Sinthee

Sinthee or Sinthi is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.^[1]

Sinthee
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Sinthee More
Sinthee Location in Kolkata Show map of Kolkata Sinthee Sinthee (West Bengal) Show map of West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°37′41″N 88°23′04″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
District	Kolkata
Metro Station	Dum Dum
Kolkata Suburban Railway	Dum Dum Junction
Municipal Corporation	Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward	2
Population
• Total	For population see linked KMC ward page
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700050
Area code	+91 33
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kashipur-Belgachhia

History

The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across the Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as Dihi Panchannagram and Sinthee was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the Maratha Ditch.^[2][3][4]

Geography

Location

Sinthee is surrounded by South Dum Dum and Dum Dum in the east, Satpukur and Dum Dum Road in the south, Baranagar in the north, Cossipore & Barrackpore Trunk Road in the west.

Police district

Sinthee police station is part of the North and North Suburban division of Kolkata Police. Located at 145/1 South Sinthi Road, Kolkata-700050, it has jurisdiction over Sinthee neighbourhood/ Ward No. 2 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.^[5][6]

Amherst Street Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.^[5]

Landmarks

• Rabindra Bharati University
• B. T. Road Government Sponsored H. S. School
• Birla Institute of Technology
• Department of Economics, University of Calcutta

Transport

Road

B.T. Road passes along the west boundary of Sinthee. Many buses ply through 'Sinthee More' on B.T. Road. The only bus (Private bus) which enters into Sinthee is 30A (Sinthee Bediapara - Esplanade (Dharmatala), which runs along KC Ghosh Road (Ramakrishna Ghosh Road).^[7] 30 A Bus Stand near Bediapara.

Train

Dum Dum Junction is the nearest railway station of Sinthee. Dum Dum Metro Station is the neighborhood subway station.

External links

Kolkata/Northern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage