Thakurpukur is a neighborhood in
Behala area of
South West Kolkata in the
Indian state
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of
West Bengal
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. It is majorly a residential region although there are quite a few numbers of Schools, Colleges, Hospitals and Shopping Malls. This was a remote area until a few decades ago, but as a result of urbanization today it has become an urban area with all kinds of amenities. Thakurpukur was also under the
Barisha area of
Sabarna Roy Choudhury's zamindari era. It is also home of famous singer
Anupam Roy
Anupam Roy (born 29 March 1982) is an Indian Bengali singer-songwriter, music director, composer, writer, guitarist, playback singer, engineer from Kolkata, India. He made his debut with ''Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao'' & ''Benche Thakar Gaan'', ...
.
Administration
Police district
Thakurpukur police station is part of the
South West division (Behala Division) of
Kolkata Police
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. It is located at 123/117, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata-700063.
, located at the same address as above, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South West division i.e.
Sarsuna,
Taratala, Behala, Parnasree, Thakurpukur, and Haridevpur.
Jadavpur
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, ''Thakurpukur'',
Behala, Purba Jadavpur, Tiljala, Regent Park, Metiabruz, Nadial, and
Kasba police stations were transferred from South 24 Parganas to Kolkata in 2011. Except for Metiabruz, all the police stations were split into two. The new police stations are
Parnasree, Haridevpur,
Garfa,
Patuli, Survey Park, Pragati Maidan, Bansdroni and Rajabagan.
Education
Vivekananda College was established at
Barisha in 1950 as ''Barisha College'', renamed Vivekananda College in 1956 and shifted to Thakurpukur in 1959. Affiliated with the
University of Calcutta
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, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science, journalism & mass communications, physics, chemistry, mathematics, economics, botany, zoology, computer science, biochemistry, and environmental science.
Other Educational Institutions nearby are
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Vivekananda College for Women
# El Bethel School
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M. P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School
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Meghmala Roy Education Centre
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Sarsuna College
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Sarsuna Law College
# National Gems School
# Barisha Purba Para High school
# Barisha Vivekananda Boys High School
# Barisha Vivekananda Girls High School
# Gournagar High School
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Bratachari Vidyasram
Market
Thakurpukur Bazar is one of the biggest and most versatile market in South Kolkata. Starting from vegetables, meat, fish, groceries stores up to clothing, electronics, gadgets all kind of necessary commodities are available here.
Hospitals and Treatment Centres
One of the oldest cancer treatment centre of
Kolkata
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is situated here as
Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Which is located off the Mahatma Gandhi Road. The hospital is locally known as Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital. This hospital is one of the important landmark of this area.
Besides Cancer Hospital, many other hospitals and treatment centres are available here like D.M Hospital,
Apollo Clinic, Swadesh Basu Hospital, BMRI Hospital, Kasturi Medical centre, Advanced Neuropsychiatry Institute, Humanity Hospital etc.
References
External links
{{Neighbourhoods in Kolkata
Neighbourhoods in Kolkata