Thakurpukur is a region of South West Kolkata in Behala area of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is majorly a residential region. It has been rapidly developed in the last 20 years and what was a jungle before is now an urban agglomeration in Kolkata's South. Thakurpukur was also under the Barisha area of Sabarna Roy Choudhury's zamindari era.
Thakurpukur | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
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Coordinates: 22.465°N 88.307°E / 22.465; 88.307 | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
City | Kolkata |
District | Kolkata[1][2][3] |
Metro Station | Thakurpukur(under construction) |
Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
KMC ward | 124,125 |
Population | |
• Total | For population see linked KMC ward page |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 700 063,700 061(partly) |
Area code | +91 33 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Behala Purba,Behala Paschim |
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]
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
Some popular coaching centers and career counselling services nearby are
and many more.
Thakurpukur Bazar is one of the biggest and most versatile markets in South Kolkata. Starting from vegetables, meat, fish, groceries stores upto clothing, electronics, gadgets all kind of necessary commodities are available here.
Shopping complexes like Reliance Trends and Reliance Digital and many renowned motorbike showrooms are situated in Thakurpukur.
Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage