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			{{Short description\|Neighbourhood in Maheshtala, West Bengal, India}}
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	{{Use Indian English\|date=June 2017}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=June 2017}}
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	\| subdivision_name2 = [[Presidency division\|Presidency]]		\| subdivision_name2 = [[Presidency division\|Presidency]]
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	'''Batanagar''' is a neighbourhood in ~~the~~ [[Maheshtala]] ~~city~~ of the [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web		'''Batanagar''' is a neighbourhood in [[Maheshtala]] of the [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web
	\|url=http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html		\|url=http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html
	\|title=Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area		\|title=Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area
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	==History==		==History==
	Batanagar was established to ~~start~~ the first shoe factory in India by Czechoslovak industrialist [[Tomáš Baťa]]. The Bata brand was ~~established~~ on 24 August 1894 in [[Zlín]], then in [[Austria-Hungary]] (now in [[Czech Republic]]). The company first established itself in India in 1931 by renting a building to start an experimental shoe production plant in [[Konnagar]] with 75 Czechoslovak experts. [[Jan Antonín Baťa]] then built up an industrial manufacturing city called Batanagar in 1934, as well as other factories in [[Delhi]] and [[Patna]] and elsewhere in India, employing more than 7,000 people. Later Batanagar became one of the bigger suburban cities near [[Kolkata]].		{{Unreferenced section\|date=September 2023}}

			Batanagar was established to build the first shoe factory in India by Czechoslovak industrialist [[Tomáš Baťa]]. The [[Bata Corporation\|Bata]] brand was launched on 24 August 1894 in [[Zlín]], then in [[Austria-Hungary]] (now in the [[Czech Republic]]). The company first established itself in India in 1931 by renting a building to start an experimental shoe production plant in [[Konnagar]], with 75 Czechoslovak experts. [[Jan Antonín Baťa]] then built up an industrial manufacturing city called Batanagar in 1934 as well as other factories in [[Delhi]] and [[Patna]] and elsewhere in India, employing more than 7,000 people. Later, Batanagar became one of the bigger suburban cities near [[Kolkata]].

	==Geography==		==Geography==
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	===Area overview===		===Area overview===
	Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 [[census town]]s. The entire district is situated in the [[Ganges Delta]] and the subdivision, on the east bank of the [[Hooghly River]], is an [[alluvium\|alluvial]] stretch, with industrial development.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas \|work = Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b \|publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 5 December 2019 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|archive-date = 21 January 2019 \|url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf\| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory \|work= Page 13, Physiography\| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal \|access-date = 5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas \| work = Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 \| publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 \| access-date = 5 December 2019 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| archive-date = 5 October 2016 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>		Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 [[census town]]s. The entire district is situated in the [[Ganges Delta]] and the subdivision, on the east bank of the [[Hooghly River]], is an [[alluvium\|alluvial]] stretch, with industrial development.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas \|work = Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b \|publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 5 December 2019 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|archive-date = 21 January 2019 \|url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf\| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory \|work= Page 13, Physiography\| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal \|access-date = 5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas \| work = Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 \| publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 \| access-date = 5 December 2019 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm \| archive-date = 5 October 2016 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>

	<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>		<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>
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	==Economy==		==Economy==
	[[File:BATA_INDIA_LTD_Batananagar_West_Bengal_02.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Entrance of Bata ~~India~~ factory ~~at Batanagar~~]]		[[File:BATA_INDIA_LTD_Batananagar_West_Bengal_02.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Entrance of the Bata shoe factory]]
	It is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company [[Bata Shoes\|Bata]]. There is a plant of the Bata company here. The employees mostly reside in Batanagar. ~~Not only the Bata India~~ Shoe ~~factory, another very remarkable feature of Batanagar, is that shoe~~-making is a predominant cottage industry in Batanagar~~. Countless~~ houses and families ~~are~~ dedicated to manufacturing shoes ~~of various makes -~~ leather, PVC, jute, etc. for ~~some of the leading~~ shoe brands in India. For example - [[Khadim's]], ~~SreeLeathers~~, Titas and Liberty ~~which are some of the most renowned shoe makers in India,~~ have outsourced a major portion of their shoe making process to the various entities in Batanagar. ~~Every alternate home in Batanagar houses a small unit which is manufacturing shoes.~~		It is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company [[Bata Shoes\|Bata]]. There is a plant of the Bata company here. The employees mostly reside in Batanagar. Shoe-making is a predominant cottage industry in Batanagar, with houses and families dedicated to manufacturing shoes from leather, PVC, jute, etc. for shoe brands in India. For example - [[Khadim's]], [[Sreeleathers]], Titas and Liberty have outsourced a major portion of their shoe making process to the various entities in Batanagar.{{citation needed\|date=March 2024}}

	This feature was born out of necessity, as most of the families residing in Batanagar are dependent on the Bata factory for their livelihood, hence whenever the factory gets locked-out, these families are very severely affected. Hence shoe making from their homes has given them an alternate source of earning.		This feature was born out of necessity, as most of the families residing in Batanagar are dependent on the Bata factory for their livelihood, hence whenever the factory gets locked-out, these families are very severely affected. Hence shoe making from their homes has given them an alternate source of earning.{{citation needed\|date=March 2024}}

			==Education==
			[[Techno International Batanagar]], established in 2012, offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://tib.edu.in/ \|title = Techno International Batanagar \|publisher= TIB \| access-date = 29 October 2019 }}</ref>

	==Transport==		==Transport==
	[[File:Maheshtala,Budge Budge Trunk Road.jpg\|thumb\|[[Batanagar Flyover]] along the BBT Road]]		[[File:Maheshtala,Budge Budge Trunk Road.jpg\|thumb\|[[Batanagar Flyover]] along with the BBT Road]]
			Batanagar is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.<ref name="google">Google maps</ref>

	Batanagar is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.<ref name="google">Google maps</ref>The auto-rickshaws running in various routes bring the important crossings of Batanagar, [[Taratala]] and [[Behala]] within easy reach.		[[Nangi railway station]] is located nearby.<ref name="google"/>
			==Notable residents==
	[[Nangi railway station]] ~~on the [[Sealdah railway station\|Sealdah]] - [[Komagata Maru Budge Budge railway station\|Budge Budge]] Line~~ is located nearby.<ref name="google"/>		*[[Smaranjit Chakraborty]], Writer

	==~~Education~~==
	[[~~Techno International Batanagar~~]], established in 2012, offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://tib.edu.in/ \|title = Techno International Batanagar \|publisher= TIB \| access-date = 29 October 2019 }}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
			* {{Commons-inline}}

	{{South 24 Parganas}}		{{South 24 Parganas}}
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	{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}		{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
			{{Authority control}}

	[[Category:Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district]]		[[Category:Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district]]
	[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]		[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
	[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]		[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]
	~~[[Category:Planned cities in West Bengal]]~~

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	'''Batanagar''' is a neighbourhood in the [[Maheshtala]] of the [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web		'''Batanagar''' is a neighbourhood in the [[Maheshtala]] city of the [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web
	\|url=http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html		\|url=http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html
	\|title=Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area		\|title=Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area
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	==Economy==		==Economy==
	It is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company [[Bata Shoes\|Bata]]. There is a plant of the Bata company here. The employees mostly reside in Batanagar. Not only the Bata India Shoe factory, another very remarkable feature of Batanagar, is that shoe-making is a predominant cottage industry in Batanagar. Countless houses and families are dedicated to manufacturing shoes of various makes - leather, PVC, jute, etc. for some of the leading shoe brands in India. For example - Khadim's, SreeLeathers, Titas and Liberty which are some of the most renowned shoe makers in India, have outsourced a major portion of their shoe making process to the various entities in Batanagar. Every alternate home in Batanagar houses a small unit which is manufacturing shoes.		[[File:BATA_INDIA_LTD_Batananagar_West_Bengal_02.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Entrance of Bata India factory at Batanagar]]
			It is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company [[Bata Shoes\|Bata]]. There is a plant of the Bata company here. The employees mostly reside in Batanagar. Not only the Bata India Shoe factory, another very remarkable feature of Batanagar, is that shoe-making is a predominant cottage industry in Batanagar. Countless houses and families are dedicated to manufacturing shoes of various makes - leather, PVC, jute, etc. for some of the leading shoe brands in India. For example - [[Khadim's]], SreeLeathers, Titas and Liberty which are some of the most renowned shoe makers in India, have outsourced a major portion of their shoe making process to the various entities in Batanagar. Every alternate home in Batanagar houses a small unit which is manufacturing shoes.

	This feature was born out of necessity, as most of the families residing in Batanagar are dependent on the Bata factory for their livelihood, hence whenever the factory gets locked-out, these families are very severely affected. Hence shoe making from their homes has given them an alternate source of earning.		This feature was born out of necessity, as most of the families residing in Batanagar are dependent on the Bata factory for their livelihood, hence whenever the factory gets locked-out, these families are very severely affected. Hence shoe making from their homes has given them an alternate source of earning.

	==Transport==		==Transport==
	~~Batanagar is on the~~ Budge Budge Trunk Road.~~<ref name="google">Google maps</ref>~~		[[File:Maheshtala,Budge Budge Trunk Road.jpg\|thumb\|[[Batanagar Flyover]] along the BBT Road]]

	[[Nangi railway station]] is located nearby.<ref name="google"/>		Batanagar is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.<ref name="google">Google maps</ref>The auto-rickshaws running in various routes bring the important crossings of Batanagar, [[Taratala]] and [[Behala]] within easy reach.

			[[Nangi railway station]] on the [[Sealdah railway station\|Sealdah]] - [[Komagata Maru Budge Budge railway station\|Budge Budge]] Line is located nearby.<ref name="google"/>

	==Education==		==Education==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{Commons-inline\|Category:Batanagar}}

	{{South 24 Parganas}}		{{South 24 Parganas}}
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	{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}		{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}
	{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}		{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
	~~{{Authority control}}~~

	[[Category:Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district]]		[[Category:Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district]]
	[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]		[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
	[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]		[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]
			[[Category:Planned cities in West Bengal]]

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'''Batanagar''' is a neighbourhood in the [[Maheshtala]] of the [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref>

==History==
Batanagar was established to start the first shoe factory in India by Czechoslovak industrialist [[Tomáš Baťa]]. The Bata brand was established on 24 August 1894 in [[Zlín]], then in [[Austria-Hungary]] (now in [[Czech Republic]]). The company first established itself in India in 1931 by renting a building to start an experimental shoe production plant in [[Konnagar]] with 75 Czechoslovak experts. [[Jan Antonín Baťa]] then built up an industrial manufacturing city called Batanagar in 1934, as well as other factories in [[Delhi]] and [[Patna]] and elsewhere in India, employing more than 7,000 people. Later Batanagar became one of the bigger suburban cities near [[Kolkata]].

==Geography==
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===Area overview===
Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 [[census town]]s. The entire district is situated in the [[Ganges Delta]] and the subdivision, on the east bank of the [[Hooghly River]], is an [[alluvium|alluvial]] stretch, with industrial development.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas |work = Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 5 December 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory |work= Page 13, Physiography| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas | work = Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 | publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 | access-date = 5 December 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | archive-date = 5 October 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

===Location===
Batanagar is located at {{coord|22.5133|N|88.2230|E|format=dms}}. It has an average elevation of {{convert|9|m}}.

==Economy==
It is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company [[Bata Shoes|Bata]]. There is a plant of the Bata company here. The employees mostly reside in Batanagar. Not only the Bata India Shoe factory, another very remarkable feature of Batanagar, is that shoe-making is a predominant cottage industry in Batanagar. Countless houses and families are dedicated to manufacturing shoes of various makes - leather, PVC, jute, etc. for some of the leading shoe brands in India. For example - Khadim's, SreeLeathers, Titas and Liberty which are some of the most renowned shoe makers in India, have outsourced a major portion of their shoe making process to the various entities in Batanagar. Every alternate home in Batanagar houses a small unit which is manufacturing shoes.

This feature was born out of necessity, as most of the families residing in Batanagar are dependent on the Bata factory for their livelihood, hence whenever the factory gets locked-out, these families are very severely affected. Hence shoe making from their homes has given them an alternate source of earning.

==Transport==
Batanagar is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.<ref name="google">Google maps</ref>

[[Nangi railway station]] is located nearby.<ref name="google"/>

==Education==
[[Techno International Batanagar]], established in 2012, offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://tib.edu.in/ |title = Techno International Batanagar |publisher= TIB | access-date = 29 October 2019 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons-inline|Category:Batanagar}}

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