur Bazar is one of the biggest and most versatile market in South Kolkata. Starting from vegetables, meat, fish, groceries stores up to clothing, electronics, gadgets all kind of necessary commodities are available here.
Shopping complexes like
Hospitals and Treatment Centres
One of the oldest cancer treatment centre of Kolkata is situated here as Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Which is located off the Mahatma Gandhi Road. The hospital is locally known as Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital. This hospital is one of the important landmark of this area.
Besides Cancer Hospital, many other hospitals and treatment centres are available here like D.M Hospital, Apollo Clinic, Swadesh Basu Hospital, BMRI Hospital, Kasturi Medical center, Advanced Neuropsychiatry Institute, Humanity Hospital etc.
References
- ^ "Kolkata district".
- ^ "Electors Details As On 30-10-2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013.
- ^ "KMC Wards in South 24 Parganas".
- ^ a b "Kolkata Police". South West Division. KP. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Midnight change of guard – 17 more police stations come under Lalbazar". The Telegraph, 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Vivekananda College". VC. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
External links
Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage