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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
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Thakurpukur,D.H Road
Thakurpukur Location in Kolkata
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

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

1. Vivekananda Women's College
2. El Bethel School
3. M.P.Birla School
4. Sarsuna College
5. Sarsuna Law College
6. National Gems School
7. Barisha Purba Para High school
8. Barisha Vivekananda Boys High School
9. Barisha Vivekananda Girls High School

Some popular coaching centers and career counselling services nearby are

1. Pathfinder
2. Allen Coaching
3. Naboday Coaching
4. Mashtishkam
5. Alankrita Careers and Alankrita Tutorials
6. I leap
7. RICE
8. ICA

and many more.

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Market

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.

References

External links

Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage

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