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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Gora Bazar
|official_name =
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|settlement_type = Neighbourhood
|image_skyline = File:Dum Dum Municipal Office.jpg
|imagesize = 300px
|image_caption = Dum Dum Municipal Headquarters
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|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
|subdivision_type4 = [[Kolkata Metro|Metro Station]]
|subdivision_name4 = [[Dum Dum Cantonment metro station|Dum Dum Cantonment]]
| subdivision_type5 = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway|Railway Station]]
| subdivision_name5 = [[Dum Dum Cantonment railway station|Dum Dum Cantonment]]
|government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
|governing_body = [[Dum Dum Municipality]]
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|demographics_type1 = Languages
|demographics1_title1 = Official
|demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
|timezone = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|utc_offset = +5:30
|coordinates = {{coord|22.6352|N|88.4143|E|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
|postal_code = 700028
|area_code_type = Telephone code
|area_code = +91 33
|registration_plate = WB
|blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]
|blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
|blank2_info_sec1 = [[Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]
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'''Gora Bazar''' is a neighbourhood in [[Dum Dum]] of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is one of the largest markets in the Dum Dum Cantonment area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sylhetiyouthwelfareassociation.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/dum-dum-cantonment/|title=History of Dum Dum Cantonment|date=11 October 2013 |publisher=|access-date=10 Feb 2025}}</ref> It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|publisher=KMDA|access-date=10 Feb 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/map_of_kma_c1fed8|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Area Map|publisher=KMDA|access-date=10 Feb 2025}}</ref>

==Geography==
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| coord = {{coord|22.6352|88.4143}} 
| zoom = 15 
| label = Gora Bazar
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===Post Office===
[[File:Dum Dum Head Post Office and Passport Seva Kendra.jpg|thumb|Dum Dum Head Post Office and Passport Seva Kendra]]
'''Dum Dum''' has a delivery Head post office, with [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] 700028 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. Other post offices with the same PIN are Ordnance Factory, Kumarpara, Kamalapur and Rajabagan.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://pincode.net.in/WEST_BENGAL/KOLKATA/D/DUMDUM | title = Dum Dum Head Post Office | publisher = pincode.net.in |access-date = 17 Feb 2025}}</ref>
===Police station===
[[File:Dum Dum police station.jpg|thumb|Dum Dum police station]]

'''Dum Dum''' police station under [[Barrackpore Police Commissionerate]] has jurisdiction over Gora Bazar areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://barrackporecitypolice.in/|title=Barrackpore Police Commissionerate|website=barrackporecitypolice.in|access-date=17 Feb 2025}}</ref>

==Transport==
=== Railways ===
[[Dum Dum Cantonment railway station]] on the [[Sealdah-Hasnabad-Bangaon-Ranaghat line|Sealdah-Bangaon line]] is situated nearby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/blog/dum-dum-cantt-ddc/8004|title=DDC/Dum Dum Cantt.|publisher=indiarailinfo|access-date=16 Feb 2025}}</ref>
=== Metro ===
[[Dum Dum Cantonment metro station]] of [[Yellow Line (Kolkata Metro)|Yellow Line]] is situated nearby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkatas-airport-metro-set-to-launch-in-march-2025-key-developments-and-benefits/articleshow/114480956.cms|title=Airport metro dream may come true in March|work=The Times of India|date=23 October 2024 |access-date=16 Feb 2025}}</ref>

=== Bus ===
Bus route number 30D serves the area which runs from Dum Dum Cantonment to Babughat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tellmyroute.com/kolkota/Route/30D|title=30D Bus Route|access-date=16 Feb 2025}}</ref>
=== Air ===
[[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]] is just 3.9 Km away from Dum Dum Cantonment.
==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in North 24 Parganas district]]

==External links==
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Kolkata/Dum Dum}}
*[https://dumdummunicipality.wordpress.com/ Dum Dum Municipality website]
{{North 24 Parganas District}}
{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}

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