Nandy Bagan or Nandi Bagan is a neighbourhood of

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in the

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. It is a residential area surrounded with Kasba,

Haltu Haltu is a neighbourhood of Southern Kolkata in West Bengal, India. This is mainly a residential area surrounded with Kasba, Jadavpur, Nandi Bagan, Kalikapur, Dhakuria and Selimpur. Transport Garfa Main Road and Kalikapur Road intersect h ...

, Garfa,

Jadavpur Jadavpur is a neighbourhood of Kolkata, South Kolkata in Kolkata district in 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 ...

, Babu Bagan,

Dhakuria Dhakuria is a locality of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the southern part of the city and is surrounded by Ballygunge and Kasba in the north, Haltu in the east, Jadavpur/ Garia in the ...

, Naskarpara, Shahid Nagar, Bosepukur and Selimpur. It is traditionally an upper-middle-class neighbourhood, situated around the Nandi Bagan community playground. However, with the newly constructed

Prince Anwar Shah Road Prince Anwar Shah Road is a 4 laned major road in Southern parts of Kolkata, India. It is named after Prince Ghulam Mohammed Anwar Ali Shah, one of Tipu Sultan's 12 sons. Route The road is one of major east-west connector of the city. It star ...

connector with the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, property prices have increased in the area. The area is covered by the Garfa Police Station of the

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. The Haltu Post Office serves the area.

History

Nandi Bagan was a part of the early settlements of

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immigrants from

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who were displaced from their homeland during the

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in 1971. The area saw rapid development after the construction of a new rail over bridge (

Bijon Setu Bijon Setu is a bridge situated above Ballygunge Junction railway station connects EM Bypass through Kasba with Gariahat. History The bridge is named after a Bengali engineer Bijon Basu. 35 year old Basu was an executive engineer of then ...

) in 1978 connecting the area to

Ballygunge Ballygunge is a locality of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the city's most affluent neighbourhoods. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the ...

. With the

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in India in 1991, the area started to attract much investment from property developers.

Neighbourhood

It is an urban middle-class neighbourhood and of late, has become a pricey area of

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because of its proximity to

Jodhpur Park Jodhpur Park is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. Geography It has Dhakuria to the north and the east, the Gariahat Road to the east, Jadavpur to the south and Lake Gardens to the west. In a recent ...

and

. The area is home to a wide variety of people from all walks of life. The roads in this neighborhood are often lined with trees. The area has a planned underground drainage system and street lighting. There are couple of parks and gardens in the area, most notably the Nandi Bagan community playground and a public swimming pool. One of the major thoroughfares in Garfa Main Road, which connects the area to

Gariahat Road Gariahat Road connects Ballygunge Phari with Prince Anwar Shah Road and Raja SC Mullick Road near Jadavpur Police station in the southern part of Kolkata, India. The space under Gariahat Flyover hosts one of the most prominent open air public ...

and Jadavpur. It also connects the area to Prince Anwar Shah Road connector. The street has a diverse selection of restaurants, from Chinese joints to South Indian food and a wide variety of local snack-bars. Recent developments include opening of big banking outlets like State Bank of India, AXIS Bank, Allahabad Bank and Bank of India.

Transport

The area is well connected with Kolkata's bus network. Garfa Main Road is the artery of the area.Google maps

Bus

Private Bus

* 1 Ramnagar - Mukundapur * 212

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- Palbazar ( Jadavpur railway station) * SD8 Bibirhat - Nandi Bagan

Mini Bus

* S108/1

P. Majumdar Road DEFUNCT * S108/2

- Safui Para DEFUNCT The area is also served by Auto rickshaws and Taxis. Auto rickshaws ply from Ramlal Bazaar to Fern Road and sometimes to Gariahat, on the other end from Kayastha Para to Ruby General Hospital.

Train

Ballygunge Junction railway station Ballygunge Junction railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station on the Main line with an approximate distance from the Sealdah railway station. It is under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. B ...

Dhakuria railway station Dhakuria railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the main line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the local area of Dhakuria in Kolkata ...

and Jadavpur railway station are the nearest railway stations.

Educational institutes

* Haltu High School for Boys * Haltu High School for Girls

Election results

The Councillor of Ward No: 106 is Arijit Das Thakur, belonging to the

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References

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