Garia
Neighbourhood of Kolkata, India
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Garia is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is bordered by the neighbourhoods of Jadavpur in the north, Bansdroni/Tollygunge in the north-west, Santoshpur/Mukundapur in the north-east and Narendrapur/Rajpur Sonarpur in the south. It is on the banks of Adi Ganga.[1]
Garia | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
Garia station Rd | |
  Garia Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22.4629°N 88.3968°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Metro Station | |
| Municipal Corporation | |
| KMC wards | 100, 101, 109, 110, 111 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700084, 700047, 700094, 700152 |
| Area code | +91 33 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Jadavpur and Sonarpur Uttar |
Geographic location
The junction of Raja S.C.Mullick Road, N.S.C. Bose Road and Garia Main Road adjacent to Kanungo Park is known as "Garia More".
Shopping
Garia is one of the major shopping areas of Kolkata.[2] Notable shopping malls and department stores include:
- Metropolis Mall, Hiland Park, EM Bypass, Chak Garia[3]
- Smart Bazaar, Orbit Mall, Garia[4]
- Spencer's, Garia Station Road[5]
- Spencer's Express, Baishnabghata Patuli Township[6]
- Spencer's Express, Tolly Heights, Naktala[7]
- Proyozonio[8]
- Bizarre Bazar[9]
- Sonar Bangla Shopping Complex[10]
- Pooja Plaza (Near Garia Bazaar)
- Parnashree Market (Near Garia Main Road)
- New Raghunath Market
- Brand Factory (Near Mahamayatala, Garia)
- Bazaar Kolkata (Mahamayatala, Garia)
Medical facilities
Several medical institutes are found within Garia.
- The Apollo Clinic[11]
- Bengal Rural Welfare Service (BRWS) Hospital
- Banchbo Healing Touch[12]
- Peerless Hospital (Panchasayar)
- Remedy Hospital (Kalitala)
- Lifeline Hospital (Pratapgarh)
- Namita Biswas Memorial Eye Hospital (Garia Station)
- Sevangan Nursing Home
- Smilz Dental Treatment Facility (Garia Park)[13]
- Remedy Diagnostic Center
- Medich Health Clinic and Diagnostic Centre
- Friends Diagnostic Private Limited
- Mother Teresa Memorial TB Hospital and Research Centre[14]
- Neotia Mediplus Super Specialty Clinic (part of Park Hospitals), 168 Garia Main Road, Kolkata 700084 (Opp. 228 bus stand)
Education
Garia is home to several academic, research and professional institutions. Major colleges, schools and research institutions located here include:
- Netaji Subhash Engineering College
- Indian Centre for Space Physics, Garia Station Road[15]
- Dinabandhu Andrews College-affiliated to Calcutta University.[16]
- Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
- Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta[17]
- Seacom Marine College[18]
- National Institute of Hotel Management, Kolkata
- Sammilani Mahavidyalaya[19]
- K.K. Das College[20]
- Future Institute of Engineering and Management
- Swami Vivekananda Institute of Science and Technology
- Neotia Academy Of Nursing, Chak Garia[21]
- Indus Valley World School[22]
- Welland Gouldsmith School[23]
- Techno India Group Public School[24]
- Techno Model School[25]
- Miranda High School[26]
- B.D. Memorial Institute-Mahamayatala[27]
- Garia Baroda Prasad High School
- Garia Harimati Devi U. Balika School
- Garia Vidyabhavana South School[28]
- Kids World School
- Ideal commercial College
- Garia Madrasah Badrul Uloom Quraniya - Islamic Educational Institute
- Balia Nafar Chandra Balika Vidyalaya
- Tentulberia Anukul Chandra High School
In popular culture
In early 1953, the principal photography of Satyajit Ray's debut film Pather Panchali was done at Boral, which was then a small village on the outskirts of Kolkata and is now a locality of Garia. A decade later, Ray again shot a scene of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne in the dense bamboo groves near a pond in Garia.[29]
Notable Resident
- Ashapurna Devi, novelist and poet
- Anurag Basu, film director
- Kaushik Ganguly, film director
- Churni Ganguly, actress
- Locket Chatterjee, actress
- Sayak Chakraborty, television actor
- Pabitra Sarkar, Former Vice chancellor, Writer and Critics
Transport
Garia has two bus terminals named Garia 6 no. Nagarik Bus Terminus and Garia 5 no. Bus Terminus. A variety of AC & Non-AC Buses depart from this terminus.
Bus
WBTC
- AC-6 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)
- AC-37 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Barasat)
- AC-37C (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Airport)
- AC-37A (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Airport)
- AC-50A (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Rajchandrapur)
- AC-5 (Garia 5 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)
- S-5 (Garia 5 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)
- S-7 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)
- S-21 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Baghbazar)
- S-14 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Karunamoyee)
- AC-24 (Patuli - Howrah Stn)
- AC-24A (Kamalgazi - Howrah Stn)
- S-9C (Kamalgazi - Ecospace)
- S-24 (Kamalgazi - Howrah Stn)
- AC-14 (Baruipur - Karunamoyee)
