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Neighbourhood in Kolkata in West Bengal, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santoshpur is a neighbourhood of Southern Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It is loosely bounded by Garfa to the north, the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass to the east, Jadavpur to the west and Baghajatin to the south.[4]
Santoshpur | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
Coordinates: 22.491°N 88.383°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
City | Kolkata |
District | Kolkata[1][2][3] |
Kolkata Suburban Railway | Jadavpur railway station and Baghajatin railway station |
Metro Station | Jyotirindra Nath Nandi and Satyajit Ray |
Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
KMC wards | 103, 104, 109 |
Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 700075 |
Area code | +91 33 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
This area was initially part of Jadavpur. The area was mainly shallow marshy lands and agricultural fields even as late as the seventies. Some houses were built in the fifties and sixties mostly on the eastern side of the Jadavpur railway station. Residents are mostly East Bengali refugees.[5]
Jyotirindra Nath Nandi metro station and Satyajit Ray metro station, under construction on the Kavi Subhas-Biman Bandar route (Kolkata Metro Line 6), would serve Santoshpur, Ajoy Nagar, Survey Park areas lying close to the E.M. Bypass section of the city.[6][7]
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