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Topsia is a neighbourhood of East Kolkata, in
West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
,
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. Topsia falls in Kolkata district situated in West Bengal state, with a population 94809. The male and female populations are 49388 and 45421 respectively. The size of the area is about 2.8 square kilometer.


History

The
East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...
obtained from the
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Farrukhsiyar Farrukhsiyar (; 20 August 16839 April 1719), also spelled as Farrukh Siyar, was the tenth Mughal emperors, Mughal Emperor from 1713 to 1719. He rose to the throne after deposing his uncle Jahandar Shah. He was an emperor only in name, with all ...
, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these five lay across the Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent
Nawab of Bengal The Nawab of Bengal (, ) was the hereditary ruler of Bengal Subah in Mughal India. In the early 18th-century, the Nawab of Bengal was the ''de facto'' independent ruler of the three regions of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa which constitute the mod ...
, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as ''
Dihi Panchannagram Dihi Panchannagram was a group of 55 villages which the East India Company purchased in 1758 from Mir Jafar, after the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, in what is now the city of Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in ...
'' and Topsia was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the Maratha Ditch. In the eastern fringes of Kolkata, the neighbourhoods such as Tangra, Tiljala, Topsia and Dhapa, were populated largely with people who migrated from poverty-stricken and caste-ridden villages, in
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and
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. They came with dreams of a better life but landed in the slums with open drains, pigsties, factory chimneys and pungent chemicals. They found work in the tanneries and factories, and also engaged in menial work. A big proportion of them were
Chamar Chamar (or Jatav) is a community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's Reservation in India, system of affirmative action that originated from the group of trade persons who were involved in leather tanning and shoemaking. They a ...
s, but there also were
Doms The Doma (), also known as ''Dom'', ''Domra'', ''Domba'', ''Domaka'', ''Dombara'' and ''Dombari'', are castes, or groups, scattered across India. The Doma/Dom were a caste of drummers. According to Tantra scriptures, the Dom were engaged in the ...
, Dosads, Mehtars and Kahars. They were all Harijans and they formed a majority. They escaped from the petty persecution they faced in their villages but were far removed from mainstream urban life and culture. They have been here, living in depressing conditions, for more than a century.


Geography


Police district

Topsia police station is one of the nine police stations in the South-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 106A, New Park Street, Kolkata-700017. Karaya Women police station, has jurisdiction over all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South-east division, i.e. Topsia, Beniapukur, Ballygunge, Gariahat, Lake, Karaya, Rabindra Sarobar and Tiljala.


Economy

Atmosphere An atmosphere () is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A stellar atmosph ...
by the Forum group, is a luxury condominium at Mirania Gardens in Topsia, beside EM Bypass. It consists of twin towers, both rising to a height of 499 feet, across 39 floors. Suspended between the twin towers at the top is a floating sky sculpture, named ''Deya'', meaning cloud. The 100 m tubular sculpture has four levels. Forum Atmosphere is offering 5 BHK apartments, ranging in size from 6,000 to 8,750 sq feet. Each apartment has a private terrace and a garden. As of 2018, the project is in an advanced stage. File:Forum Atmosphere - Residential Complex Under Construction - Kolkata 2016-09-02 6742.JPG, Atmosphere (Kolkata), EM Bypass, East Topsia File:Landmark Hotel - Kolkata 7564.JPG, Landmark Hotel, EM Bypass, East Topsia


Transport


Road

Topsia is located beside the junction of J.B.S. Haldane Avenue ( Park Circus Connector) and E.M. Bypass. Gobinda Chandra Khatik Road/Ambedkar Sarani (towards Tangra) and Basanti Highway (part of SH 3) also start from here. Many buses ply along these roads. Ambedkar Bridge is located on the eastern boundary of Topsia. The bridge connects Science City area with Panchannagram-VIP Bazar along E.M. Bypass, over a canal. The bridge was firstly inaugurated in 2002.


Train

Park Circus railway station on Sealdah South lines is the nearest railway station.


Metro Rail

Ritwik Ghatak metro station (formerly known as Topsia), is an under construction station of the Kolkata Metro Orange Line located in the Topsia area of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, which will be serving Topsia and Uttar Panchanagram areas soon.


Education

*Narayana School *Monu Memorial School(Bengali/Urdu), *Huda Public School, *The Children's Academy, *Tiljala Brajanath Vidyapith, *Aulad Hossain Islamic academy school. *Central Collegiate School, *Royal Grammar School, *Kings Park high school and The Crescent English School, a higher secondary school affiliated to the WBBSE, are located near KB Market on Topsia Road, Topsia.


References


External links

* {{Kolkata neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods in Kolkata