Santoshpur is a

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural are ...

in the

southern Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...

part of

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. It is loosely bounded by

Garfa Garfa is a southern neighborhood of Kolkata, India. This area is surrounded by Haltu, Nandi bagan, Jadavpur and Kalikapur. Starting as a refugee colony within Jadavpur, Garfa is now primarily a residential area within Kolkata. Geography Gar ...

to the north, the

Eastern Metropolitan Bypass The Eastern Metropolitan Bypass (known simply as both ''E.M. Bypass'' and ''EM Bypass'') is a (Including Kamalgazi to Baruipur extension) major road on the east side of Kolkata. It connects Ultadanga (North Kolkata) to Baruipur Puratan Baza ...

to the east,

Jadavpur Jadavpur is a southern neighbourhood of Kolkata in the district of Kolkata of West Bengal, India. Jadavpur is one of the important junctions in South Kolkata. Jadavpur University and a number of research institutes of national and international ...

to the west and

Baghajatin Baghajatin is a locality of South Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It has been named in honour of Jatindranath Mukherjee whose nom de guerre was Bagha (Tiger) Jatin. It is located in the southern part of the city and is surrounded by Jadavpur a ...

to the south.

History of Santoshpur area

From the 1950s

This area was initially part of

. 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 Rail Station Jadavpur is a southern neighbourhood of Kolkata in the district of Kolkata of West Bengal, India. Jadavpur is one of the important junctions in South Kolkata. Jadavpur University and a number of research institutes of national and international ...

. Residents are mostly

East Bengali refugees East Bengali Refugees are people who left East Bengal following the Partition of Bengal (1947), Partition of Bengal, which was part of the Indian independence movement, Independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. An overwhelming majority of these ...

Transport

Jyotirindra Nath Nandi metro station Jyotirindra Nath Nandi Metro Station is an under construction metro station of Line 6 of the Kolkata Metro. The station would serve Mukundapur, Santoshpur and Ajoy Nagar areas outlying the E.M. Bypass section of the city. The station is named ...

and

Satyajit Ray metro station Satyajit Ray Metro Station is a station of the Kolkata Metro Line 6 in Chak Garia, E.M. Bypass, Kolkata, India. The station is named in honour of the great Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray. The elevated structure is located above the Eastern Metro ...

, under construction on the Kavi Subhas-Biman Bandar route (

Kolkata Metro Line 6 Kolkata Metro Line 6 or the Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro is an under-construction rapid transit line that will connect New Garia with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport via two satellite towns Salt Lake and New Town. The line ...

), would serve Santoshpur,

Ajoy Nagar Ajoy Nagar is a southern neighbourhood of Kolkata, India. Ajoy Nagar is surrounded by Santoshpur, Kalikapur, Mukundapur and Garia. Transport Jyotirindra Nath Nandi metro station and Satyajit Ray metro station, under construction on the Kavi S ...

Survey Park Survey Park is a neighbourhood within the Santoshpur area of East Kolkata in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Police district Survey Park police station is part of the East division of Kolkata Police. It is located at Grou ...

areas lying close to the

E.M. Bypass The Eastern Metropolitan Bypass (known simply as both ''E.M. Bypass'' and ''EM Bypass'') is a (Including Kamalgazi to Baruipur extension) major road on the east side of Kolkata. It connects Ultadanga (North Kolkata) to Baruipur Puratan Bazar ...

section of the city.

References

{{Kolkata neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods in Kolkata