Santoshpur, Kolkata

22°29′28″N 88°22′59″E / 22.491°N 88.383°E / 22.491; 88.383Country IndiaStateWest BengalCityKolkataDistrictKolkata^[1][2][3]Kolkata Suburban RailwayJadavpur railway station and Baghajatin railway stationMetro StationJyotirindra Nath Nandi and Satyajit RayMunicipal CorporationKolkata Municipal CorporationKMC wards103, 104, 109Elevation36 ft (11 m)Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PINArea code+91 33Lok Sabha constituencyJadavpurVidhan Sabha constituencyJadavpur

Santoshpur is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Kolkata, India. It is loosely bounded by Garfa to the north, the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass to the east, Jadavpur to the west and Baghajatin to the south.^[4]

History of Santoshpur area

From the 1950s

This area was initially part of Jadavpur. The area was mainly shallow marshy lands and agricultural fields even as late as the seventies. Some houses were built in the fifties and sixties mostly on the eastern side of the Jadavpur railway station. Residents are mostly East Bengali refugees.^[5]

Transport

Jyotirindra Nath Nandi metro station and Satyajit Ray metro station, under construction on the Kavi Subhas-Biman Bandar route (Kolkata Metro Line 6), would serve Santoshpur, Ajoy Nagar, Survey Park areas lying close to the E.M. Bypass section of the city.^[6][7]

PRIVATE BUS ROUTES:-

• 1A MUKUNDAPUR - RAMNAGAR

• 1B GARIA STATION - RAMNAGAR

• SD16 MUKUNDAPUR - SIRAKOLE

• 106 SANTOSHPUR BBD BAG MINI

WBTC BUS ROUTES:-

• AC9 JADAVPUR - KARUNAMOYEE
• AC9B JADAVPUR - ECOSPACE- SECTOR V
• S9 JADAVPUR - KARUNAMOYEE
• D27 JADAVPUR - NAIHATI via SECTOR 5, ECO PARK , AIRPORT, CHINAR PARK, MADHYAMGRAM, BARASAT UNIVERSITY, NILGUNG DEPOT, BARRACKPORE, SHYAMNAGAR
• D27A JADAVPUR- HABRA - ASHOKNAGAR
• AC43 GOLFGREEN -AIRPORT
• S5C NAYABAD - HOWRAH
• S5C/N NAYABAD - NABANNA

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