Garfa

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Garfa
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Garfa Shiv Mandir Bazar area
Garfa Shiv Mandir Bazar area
Garfa is located in Kolkata
Garfa
Garfa
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°30′10.65″N 88°22′17.46″E / 22.5029583°N 88.3715167°E / 22.5029583; 88.3715167Coordinates: 22°30′10.65″N 88°22′17.46″E / 22.5029583°N 88.3715167°E / 22.5029583; 88.3715167
Country India
StateWest Bengal
CityKolkata
DistrictKolkata[1][2][3]
Metro StationKavi Sukanta(under construction)
KMC Ward92, 104, 105
Municipal CorporationKolkata Municipal Corporation
Elevation
36 ft (11 m)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700075,[4] 700078
Area code+91 33
Lok Sabha constituencyJadavpur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKasba and Jadavpur

Garfa is a southern neighbourhood of Kolkata, India. This area is surrounded by Haltu, Nandi bagan, Jadavpur and Kalikapur. Garfa is mainly a residential area. Starting as a refugee colony within Jadavpur.

Notable people[edit]

  • Haranath Chakraborty, freedom fighter got award from Central Government.
  • Bisweswar Bhattacharya, Padma Shree, director of Bhabha Atomic Research Center.

Geography[edit]

Police district[edit]

Garfa police station is in the South Suburban division of Kolkata Police. It is located at Garfa Deaf and Dumb School Premises, Vivekananda Sarani, Doctor Bagan, Kolkata-700078.[5]

Patuli Women police station 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.[5]

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.[6]

Transport[edit]

Garfa Main Road and Kalikapur Road intersects near Garfa. Buses ply along both the roads. Auto rickshaws, app-based cab services such as Ola, Uber and taxies are also available.[7]

Dhakuria railway station and Jadavpur railway station are the nearest railway stations.

Culture[edit]

On the cultural front, Garfa hosts some major Kali Pujas and Durga Pujas of South Kolkata.

Garfa Balak Samity Maidan (Playground)

Educational institutions[edit]

Here is a list of educational institutions situated near Garfa area.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "South 24 Parganas district".
  2. ↑ "web.archieve.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "KMC Wards in South 24 Parganas".
  4. ↑ "Kolkata Postal Codes".
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Kolkata Police, South Suburban Division". Garfa police station. KP. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Midnight change of guard – 17 more police stations come under Lalbazar". The Telegraph, 1 September 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Google maps

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