Bonhooghly

Bonhooghly
Neighbourhood
Bonhooghly Location in Kolkata, West Bengal, India Bonhooghly Bonhooghly (India) Bonhooghly Bonhooghly (Asia)
Coordinates: 22.38°N 88.22°E / 22.38; 88.22
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Region	Greater Kolkata
Railway station	Baranagar Road
Metro station	Baranagar(under construction)
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Baranagar Municipality
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700108
Telephone code	+91 33
Vehicle registration	WB-23, WB-24
Lok Sabha constituency	Dum Dum
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Baranagar

Bonhooghly is a popular locality of Baranagar in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is very close to Kolkata. The area is under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

Location

Bonhooghly is surrounded by Dunlop, Kamarhati and Belgharia to the north; Alambazar and Dakshineswar to the west; Baranagar Bazar and Noapara to the south; and Dum Dum and North Dum Dum to the east.

History

All the areas like Dunlop, Kolkata, Alambazar, Bonhooghly, Noapara were known to be a single region called "Baranagar" in the past. The name "Baranagar" is still in use. The word Baranagar derives from the Bengali term "Barahanagore" (City of Hogs). Streynsham Master visited the area in 1676 and spoke of the hog factory, where about 3,000 hogs were slaughtered and salted for export annually. The Dutch had a presence in the seventeenth century. Baranagar is also the name of the Municipality. It was established in 1869.

Education

Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

The ISI, Kolkata is situated at Bonhooghly. It is the main branch or headquarter of all ISI branches situated in many different places around India. The Kolkata (Bonhooghly) campus offers bachelor and masters level degree courses on various subjects.

MSME Tool Room, Kolkata

MSME Tool Room, Kolkata (Bonhooghly) provides technological support to industries and ensure that the Tool Room technology keeps pace with the rapid growth and development of industries which aims at the rapid growth of micro, small & medium scale sectors. It also provides short and medium duration courses like CAD, CAM, 3DsMax, AutoCAD, networking hardware, programming languages, PLC, VLSI, SCADA and many more for diploma/degree engineering and ITI students.

Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College (B.K.C.)

This is a government-sponsored co-ed college at Bonhooghly. The college was established in 1956. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It is accredited from AICTE and it is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It was upgraded from a bachelor to masters degree college.

Schools

• Bonhooghly High School
• Ananda Ashram Sarada Vidyapith
• Apple Primary School
• Khalsa Model Senior Secondary School
• Bikashayan, Dunlop
• Bonhooghly Girls High School
• Mata Manmohini School
• Jyotinagar Bidyashree Niketan (H.S.)
• Springfield International School, Kolkata

Healthcare

Hospitals Nearby

• National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), Bonhooghly
• National Institute For Locomotor Disabilities (NILD), Bonhooghly
• Baine Hospital (Gopal Lal Thakur Road)
• Indian Institute Of Psychometry (Bonhooghly)
• Ali Yavar Jung National Institute Of Speech And Hearing Disabilities (Bonhooghly)
• Binayak Hospital (Near Sinthee)
• Baranagar State General Hospital (Tobin Road)

Transport

B.T. Road and Gopal Lal Thakur Road passes through Bonhooghly. Deshbandhu Road also starts from here. Many buses ply along these roads.

Bus

Many private and government buses commute within the area. Shuttle buses (without numbers) also pass through Bonhooghly.

Train and Metro

The nearest rail station to Bonhooghly is Baranagar Road railway station which is in Baranagar The nearest metro station is Baranagar metro station which is under construction of Kolkata Metro Line 1 extension.