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{{Short description|Region of South Kolkata in West Bengal, India}}
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|subdivision_name3 = [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Kolkata district|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/ACName?DCID=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=web.archieve.org|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|url-status=dead|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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|postal_code = 700 063,700 061(partly)
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Behala Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Behala Purba]],[[Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Behala Paschim]]
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'''Thakurpukur''' is a [[Region]] of South West Kolkata in [[Behala]] area of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. Thakurpukur is a residential regional in Kolkata. It has been rapidly developed in the last 20 years and what was a Jungle before is now an urban agglomeration in the Kolkata's South. Thakurpukur was also under the [[Barisha, India|Barisha]] area of [[Sabarna Roy Choudhury]]'s zamindari era.

==Geography==
Thakurpukur is located at {{coord|22.464675|N|88.306694|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|West Bengal}}|display=inline}}

==Administration==
===Police district===
Thakurpukur police station is part of the [[Divisions of Kolkata Police|South West division]](Behala Division) of [[Kolkata Police]]. It is Located at 123/117, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata-700063.<ref name="police">{{cite web| url = http://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/division.asp?ID=9&Division=B|title = Kolkata Police |work = South West Division | publisher= KP| access-date = 21 March 2018}}</ref>

[[Behala#Police district|Behala Women police station]], located at the same address as above, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South West division i.e. Sarsuna, Taratala, Behala, Parnasree, Thakurpukur and Haridevpur.<ref name="police"/>

Jadavpur, '''Thakurpukur''', Behala, Purba Jadavpur, Tiljala, Regent Park, Metiabruz, Nadial and Kasba police stations were transferred from South 24 Parganas to Kolkata in 2011. Except Metiabruz, all the police stations were split into two. The new police stations are Parnasree, Haridevpur, Garfa, Patuli, Survey Park, Pragati Maidan, Bansdroni and Rajabagan.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/1110901/jsp/calcutta/story_14449897.jsp|title = Midnight change of guard – 17 more police stations come under Lalbazar | newspaper= The Telegraph, 1 September 2011| access-date = 2 April 2018}}</ref>

==Education==
Vivekananda College, was established at Barisha in 1950 as Barisha College, renamed Vivekananda College in 1956 and shifted to Thakurpukur in 1959. Affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]], it offers honours courses in Bangali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science, journalism & mass communications, physics, chemistry, mathematics, economics, botany, zoology, computer science, bio-chemistry and environmental science.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.vckolkata63.org/history.html |title = Vivekananda College | publisher= VC | access-date = 30 October 2019 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/South}}

{{Neighbourhoods in Kolkata}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]

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