Bantala is a neighbourhood of East Kolkata in the

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Geography

Area overview

Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 10

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s. The entire district is situated in the

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and the northern part of the subdivision is a flat plain bordering the metropolis of

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Location

Bantala is located at .

Civic administration

Police station

Kolkata Leather Complex police station is part of the East division of

Kolkata Police The Kolkata Police () (formerly "Calcutta Police"), is the Law enforcement in India, territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within the Kolkata metropolitan region, metropolitan area of the city of Kolkata, ...

. It is Located at Karaidanga, PO Bhojerhat-743502. Kolkata Leather Complex police station was created in 2017, under South Industrial police district in South 24 Parganas district and transferred to

in the same year. Kolkata Leather Complex police station has jurisdiction over

Bhangar I Bhangar I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Baruipur subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography The Bhangar I CD block is located at . It has an average ele ...

and

Bhangar II Bhangar II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Baruipur subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography The Bhangar II CD block is located at . It has an average e ...

CD blocks.

Economy

Kolkata Leather Complex

Kolkata Leather Complex is an area that houses Kolkata's leather industry. It is spread over an area of . It has the capacity of developing 1,000 tonnes of hides per day. It is the second most important tanning centre in the country, accounting for about 22-25% of the tanning in the country. Kolkata Leather Complex was set up following a Supreme Court directive to the city's tanneries, on 19 December 1996, to shift to Bantala. It was formally inaugurated on 30 July 2005.

Information Technology

Bantala IT SEZ is spread over 130 acres.

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operates from a 20-acre campus.

Transport

Basanti Highway (part of State Highway 3) is the artery of the area. The road is connected with EM Bypass at Dhapa.Google maps

Bus

Private Bus

* 213 Ghatakpukur -

Babughat Babughat (also Babooghat, or Baje Kadamtala Ghat, and ''Baboo Raj Chandra Ghat'') is one of the many ghats built during British Raj, along the bank of Hooghly River on Strand Road, Kolkata at B. B. D. Bagh, Kolkata. The ghat has a tall colon ...

* 213A Ghatakpukur - Rajabazar * 213/1 Ghatakpukur - Shibpur Botanic Garden * DN16/1 Dhamakhali -

Barasat Barasat () is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Barasat Sadar subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (K ...

* SD24

Sonakhali, Basanti Sonakhali is a village within the jurisdiction of the Basanti police station in the Basanti CD block in the Canning subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overview Canning subdivis ...

Alipore Zoo The Zoological Garden, Alipore (also informally called the Alipore Zoo or Kolkata Zoo) is India's oldest formally stated zoological park (as opposed to royal and British menageries) and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata, West Bengal. It has ...

CTC Bus

* C2A Ghatakpukur -

Tollygunge Tollygunge (; nicknamed 'Mini Mumbai' or 'Mini Bombay') is a locality of South Kolkata, in West Bengal, India. It is known for being the center of Indian Bengali-language cinema, with filming locations used for other regional Indian films. G ...

* T12 Chaital Ghat -

Howrah Station Howrah railway station (also known as Howrah Junction) is a railway station located in the city of Howrah, of Kolkata Metropolitan Area, West Bengal, India. It is the largest and busiest railway complex in India, as well as one of the busie ...

Bus Route Without Number

* Malancha -

Kolkata Station Kolkata railway station (KOAA), formerly known as Chitpur railway station, is the newest of the five large railway stations serving Kolkata metropolitan region, West Bengal, India. The others are Sealdah railway station, Sealdah, Howrah Junctio ...

Train

Park Circus railway station on

Sealdah South lines Sealdah South section consists of a set of four lines which connect in Kolkata with its southern suburbs and with the entire South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. It is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway and is under the jurisd ...

is the nearest railway station.

References

External links

{{Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district