Rajabagan

Rajabagan is a locality and a dockyard in the Garden Reach neighbourhood of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It is situated in the south-western part of Kolkata near the bank of the Hooghly river and is situated between Metiabruz (east) and Badartala (west).

Rajabagan
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Rajabagan Dockyard
Rajabagan Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22.553417°N 88.269556°E / 22.553417; 88.269556
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
District	Kolkata[1][2]
Municipal corporation	Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward	141
Population
• Total	For population see linked KMC ward page
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700 044
Area code	+91 33
Lok Sabha constituency	Diamond Harbour
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Metiaburuz

Geography

Location

520m
567yds

Rajabagan

   

Post Office

The Post Office of the area is named Rajabagan Dock Yard with the Pin code 700044.^[3]

Police district

Rajabagan police station is part of the Port division of Kolkata Police. It is located at T-250 Garden Reach Road, Kolkata-700044.^[4]

Watgunge Women police station, located at 16, Watgunge Street, Kolkata-700023, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Port division i.e. North Port, South Port, Watgunge, West Port, Garden Reach, Ekbalpur, Nadial, Rajabagan and Metiabruz.^[4]

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.^[5]

Economy

• Rajabagan Dockyard is a shipyard situated on the left bank of the Hooghly River about three nautical miles down stream of Calcutta Dock System. In 1967 it came into control of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC). However due to heavy losses it came under management of Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) on 1 July 2006.^[6]