Alipore

This article is about a neighbourhood in South Kolkata. For the similarly named bordering suburb, see New Alipore. For the village near Chikhli, Bilimora, Gujarat, see Alipore, Navsari. For other places with same name, see Alipur.

Alipore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Alipore
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Clockwise from top: Alipore Road Near National Library, Alipore District Court (South 24 Parganas), Alipore Bridge, Indian National Library, Alipore Zoological Garden.
Alipore Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22.5391712°N 88.3272782°E / 22.5391712; 88.3272782
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
City	Kolkata
Metro Station	Jatin Das Park, Kalighat, Majerhat and Kidderpore(under construction)
Municipal Corporation	Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward	74, 82
Elevation	14 m (46 ft)
Population
• Total	For population see linked KMC ward page
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700022, 700023, 700027
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kolkata Port and Bhabanipur

It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore to the east, the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and New Alipore to the south, bordered by the Budge Budge section of the Sealdah South section railway line.

The Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI)

Purple tone from the evening sky in Alipore

Geography

520m
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Alipore

   

Location

Alipore is located at 22.5391712°N 88.3272782°E / 22.5391712; 88.3272782.^[1] It has an average elevation of 14 metres (46 feet). Alipore area is bordered by the following roads - AJC Bose Road to the north, D L Khan Road to the East, Diamond Harbour Road to the West and Alipore Avenue to the south.

Police district

Alipore police station is part of the South division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 8, Belvadere Road, Kolkata-700027.^[2]

Tollygunge Women's police station has jurisdiction over all the police districts in the South Division, i.e. Park Street, Shakespeare Sarani, Alipore, Hastings, Maidan, Bhowanipore, Kalighat, Tollygunge, Charu Market, New Alipur and Chetla.^[2]

Transport

Alipore is connected to all parts of the city by extensive bus services. Alipore is served by the Majherhat and New Alipore railway stations on the Budge Budge section of Kolkata Suburban Railway.

The Kalighat metro station of the Kolkata Metro as well as the Jatin Das Park station is close to Alipore.

See also

• Alipore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
• Dhanadhanya Auditorium
• New Alipore
• Zoological Garden, Alipore