Garia is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is bordered by the neighbourhoods of Jadavpur in the north, Bansdroni/Tollygunge in the north-west, Santoshpur/Mukundapur in the north-east and Narendrapur/Rajpur Sonarpur in the south. It is on the banks of Adi Ganga.
Garia | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
 Garia Patuli | |
  Garia Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°27′46″N 88°23′48″E / 22.4629°N 88.3968°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Metro Station | Gitanjali, Kavi Nazrul, Shahid Khudiram, Kavi Subhash |
| Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality |
| KMC wards | 100, 101, 109, 110, 111 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700084, 700047, 700094, 700152 |
| Area code | +91 33 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Jadavpur and Sonarpur Uttar |
Geographic location
editThe 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
editGaria is one of the major shopping areas of Kolkata.[1] Notable shopping malls and department stores include:
- Metropolis Mall, Hiland Park, EM Bypass, Chak Garia[2]
- Smart Bazaar, Orbit Mall, Garia[3]
- Spencer's, Garia Station Road[4]
- Spencer's Express, Baishnabghata Patuli Township[5]
- Spencer's Express, Tolly Heights, Naktala[6]
- Proyozonio[7]
- Bizarre Bazar[8]
- Sonar Bangla Shopping Complex[9]
- 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
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Several medical institutes are found within Garia.
- The Apollo Clinic[10]
- Bengal Rural Welfare Service (BRWS) Hospital
- Banchbo Healing Touch[11]
- 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)[12]
- Remedy Diagnostic Center
- Medich Health Clinic and Diagnostic Centre
- Friends Diagnostic Private Limited
- Mother Teresa Memorial TB Hospital and Research Centre[13]
- Neotia Mediplus Super Specialty Clinic (part of Park Hospitals), 168 Garia Main Road, Kolkata 700084 (Opp. 228 bus stand)
Education
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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[14]
- Dinabandhu Andrews College-affiliated to Calcutta University.[15]
- Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
- Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta[16]
- Seacom Marine College[17]
- National Institute of Hotel Management, Kolkata
- Sammilani Mahavidyalaya[18]
- K.K. Das College[19]
- Future Institute of Engineering and Management
- Swami Vivekananda Institute of Science and Technology
- Neotia Academy Of Nursing, Chak Garia[20]
- Indus Valley World School[21]
- Welland Gouldsmith School[22]
- Techno India Group Public School[23]
- Techno Model School[24]
- Miranda High School[25]
- B.D. Memorial Institute-Mahamayatala[26]
- Garia Baroda Prasad High School
- Garia Harimati Devi U. Balika School
- Garia Vidyabhavana South School[27]
- 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
editIn early 1953, the principal photography of Satyajit Ray's debut film Pather Panchali 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 bamboo groves near a pond in Garia.[28]
Notable people
edit- Ashapurna Devi, novelist and poet
- Anurag Basu, film director
- Kaushik Ganguly, film director
- Churni Ganguly, actress
- Locket Chatterjee, actress
- Rashid Khan, classical singer
- Srijato, poet
- Kabir Suman, poet, singer, musician and socio-political activist
- Sayak Chakraborty, television actor
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Shopping areas in Kolkata". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ Metropolis Mall, Hiland Park Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Big Bazaar-Garia". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ Spencers-Garia
- ^ Spencers-Patuli
- ^ "Spencer's Express-Naktala". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ "Proyozonio-Garia". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ Bizarre Bazar-Garia
- ^ "Sonar Bangla Shopping Complex". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ "The Apollo Clinic Clinics". Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ Banchbo Healing Touch Official Website
- ^ SMiLZ Dental Treatment Facility
- ^ KMC Chest Clinics
- ^ Indian Centre for Space Physics
- ^ "Affiliated colleges of Calcutta University". Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta address[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Seacom Marine College address". Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ "Sammilani Mahavidyalaya college address". Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ "K.K. Das college address". Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ "List of Schools of Nursing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ Indus Valley World School
- ^ "ISC schools in Kolkata". Archived from the original on 8 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Techno India Group Public School Branches". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ "Techno India Model School Branches". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ Calcuttaweb-Schools Archived 2007-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "B.D. Memorial School locations". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ Garia Vidyabhavana South
- ^ "Apu Doesn't Live Here Anymore". Indian Express. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Garia.
Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage