Garia | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
 Garia station Rd | |
Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°27′46″N 88°23′48″E / 22.4629°N 88.3968°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Metro Station | |
| Municipal Corporation | |
| KMC wards | 100, 101, 109, 110, 111 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700084, 700047, 700094, 700152 |
| Area code | +91 33 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Jadavpur and Sonarpur Uttar |
Garia is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is bordered by the neighbourhoods of Jadavpur in the north, Bansdroni/Tollygunge in the north-west, Santoshpur/Mukundapur in the north-east and Narendrapur/Rajpur Sonarpur in the south. It is on the banks of Adi Ganga.[1]
Geographic location[edit | edit source]
The junction of Raja S.C.Mullick Road, N.S.C. Bose Road and Garia Main Road adjacent to Kanungo Park is known as "Garia More".
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Shopping[edit | edit source]
Garia is one of the major shopping areas of Kolkata.[2] Notable shopping malls and department stores include:
- Metropolis Mall, Hiland Park, EM Bypass, Chak Garia[3]
- Smart Bazaar, Orbit Mall, Garia[4]
- Spencer's, Garia Station Road[5]
- Spencer's Express, Baishnabghata Patuli Township[6]
- Spencer's Express, Tolly Heights, Naktala[7]
- Proyozonio[8]
- Bizarre Bazar[9]
- Sonar Bangla Shopping Complex[10]
- Pooja Plaza (Near Garia Bazaar)
- Parnashree Market (Near Garia Main Road)
- New Raghunath Market
- Brand Factory (Near Mahamayatala, Garia)
- Bazaar Kolkata (Mahamayatala, Garia)
Medical facilities[edit | edit source]
Several medical institutes are found within Garia.
- The Apollo Clinic[11]
- Bengal Rural Welfare Service (BRWS) Hospital
- Banchbo Healing Touch[12]
- Peerless Hospital (Panchasayar)
- Remedy Hospital (Kalitala)
- Lifeline Hospital (Pratapgarh)
- Namita Biswas Memorial Eye Hospital (Garia Station)
- Sevangan Nursing Home
- Smilz Dental Treatment Facility (Garia Park)[13]
- Remedy Diagnostic Center
- Medich Health Clinic and Diagnostic Centre
- Friends Diagnostic Private Limited
- Mother Teresa Memorial TB Hospital and Research Centre[14]
- Neotia Mediplus Super Specialty Clinic (part of Park Hospitals), 168 Garia Main Road, Kolkata 700084 (Opp. 228 bus stand)
Education[edit | edit source]
Garia is home to several academic, research and professional institutions. Major colleges, schools and research institutions located here include:
- Netaji Subhash Engineering College
- Indian Centre for Space Physics, Garia Station Road[15]
- Dinabandhu Andrews College-affiliated to Calcutta University.[16]
- Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
- Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta[17]
- Seacom Marine College[18]
- National Institute of Hotel Management, Kolkata
- Sammilani Mahavidyalaya[19]
- K.K. Das College[20]
- Future Institute of Engineering and Management
- Swami Vivekananda Institute of Science and Technology
- Neotia Academy Of Nursing, Chak Garia[21]
- Indus Valley World School[22]
- Welland Gouldsmith School[23]
- Techno India Group Public School[24]
- Techno Model School[25]
- Miranda High School[26]
- B.D. Memorial Institute-Mahamayatala[27]
- Garia Baroda Prasad High School
- Garia Harimati Devi U. Balika School
- Garia Vidyabhavana South School[28]
- Kids World School
- Ideal commercial College
- Garia Madrasah Badrul Uloom Quraniya - Islamic Educational Institute
- Balia Nafar Chandra Balika Vidyalaya
- Tentulberia Anukul Chandra High School
In popular culture[edit | edit source]
In early 1953, the principal photography of Satyajit Ray's debut film Pather Panchali was done at Boral, which was then a small village on the outskirts of Kolkata and is now a locality of Garia. A decade later, Ray again shot a scene of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne in the dense bamboo groves near a pond in Garia.[29]
Notable Resident[edit | edit source]
- Ashapurna Devi, novelist and poet
- Anurag Basu, film director
- Kaushik Ganguly, film director
- Churni Ganguly, actress
- Locket Chatterjee, actress
- Sayak Chakraborty, television actor
- Pabitra Sarkar, Former Vice chancellor, Writer and Critics
Transport[edit | edit source]
Garia has two bus terminals named Garia 6 no. Nagarik Bus Terminus and Garia 5 no. Bus Terminus. A variety of AC & Non-AC Buses depart from this terminus.
Bus[edit | edit source]
WBTC
- AC-6 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)
- AC-37 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Barasat)
- AC-37C (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Airport)
- AC-37A (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Airport)
- AC-50A (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Rajchandrapur)
- AC-5 (Garia 5 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)
- S-5 (Garia 5 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)
- S-7 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)
- S-21 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Baghbazar)
- S-14 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Karunamoyee)
- AC-24 (Patuli - Howrah Stn)
- AC-24A (Kamalgazi - Howrah Stn)
- S-9C (Kamalgazi - Ecospace)
- S-24 (Kamalgazi - Howrah Stn)
- AC-14 (Baruipur - Karunamoyee)
See also[edit | edit source]
- New Garia
- Kolkata Metro Railway Routes (North South Corridor)
- Kolkata Suburban Railway
- Eastern Metropolitan Bypass
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Map of Garia". Maps of India. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ↑ "Shopping areas in Kolkata". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ↑ Metropolis Mall, Hiland Park Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Big Bazaar-Garia". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ↑ Spencers-Garia
- ↑ Spencers-Patuli
- ↑ "Spencer's Express-Naktala". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ↑ "Proyozonio-Garia". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ↑ Bizarre Bazar-Garia
- ↑ "Sonar Bangla Shopping Complex". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ↑ "The Apollo Clinic Clinics". Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ↑ Banchbo Healing Touch Official Website
- ↑ SMiLZ Dental Treatment Facility
- ↑ KMC Chest Clinics
- ↑ Indian Centre for Space Physics
- ↑ "Affiliated colleges of Calcutta University". Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ↑ Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta address
- ↑ "Seacom Marine College address". Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ↑ "Sammilani Mahavidyalaya college address". Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ↑ "K.K. Das college address". Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ↑ "List of Schools of Nursing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ↑ Indus Valley World School
- ↑ "ISC schools in Kolkata". Archived from the original on 8 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ "Techno India Group Public School Branches". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ↑ "Techno India Model School Branches". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ↑ Calcuttaweb-Schools Archived 2007-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "B.D. Memorial School locations". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ↑ Garia Vidyabhavana South
- ↑ "Apu Doesn't Live Here Anymore". Indian Express. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
External links[edit | edit source]
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