2402:3A80:1123:3A0F:0:0:1211:248C: Proper divisional correction

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Proper divisional correction

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{{for|the similarly named neighbouring suburb|Alipore}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = New Alipore
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Kolkata
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_mapsize =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kolkata
| coordinates = {{coord|22.51|N|88.32|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kolkata]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = South 24 Parganas
| subdivision_type4 = Railway stations
| subdivision_name4 = [[New Alipore railway station]], [[Majerhat railway station]]
| subdivision_type5 = [[Kolkata Metro|Metro Station]]
| subdivision_name5 = [[Majerhat metro station|Majerhat]](under construction), [[Taratala metro station|Taratala]](under construction) and [[Rabindra Sarobar metro station|Rabindra Sarobar]]
| seat_type = [[Municipal Corporation]]
| seat = [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]
| parts_type = [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation|KMC]] ward
| parts_style = 
| parts = [[Ward No. 81, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|81]], [[Ward No. 118, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|118]]
| p1 =
| p2 = 
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 15
| population_total =
| population_as_of =
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 700053
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91-33
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Dakshin]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rashbehari]], [[Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Behala Paschim]]
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
[[File:New Alipore Multipurpose School Front View.jpg|thumb|250px|New Alipore Multipurpose School Front View]]
[[File:Triangular Park - New Alipore - Kolkata 2011-10-03 030317.JPG|thumb|250px|Triangular Park, New Alipore]]
==Description==

===Geography===
New Alipore is bordered on the north by the [[Budgebudge|Budge Budge]] section of the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] between [[Majerhat railway station|Majerhat]] and [[Tollygunge]] stations. It is bounded by B.L. Saha Road (Chetla) to the east, [[Diamond Harbour]] Road to the west and by [[Behala]] to the south.

===History===
New Alipore was created as a planned residential suburb of [[Kolkata]] by the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] in the 1950s to house the burgeoning population of the city.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

New Alipore was already the location of the [[India Government Mint, Kolkata|India Government Mint]], built in the 1930s.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} Next to the mint lies the Centenary Port Trust Hospital, built in 1971.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}.It is one of the most prominent and posh localities of Kolkata and most of the prominent industrialists of Kolkata live here.

===Transport===
New Alipore has two railway stations, [[New Alipore railway station]] and [[Majerhat railway station]] on the Budge Budge section of the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] and [[Kolkata Circular Railway]].{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

New Alipore is connected to all parts of the city by extensive bus services.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} The Diamond Harbour Road is part of [[National Highway 117 (India)|NH 117]]. The erstwhile [[Kalighat Falta Railway]] (KFR) has been dismantled and the space reclaimed. The stretch where once the tracks lay is now the [[James Long (Anglican priest)|James Long]] Sarani. This road runs parallel to the Diamond Harbour Road and through [[Behala]] and [[Thakurpukur]].

===Police district===
New Alipore is served by New Alipore police station: it is part of the [[Divisions of Kolkata Police|South division]] of [[Kolkata Police]].<ref name="police"/> [[Tollygunge#Police district|Tollygunge Womens police station]] has jurisdiction over all the police districts in the South Division.<ref name="police"/>

==See also==
* [[:Category:People from New Alipore]]

==References==
{{reflist
|refs=
<ref name="police">{{cite web| url = http://kolkatapolice.gov.in/division.asp?ID=5&Division=S |title = Kolkata Police |work = South Division – Hastings police station | publisher= KP| access-date = 26 March 2018}}</ref>
}}

{{Neighbourhoods in South Kolkata}}
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}
{{South 24 Parganas}}

[[Category:New Alipore| ]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]

New Alipore - Revision history

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