Chetla is a neighbourhood of
South Kolkata
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in
Kolkata district
Kolkata district (formerly known as Calcutta district) is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Kolkata.
History
Long before the British came to India, the ''zamindari'' (land lordship) of all lands from Barisha to ...
in the
India
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n
state
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Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
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of
West Bengal
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.
Geography
Police district
Chetla police station is part of the
South division of
Kolkata Police
The Kolkata Police Force (KPF) is one of the two presidency police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata Police has the task of policing the metropolitan area (apart from Bidhannagar and New Town, which are served by the Bidhannag ...
and is located at 19/4 Pitamber Ghatak Lane, Kolkata-700027.
See also �
Chetla police station boundary map
Tollygunge Womens police station has jurisdiction over all the police districts in the South Division, i.e. Park Street, Shakespeare Sarani, Alipore, Hastings, Maidan, Bhowanipore, Kalighat, Tollygunge, Charu Market, New Alipur and Chetla.
Culture
The renovated ''nabaratna'' temple of the Mandal family in Chetla is the largest and most important temple of this type in south Kolkata.
[Lahiri Choudhury, Dhriti Kanta, ''Trends in Calcutta Architecture 1690-1903'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, pages 169-170, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.]
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Neighbourhoods in Kolkata