Baishnabghata Patuli Township

For other uses, see Patuli (disambiguation).

Patuli (Baishnabghata Patuli Township)
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Ashabari Housing Complex
Patuli (Baishnabghata Patuli Township) Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°28′20″N 88°23′16″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
District	South 24 Parganas
Metro Station	Kavi Nazrul, Shahid Khudiram and Kavi Subhash
KMC Ward	101, 110
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700084,700094
Telephone code	033
Lok Sabha constituency	Jadavpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jadavpur

Patuli (Baishnabghata Patuli Township) is a neighbourhood located in the southern part of East Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It constitutes a major portion of Garia. Baishnaghata Patuli Township is a World Bank–funded project on the eastern fringes of EM Bypass, currently one of the most promising posh area of south Kolkata. It has a fire station, police station, bus stand, schools, colleges, Management studies Institute, several bank ATMs, two metro stations such as Kavi Subhas Metro Station, Shahid Khudiram metro station and many world-class hospitals nearby like Apex, Peerless etc., as well as entertainment areas like Metropolis Mall and Inox Cinemas. It also has three local train stations, Baghajatin Station, Garia Station and New Garia Station. It may be called one of the cleanest parts of the city, with wide roads and good connectivity via train, metro and bus routes. Patuli Jheelpar Park, Benubana Chhaya, and D' Zeus Bio-Reserve Woods are local parks. The Floating Market of Patuli is an example of artificial structures co-existing with nature. It attracts many visitors.

Benubana Chhaya

Geography

Physical

The area lies on Gangetic Basin and in fact borders an earlier course of a distributary of the River Ganges (গঙ্গা) known as 'Adi Ganga' (আদি গঙ্গা lit. meaning Old Ganges). The areas are mostly wetlands in nature that has been urbanized. The area is diverse that houses a variety species of flora and fauna. Especially variety of Avian species are viewed here round the year. Presence of big lakes house variety species of fishes even.

Geology

The soil here is of Clayey and Alluvial nature. Soil is very fertile and so house a variety species of flora. Average mean sea level is 17 feet.

Police district

Patuli police station is in the South Suburban division of Kolkata Police. It is located at H-10 Baishnabghata-Patuli Township, PO Panchasayar, Kolkata-700094.

Patuli Women police station, at the same address, has jurisdiction over all police districts under the jurisdiction of South Suburban Division i.e. Netaji Nagar, Jadavpur, Kasba, Regent Park, Bansdroni, Garfa and Patuli.

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.

Shops and Restaurants

Patuli has restaurants and a variety of shops. A popular choice for outsiders is the Metropolis Mall nearby which is a shopping mall housing a lot of different variety of shops at a single location. Also Garia market is a popular destination for shopping being adjacent to the area and also for its variety and affordable shops all available at same spot.

There are many multi-cuisine restaurants in Baishnabghata Patuli Township, including Chinese, Indian, Bengali, western, confectionery and food stands.

The very attractive floating market of Kolkata opened at Patuli in 2018 and is the first artificial floating market of India with 280 shops housing on 114 boats.