Santoshpur, Kolkata

Not to be confused with Santoshpur, Garden Reach.

Santoshpur is a locality of South Kolkata in West Bengal, 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]

Santoshpur
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Santoshpur Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22.491°N 88.383°E / 22.491; 88.383
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
District	Kolkata[1][2][3]
Kolkata Suburban Railway	Jadavpur railway station and Baghajatin railway station
Metro Station	Jyotirindra Nath Nandi and Satyajit Ray
Municipal Corporation	Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC wards	103, 104, 109
Elevation	36 ft (11 m)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700075
Area code	+91 33
Lok Sabha constituency	Jadavpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jadavpur

History of Santoshpur area

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Santoshpur

   

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 Orange Line), 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
• D27A JADAVPUR - HABRA - ASHOKNAGAR
• AC43 GOLFGREEN -AIRPORT
• S5C NAYABAD - HOWRAH
• S5C/N NAYABAD - NABANNA