Watgunge

Watganj or Watgunge is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Watgunge
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Doi Ghat, Watgunge
Watgunge Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22.548323°N 88.323654°E / 22.548323; 88.323654
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
District	Kolkata
Municipal Corporation	Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward	74, 75, 76
Population
• Total	For population see linked KMC ward page
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code	+91 33
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kolkata Port

Etymology

Watgunge is named after Colonel Henry Watson (1737–1786), who set up the first dockyard in Bengal.^[1]

History

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Colonel Watson started building the shipbuilding docks in 1779 in the present Watgunge area.^[2]

Watgunge was included in the Kolkata municipal area in 1888.^[3]

In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Watgunge.^[4]

Geography

Police district

Watgunge police station is part of the Port division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 16 Watgunge Street, Kolkata-700023.^[5]

Watgunge Women police station, located at the same address as above, 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 Metiaburuz.^[5]