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{{short description|Neighbourhood in West Bengal, India}}
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{{Distinguish|Santoshpur, Garden Reach}}
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kolkata]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kolkata]]<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>
| subdivision_type4 = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Jadavpur railway station|Jadavpur]] and [[Baghajatin railway station|Baghajatin]]
| subdivision_type5 = [[Kolkata Metro|Metro Station]]
| subdivision_name5 = [[Jyotirindra Nath Nandi metro station|Jyotirindra Nath Nandi]] and [[Satyajit Ray metro station|Satyajit Ray]]
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| seat = [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]
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| parts = [[Ward No. 103, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|103]], [[Ward No. 104, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|104]], [[Ward No. 109, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|109]]
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| postal_code = 700075
| area_code = +91 33
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
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'''Santoshpur''' is a locality of [[South Kolkata]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It is a part of [[Jadavpur]] and is loosely bounded by [[Garfa]] to the north, the [[Eastern Metropolitan Bypass]] to the east and [[Baghajatin]] to the west and south.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/kolkata/santoshpur.html|title=Map of Santoshpur, Kolkata|publisher=Maps of India|access-date=2 March 2025}}</ref>

==History of Santoshpur area==
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===From the 1950s===
This area was initially part of [[Jadavpur]]. The area was mainly shallow [[Marsh|marshy lands]] and [[Field (agriculture)|agricultural fields]] even as late as the seventies. Some houses were built in the fifties and sixties mostly on the eastern side of the [[Jadavpur railway station]]. Residents are mostly [[East Bengali refugees]].<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/mobile/documents/30748095 Scribd article] {{subscription required}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[Jyotirindra Nath Nandi metro station]] and [[Satyajit Ray metro station]], under construction on the Kavi Subhas-Biman Bandar route ([[Kolkata Metro Orange Line]]), would serve Santoshpur, [[Ajoy Nagar]], [[Survey Park]] areas lying close to the [[E.M. Bypass]] section of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379 |title= Road ahead, projects sanctioned |work= New Garia to Biman Bandar via Rajarhat|access-date = 4 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="metrocalendar">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/metro-prepares-completion-calendar-for-city-projects/articleshow/59463303.cms|title=Metro prepares completion calendar for city projects|publisher= Times of India|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref>

PRIVATE BUS ROUTES:

*1A MUKUNDAPUR - RAMNAGAR
*1B GARIA STATION -RAMNAGAR
*SD16 MUKUNDAPUR - SIRAKOLE
*106 SANTOSHPUR BBD BAG MINI

WBTC BUS ROUTES:

*AC9 JADAVPUR - KARUNAMOYEE
*AC9B JADAVPUR - ECOSPACE- SECTOR V
*S9 JADAVPUR - KARUNAMOYEE
*D27 JADAVPUR - NAIHATI
*D27A JADAVPUR - HABRA - ASHOKNAGAR
*AC43 GOLFGREEN -AIRPORT
*S5C NAYABAD - HOWRAH
*S5C/N NAYABAD - NABANNA

==References==
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8. https://www.rajdeepsecurity.in/ Rajdeep Security Service, Best Security Service Agency in Kolkata.
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NaomiLoftis490 at 11:21, 21 September 2025