Beniapukur is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is adjacent to Park Circus.
Beniapukur | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
Beniapukur Location in Kolkata | |
Coordinates: 22°32′47″N 88°22′10″E / 22.546333°N 88.369525°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
City | Kolkata |
District | Kolkata |
Metro Station | Close to Rabindra Sadan, Close to Maidan, Close to Park Street, Close to Sealdah(under construction) and Close to Barun Sengupta(under construction) |
Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
KMC wards | 59, 60, 61 |
Population | |
• Total | For population see linked KMC ward page |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 700014 |
Area code | +91 33 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ballygunge |
The name of the neighbourhood is derived from two words, benia and pukur. Influential benias or merchants, particularly gandhabaniks, perfume and spice traders, settled here. They had dug a tank or pukur in the area.[1]
The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 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, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as Dihi Panchannagram and Beniapukur was one of them.[2][3][1]
The Maratha Ditch was dug in 1742 and it was partly filled up in 1799 to create the Circular Road (now Acharya Jagaidsh Chandra Bose Road).[1]
Entally, Maniktala, Beliaghata, Ultadanga, Chitpur, Cossipore, parts of Beniapukur, Ballyganj, Watganj and Ekbalpur, and parts of Garden Reach and Tollygunj were added to Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1888. Garden Reach was later taken out.[4]
In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Beniapukur, which is mentioned from the mid-eighteenth century, but the thana dates from the early 19th century.[1]
Beniapukur police station is part of the South East division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 48A, Gorachand Road, Kolkata-700014.[5]
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.[5]
Many buses ply along Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Park Street, Suhrawardy Avenue, Darga Road and CIT Road in Beniapukur. Nonapukur tram depot-cum-workshop, where all manufacturing, modernisation and refurbishing of trams are done, is also situated here. Kolkata tram route no. 25 serves Beniapukur (via Nonapukur-AJC Bose Road-Park Street-Park Circus).[12]
Park Circus railway station on Sealdah South Lines is the nearest railway station. Sealdah Station, one of the major railway-terminals of the city, is also located nearby.
Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage