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'''Lake Town''' is a locality in [[South Dumdum]] of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html| title =Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area| access-date =2007-09-03| publisher =Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000049/http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html| archive-date =2007-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in/police_station.php|title=Lake Town police station|website=bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in|access-date=2024-08-15}}</ref>
 
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'''Lake Town''' is a locality in [[South Dumdum|South Dumdum Municipality]] of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is close to [[Kolkata]] and also a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).
[[File:Skyline view of South Dum Dum.jpg|thumb|A view from Dakshindari, Lake Town]]


== Location ==
=== Police station ===
[[File:Replica_of_The_Big_Ben.jpg|thumb|The [[Big Ben]] replica in the night shot during [[Durga Puja]] 2015]]
Lake Town is surrounded by [[Bangur Avenue]], [[Dum Dum Park]] and [[Kestopur]] in the north, [[Bidhan Nagar|Salt Lake]] in the east, [[Belgachia]], [[Ultadanga]] in the South and Patipukur, Paikpara in the West. Kalidaha (Kalindi) is situated to the west of Lake Town, on the other side of [[Jessore Road]].


The neighbourhood was developed in a planned manner after the [[Independence of India]]. Today, it is one of the important food and leisure hub in west Bengal having many international fast food chains and a shopping mall.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fast food chain spreads wings|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100701/jsp/calcutta/story_12620002.jsp|access-date=1 December 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=1 July 2010}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2011}}
Lake Town police station under [[Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate]] has jurisdiction over Lake Town areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in/index.php|title=Bidhannagar City Police|website=bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref>
=== Post office ===


==Notable residents==
Lake Town has a delivery sub-post office, with [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] 700089 in the Kolkata East Division of North 24 Parganas district in Calcutta region. Another post office with the same PIN is Kalindi Housing Estate.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.postoffices.co.in/westbengal-wb/lake-town-north-24-parganas-north-pgs-parganas/ | title = Lake Town sub post office | publisher = postoffices.co.in |access-date = 25 Feb 2025}}</ref>
* [[Shanu Lahiri]]
 
* Ram kumar, painter<ref name=mint>{{cite news |title=Not another brick in the wall|author=Shamik Bag|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/LGPLL2RTg7vlyqhT8NgG7N/Not-another-brick-in-the-wall.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date= 13 August 2010|access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref>
==Time Zone Tower==
* Charu Chandra Khan, painter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Charu_Khan_Portrait_of_an_Artist.html?id=IjmoJRCuljAC&redir_esc=y|title=Charu Khan, Portrait of an Artist|first=Charu|last=Khan|date=4 July 1989|publisher=M C Sarkar Sons Pvt Ltd|via=Google Books}}</ref>
[[File:Big Ben Replica - Lake Town - VIP Road - Kolkata 2017-05-10 7583.JPG|200px|thumb|[[Big Ben]] Replica, Lake Town|left]]
* Sujit Bose
 
Standing on the VIP Road, the Kolkata Time Zone Tower is a one-third sized replica of [[Big Ben]] in [[Westminster]], London. Completed in October 2015, the tower was conceived by [[Mamata Banerjee]], the [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister of West Bengal]], with the intention of incorporating London's architecture in Kolkata. The project, headed by the [[South Dum Dum|South Dum Dum Municipality]], cost Rs 1.36 [[crore]]s (USD {{To USD | 13600000 | IND | year = 2015 | round = yes }}) and was the subject of widespread local opposition, including a door-to-door [[petition]], on the grounds of both cost and of cultural inappropriateness.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/big-ben-kolkata-the-london-clock-tower-replica-is-not-a-durga-puja-marquee-268558-2015-10-17 |title=Big Ben Kolkata: The London clock tower replica is not a Durga Puja marquee |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 October 2015 |website=www.indiatoday.in |publisher=India Today / Living Media India Limited |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref>


== Real estate Boom ==
The tower is 30 metres in height, while the Big Ben is 96 metres. It has 10 floors and the 4 clock faces, sponsored by the Anglo Swiss Company, each are 3.6 metres in diameter, compared to 7 metres of the original.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/kolkata-s-big-ben-115110601005_1.html |title=Kolkata's 'Big Ben' |last=Majumder |first=Arindam |date=7 November 2015 |website=www.business-standard.com |publisher=Business Standard Private Ltd |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref>


[[File:Alcove Gloria - Apartment Complex - VIP Road - Kolkata 2017-05-10 7578.JPG|thumb|Alcove Gloria (Apartment Complex), [[VIP Road]], Lake Town]]
== Real estates ==


A planned township with large open spaces, parks and a lake, Lake Town is one of the most sought-after residential areas of Northern fringes of Kolkata. Its proximity to [[Kolkata Airport|Dumdum/Kolkata Airport]] and commercial centres like [[Salt Lake City, Kolkata|Salt Lake]] and [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] has been a catalyst for the rising property prices in recent years.
A planned township with large open spaces, parks and a lake, Lake Town is one of the most sought-after residential areas of Northern fringes of Kolkata. Its proximity to [[Kolkata Airport|Dumdum/Kolkata Airport]] and commercial centres like [[Salt Lake City, Kolkata|Salt Lake]] and [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] has been a catalyst for the rising property prices in recent years.
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* Avani Oxford Phase I and II by Avani Group
* Avani Oxford Phase I and II by Avani Group
* Alcove Gloria by Alcove Realty, an arm of Diamond Group
* Alcove Gloria by Alcove Realty, an arm of Diamond Group
* [[Big Bazaar]] Family Centre - Kolkata's largest Big Bazaar, is a part of the locality
* [[Big Bazaar]] Family Centre - Kolkata's largest Big Bazaar, is a part of the locality.It became Reliance smartbazaar after takeover of Big Bazaars properties


== Transport ==
== Transport ==
[[File:North-eastern Ramp - Ultadanga Flyover - VIP Road - Kolkata 2016-08-04 5650.JPG|thumb|Ultadanga Flyover ending point on [[VIP Road]] at Dakshindari, Lake Town]]
Buses ply along [[Jessore Road]], Lake Town Road and [[VIP Road]] in Lake Town. There is also Ultadanga Flyover which was inaugurated in 2011. The flyover connects [[EM Bypass]] (Bidhan Sishu Udyan, [[Ultadanga]]) with [[VIP Road]] (Dakshindari, Lake Town) and has reduced traffic jam at "Hudco More" of [[Ultadanga]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ultadanga Flyover|website=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Ultadanga-flyover-opened-in-a-hurry-Kshiti-Goswami/articleshow/18785540.cms}}</ref>
 
=== Bus routes ===
Several Buses ply on Lake Town Road are as follows:
 
*AC 30 (Lake Town - Howrah Stn.)
*47B (Lake Town - Kasba Dhanmath)
*215/1 (Lake Town - Howrah Stn.)
*221 (Nagerbazar - Southern Avenue)
*223 (B.T College - Golf Green)
*30C (Hatiara - Babughat)
*211A (Langolpota - Ahiritola More)
*DN-8 (Barasat - Salt Lake Sector V)


Buses ply along [[Jessore Road]], Lake Town Road and [[VIP Road]] in Lake Town. There is also '''Ultadanga Flyover''' which was inaugurated in 2011. The flyover connects [[EM Bypass]] (Bidhan Sishu Udyan, [[Ultadanga]]) with [[VIP Road]] (Dakshindari, Lake Town) and has reduced traffic jam at "Hudco More" of [[Ultadanga]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ultadanga Flyover|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/Ultadanga-flyover-opened-in-a-hurry-Kshiti-Goswami/articleshow/18785540.cms}}</ref>
Bus route numbers 12C/2, 30C/1, 44, 44/1, 45, 45A, 46, 46B, 79D, 91C, 211, 211B, 215, 217, 217B, 237, D-1A, L238, DN17, S-151 (Mini), S-152 (Mini), S-172 (Mini), S-175 (Mini), S-184 (Mini), D-1A, S64, AC39, VS2, VS1, V1, AC2, AC37, AC37C, AC50A, EB13, C42 etc ply on [[VIP Road, Kolkata|VIP Road]].


[[Bidhannagar Road railway station]], [[Patipukur railway station]], [[Kolkata Station]] and [[Dum Dum Junction]] are the nearest railway stations of Lake Town.
Bus route numbers 3C/1, 3C/2, 30D, 219, 227, KB-16, 79B, 93, AC-40, 91, 91A, DN-18 etc ply on [[Jessore Road]].
 
[[Bidhannagar Road railway station|Bidhannagar Road station]], [[Patipukur railway station|Patipukur station]], [[Kolkata Station]] and [[Dum Dum Junction]] are the nearest railway stations of Lake Town.


The [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]] is at a distance of about 7 kilometres from Lake Town.
The [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]] is at a distance of about 7 kilometres from Lake Town.
== Durga Puja ==
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In recent years, various organizations in Lake Town like Sreebhumi Sporting Club, Lake Town Adhibasi Brindo, Netaji Sporting Club Lake Town, Golaghata Sammilani and Dakshindari Youth Forum have come into limelight for their most elaborate and innovative theme [[Durga Puja in Kolkata|Durga Puja]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kolkata’s famous Sreebhumi Pandal turns into Vatican City and it’s grand! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/durga-puja-2022-kolkatas-famous-sreebhumi-pandal-turns-into-vatican-city-and-its-grand/articleshow/94455590.cms?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TravelArticleshowicon |access-date=31 Aug 2024 |publisher=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=দুর্গাপুজোয় চাঁদের দেশে, মণ্ডপের থিম চন্দ্রযান, লেকটাউনের নেতাজি স্পোর্টিং ক্লাবে একাধিক চমক |url=https://bengali.abplive.com/religion/durga-puja-2023-lake-town-netaji-sporting-club-puja-pandal-theme-chandrayaan-2023-1006283 |access-date=31 Aug 2024 |publisher=ABP Ananda}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Top Durga Pujas in North Kolkata and Dum Dum area |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/top-pujas-around-us/cid/1973080 |access-date=31 Aug 2024 |publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=পুজোর প্রস্তুতি: আজ-দক্ষিণদাঁড়ি ইউথ ফোরাম, শিকদার বাগান, গোলাঘাটা সন্মিলনি |url=https://bengali.abplive.com/video/durga-puja-preparation-golaghata-sammilani-dakshin-dari-youth-forum-sikdar-bagan-257549 |access-date=31 Aug 2024 |publisher=ABP Ananda}}</ref>
== Markets ==
Markets near Lake Town area are:
* Kalindi Vatika Market
* Kalindi Bazar Market
* Barat Bazar Market
* Patipukur Fish Market
* Lake Town Fruits Market
* Annapurna Market
==Notable residents==
* [[Shanu Lahiri]]
* Ram kumar, painter<ref name="mint">{{cite news |author=Shamik Bag |date=13 August 2010 |title=Not another brick in the wall |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/LGPLL2RTg7vlyqhT8NgG7N/Not-another-brick-in-the-wall.html |access-date=16 March 2013 |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]}}</ref>
* Charu Chandra Khan, painter<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Charu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjmoJRCuljAC |title=Charu Khan, Portrait of an Artist |date=4 July 1989 |publisher=M C Sarkar Sons Pvt Ltd |isbn=9788171570133 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Lake Town police station.jpg|Lake Town police station
File:Sreebhumi Durga Puja Pandal (Vatican City) 2022.jpg|Sreebhumi Sporting Club Durga Puja Theme Pandal 2022 (Vatican City)
File:Dakshindari Youth Forum Durga Puja Theme Pandal 2023.jpg|Dakshindari Youth Forum Durga Puja Theme Pandal 2023
File:Alcove Gloria - Apartment Complex - VIP Road - Kolkata 2017-05-10 7578.JPG|Alcove Gloria (Apartment Complex), [[VIP Road]], Lake Town
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


{{North 24 Parganas District}}
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]
 
==External links==
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Kolkata/Dum Dum}}
* [http://sddm.ind.in/ South Dum Dum Municipality website]
{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}{{North 24 Parganas District}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}{{North 24 Parganas District}}
{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]

Latest revision as of 13:27, 3 February 2026

Lake Town
Neighbourhood
1.Kolkata Time Zone Tower
2.Ultadanga Flyover ending on VIP Road in Dakshindari, Lake Town
Location in Kolkata
Lake Town (West Bengal)
Lake Town is located in India
Lake Town
Lake Town
Lake Town (India)
Coordinates: 22°36′18″N 88°24′18″E / 22.60500°N 88.40500°E / 22.60500; 88.40500
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DivisionPresidency
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Metro Station
Railway Station
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodySouth Dumdum Municipality
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700048, 700089
Telephone code+91 33
Vehicle registrationWB
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBidhannagar

Lake Town is a locality in South Dumdum of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).[1][2]

Geography[edit | edit source]

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A view from Dakshindari, Lake Town

Police station[edit | edit source]

Lake Town police station under Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over Lake Town areas.[3]

Post office[edit | edit source]

Lake Town has a delivery sub-post office, with PIN 700089 in the Kolkata East Division of North 24 Parganas district in Calcutta region. Another post office with the same PIN is Kalindi Housing Estate.[4]

Time Zone Tower[edit | edit source]

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Big Ben Replica, Lake Town

Standing on the VIP Road, the Kolkata Time Zone Tower is a one-third sized replica of Big Ben in Westminster, London. Completed in October 2015, the tower was conceived by Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, with the intention of incorporating London's architecture in Kolkata. The project, headed by the South Dum Dum Municipality, cost Rs 1.36 crores (USD 211997) and was the subject of widespread local opposition, including a door-to-door petition, on the grounds of both cost and of cultural inappropriateness.[5]

The tower is 30 metres in height, while the Big Ben is 96 metres. It has 10 floors and the 4 clock faces, sponsored by the Anglo Swiss Company, each are 3.6 metres in diameter, compared to 7 metres of the original.[6]

Real estates[edit | edit source]

A planned township with large open spaces, parks and a lake, Lake Town is one of the most sought-after residential areas of Northern fringes of Kolkata. Its proximity to Dumdum/Kolkata Airport and commercial centres like Salt Lake and New Town has been a catalyst for the rising property prices in recent years.

Some of Kolkata's prominent Real Estate firms have their presence in Lake Town.

  • Ujaas - The Condoville by Bengal Ambuja
  • Avani Oxford Phase I and II by Avani Group
  • Alcove Gloria by Alcove Realty, an arm of Diamond Group
  • Big Bazaar Family Centre - Kolkata's largest Big Bazaar, is a part of the locality.It became Reliance smartbazaar after takeover of Big Bazaars properties

Transport[edit | edit source]

Buses ply along Jessore Road, Lake Town Road and VIP Road in Lake Town. There is also Ultadanga Flyover which was inaugurated in 2011. The flyover connects EM Bypass (Bidhan Sishu Udyan, Ultadanga) with VIP Road (Dakshindari, Lake Town) and has reduced traffic jam at "Hudco More" of Ultadanga.[7]

Bus routes[edit | edit source]

Several Buses ply on Lake Town Road are as follows:

  • AC 30 (Lake Town - Howrah Stn.)
  • 47B (Lake Town - Kasba Dhanmath)
  • 215/1 (Lake Town - Howrah Stn.)
  • 221 (Nagerbazar - Southern Avenue)
  • 223 (B.T College - Golf Green)
  • 30C (Hatiara - Babughat)
  • 211A (Langolpota - Ahiritola More)
  • DN-8 (Barasat - Salt Lake Sector V)

Bus route numbers 12C/2, 30C/1, 44, 44/1, 45, 45A, 46, 46B, 79D, 91C, 211, 211B, 215, 217, 217B, 237, D-1A, L238, DN17, S-151 (Mini), S-152 (Mini), S-172 (Mini), S-175 (Mini), S-184 (Mini), D-1A, S64, AC39, VS2, VS1, V1, AC2, AC37, AC37C, AC50A, EB13, C42 etc ply on VIP Road.

Bus route numbers 3C/1, 3C/2, 30D, 219, 227, KB-16, 79B, 93, AC-40, 91, 91A, DN-18 etc ply on Jessore Road.

Bidhannagar Road station, Patipukur station, Kolkata Station and Dum Dum Junction are the nearest railway stations of Lake Town.

The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is at a distance of about 7 kilometres from Lake Town.

Durga Puja[edit | edit source]

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Netaji Sporting Club
Lake Town 2021
Lake Town Adhibasi Brindo 2020
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Sreebhumi Sporting Club 2023

In recent years, various organizations in Lake Town like Sreebhumi Sporting Club, Lake Town Adhibasi Brindo, Netaji Sporting Club Lake Town, Golaghata Sammilani and Dakshindari Youth Forum have come into limelight for their most elaborate and innovative theme Durga Puja.[8][9][10][11]

Markets[edit | edit source]

Markets near Lake Town area are:

  • Kalindi Vatika Market
  • Kalindi Bazar Market
  • Barat Bazar Market
  • Patipukur Fish Market
  • Lake Town Fruits Market
  • Annapurna Market

Notable residents[edit | edit source]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  2. ↑ "Lake Town police station". bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Bidhannagar City Police". bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Lake Town sub post office". postoffices.co.in. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Big Ben Kolkata: The London clock tower replica is not a Durga Puja marquee". www.indiatoday.in. India Today / Living Media India Limited. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Majumder, Arindam (7 November 2015). "Kolkata's 'Big Ben'". www.business-standard.com. Business Standard Private Ltd. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ultadanga Flyover". The Times of India.
  8. ↑ "Kolkata's famous Sreebhumi Pandal turns into Vatican City and it's grand!". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "দুর্গাপুজোয় চাঁদের দেশে, মণ্ডপের থিম চন্দ্রযান, লেকটাউনের নেতাজি স্পোর্টিং ক্লাবে একাধিক চমক". ABP Ananda. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Top Durga Pujas in North Kolkata and Dum Dum area". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "পুজোর প্রস্তুতি: আজ-দক্ষিণদাঁড়ি ইউথ ফোরাম, শিকদার বাগান, গোলাঘাটা সন্মিলনি". ABP Ananda. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  12. ↑ Shamik Bag (13 August 2010). "Not another brick in the wall". Mint. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  13. ↑ Khan, Charu (4 July 1989). Charu Khan, Portrait of an Artist. M C Sarkar Sons Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9788171570133 – via Google Books.

External links[edit | edit source]

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