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| name = Barisha 
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) 
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| image_skyline = বড়িশা, কলকাতা, জনতা কারফিউ, মার্চ ২০, ২০২০.jpg
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| image_caption = Diamond Harbour Rd, Barisha
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Kolkata]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[South 24 Parganas]]<ref>{{cite news |title=South 24 Parganas district|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/ACName?DCID=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Electors Details As On 30-10-2010|url=http://www.s24pgs.gov.in/election/doc/electors%20details.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529011629/http://www.s24pgs.gov.in/election/doc/electors%20details.pdf|archive-date=2013-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=KMC Wards in South 24 Parganas|url=http://s24pgs.gov.in/s24p/page.php?nm=SubDivision}}</ref>
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| parts = [[Ward No. 123, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|123]], [[Ward No. 124, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|124]], [[Ward No. 125, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|125]], [[Ward No. 126, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|126]]
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| postal_code = 700008, 700063
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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'''Barisha''' is a residential and very old locality of [[South Kolkata]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It is a part of [[Behala]] region and divided as Paschim Barisha and Purba Barisha.

== Location ==

Barisha is situated in the southwest of Kolkata about {{Convert|10|km|mi|0}} from the city centre [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]]. The Barisha area is composed of Behala Chowrasta, Janakalyan, Silpara, Sakherbazar and Thakurpukur.

The area borders Behala Manton towards north, Joka towards south, Sarsuna and Dakshin Behala toward West, and Haridevpur, Siriti, Tollygunge towards east.

== Durga puja in Barisha ==
There are several clubs in and around Barisha that organize [[Durga Puja]] every year. Barisha Club in Santosh Roy Road,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Renowned Club in Kolkata |url=https://barishaclub.com/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Barisha Club |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=Say no to war: Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata aims to promote peace and harmony |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/what-s-hot/story/say-no-to-war-durga-puja-pandal-in-kolkata-aims-to-promote-peace-and-harmony-2450624-2023-10-18 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> State Bank Park Sarbojonin in [[Thakurpukur]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-15 |title=Idol based on child's sketch to be preserved in Thakurpukur |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/kolkata/idol-based-on-childs-sketch-to-be-preserved-in-thakurpukur/cid/2055513 |work=The Telegraph Online}}</ref> East Barisha Govt. Colony, Barisha Jagrihi Women's Welfare Association<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Meanings of Welfare |date=2022-07-28 |title=Charity in Saudi Arabia |pages=39–120 |doi=10.1017/9781009072656.002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-009-07265-6 }}</ref> etc. are some of the clubs that organize Durga Puja. Durga Puja held at the home of the Saborno Roy Chowdhury family is one of the oldest Durga Pujas being performed in India every year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MP |first=Team |date=2022-09-19 |title=City's oldest Puja of Sabarna Roy Chowdhury to enter its 413rd year |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/citys-oldest-puja-of-sabarna-roy-chowdhury-to-enter-its-413rd-year-493379 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[History of Kolkata]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.devarshi.faithweb.com Sabarna Prithivi - The Official website of the Sabarna Roy Choudhury Paribar Parishad]
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Kolkata/Southern fringes}}

{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]

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