Garia is a neighbourhood of

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in the

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district in the Indian

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. It is bordered by the neighbourhoods of

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in the north, Bansdroni/

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in the north-west, Santoshpur/ Mukundapur in the north-east and Narendrapur/

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in the south. It is on the banks of Adi Ganga.

Geographic location

The junction of Raja S.C.Mullick Road, N.S.C. Bose Road and Garia Main Road adjacent to Kanungo Park is known as "Garia More".

Shopping

Garia is one of the major shopping areas of Kolkata. Notable shopping malls and department stores include: * Metropolis Mall, Hiland Park, EM Bypass, Chak Garia * Smart Bazaar, Orbit Mall, Garia * Spencer's, Garia Station Road * Spencer's Express, Baishnabghata Patuli Township * Spencer's Express, Tolly Heights, Naktala * Proyozonio * Bizarre Bazar * Sonar Bangla Shopping Complex * Pooja Plaza (Near Garia Bazaar) * Parnashree Market (Near Garia Main Road) * New Raghunath Market * Brand Factory (Near Mahamayatala, Garia) * Bazaar Kolkata (Mahamayatala, Garia)

Medical facilities

Several medical institutes are found within Garia. * The Apollo Clinic * Bengal Rural Welfare Service (BRWS) Hospital * Banchbo Healing Touch * Peerless Hospital (Panchasayar) * Remedy Hospital (Kalitala) * Lifeline Hospital (Pratapgarh) * Namita Biswas Memorial Eye Hospital (Garia Station) * Sevangan Nursing Home * Smilz Dental Treatment Facility (Garia Park) * Remedy Diagnostic Center * Medich Health Clinic and Diagnostic Centre * Friends Diagnostic Private Limited * Mother Teresa Memorial TB Hospital and Research Centre *Neotia Mediplus Super Specialty Clinic (part of Park Hospitals), 168 Garia Main Road, Kolkata 700084 (Opp. 228 bus stand)

Education

Garia is home to several academic, research and professional institutions. Major colleges, schools and research institutions located here include: * Netaji Subhash Engineering College * Indian Centre for Space Physics, Garia Station Road * Dinabandhu Andrews College-affiliated to

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. *

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* Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta * Seacom Marine College * National Institute of Hotel Management, Kolkata * Sammilani Mahavidyalaya * K.K. Das College * Future Institute of Engineering and Management * Swami Vivekananda Institute of Science and Technology * Neotia Academy Of Nursing, Chak Garia * Indus Valley World School * Welland Gouldsmith School * Techno India Group Public School * Techno Model School * Miranda High School * B.D. Memorial Institute-Mahamayatala * Garia Baroda Prasad High School * Garia Harimati Devi U. Balika School * Garia Vidyabhavana South School * Kids World School * Ideal commercial College * Garia Madrasah Badrul Uloom Quraniya - Islamic Educational Institute * Balia Nafar Chandra Balika Vidyalaya * Tentulberia Anukul Chandra High School

In popular culture

In early 1953, the

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Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...

's debut

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'' was done at Boral, which was then a small village on the outskirts of Kolkata and is now a locality of Garia. A decade later, Ray again shot a scene of '' Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne'' in the dense

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groves near a pond in Garia.

Notable people

* Ashapurna Devi, novelist and poet *

Anurag Basu Anurag Basu (born 8 May 1970) is an Indian director, screenwriter, actor and producer in Hindi cinema. He is best known for films that tackle bold themes of passion, envy, and adultery. After initial setbacks, he achieved his breakthrough with ...

, film director *

Kaushik Ganguly Kaushik Ganguly (born 4 August 1968) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Multiple National Film Awards winner Actor-Director, Kaushik Ganguly is known for making films that explore vario ...

, film director * Churni Ganguly, actress * Locket Chatterjee, actress *

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, classical singer *

Srijato Srijato Bandyopadhyay is an Indian poet of the Bengali language. He won the Ananda Puroskar in 2004 for his book ''Udanta Sawb Joker: All Those Flying Jokers''. In 2014, he won the Filmfare Awards East 2014, Filmfare Awards East for Best Lyrici ...

, poet *

Kabir Suman Kabir Suman (; born as Suman Chattopadhyay; 16 March 1949) is an Indian singer-songwriter, musician, music director, music composer, writer, actor, politician, and former journalist.Sayak Chakraborty, television actor

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