Belgharia

Belgharia

বেলঘরিয়া
Belgharia বেলঘরিয়া
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
Government
• Lok Sabha constituency	Dum Dum
• Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kamarhati
Languages
• Official	Bengali and English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700056, 700083
Telephone code	91 33

Belgharia (Template:Lang-bn) is a suburb and a city north of Kolkata. It is situated near Barrackpore Trunk Road under Kamarhati Municipality. Now it has become a business hub, well connected with Kolkata through trains, buses and other means of transport. The name "Belgharia" is derived from "Bell Ghor"[ বেলঘর ]. There was a Big bell used for calling the porters for unloading and carrying jute from the boats. The oldest jetty was situated in Ariadaha on the river Ganges. In the 17th century Belgharia and Nimta were the biggest wholesale markets for jute, fish and vegetables. Belgharia is one of the stations on the main train line starting from Sealdah. This place is a suburb of Kolkata city capital of West Bengal in India.

Feeder road is one of the main roads in Belghoria. Feeder road connects Belghoria to B.T. Road (i.e. Barrackpore Trunk Road) to the west and through Madhusudan Banerjee (MB) Road to Birati and consequently to Jessore Road in the east.

Ramakrishna Paramhansa visited this place eight times; the first time was in 1875. Ramakrishna Mission is also situated here. They run a Students' Home for meritorious poor and needy students along with a three-year Diploma Engg. College . They also conduct relief activities with a public library and homeopathic dispensary. Swami Vijnanananda, a direct disciple of Ramakrishna also resided here. The nearest Industrial area is Kamarhatty (3 km), with the following companies: Agarpara Jute Mill, Allied Ceramic, ESDEE Allumina, Emami, Kamarhatty Jute Mill, Texmaco, TIL, WIMCO .A small unit of Ramkrishna Mission is situated here (near Belgharia flyover) which was established by Swami Vijnananandaji, architect of Belur Math.

Satyendra Nath Dutta (Bengali: সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত) (1882-1922), a Bengali poet, is considered the wizard of rhymes (or ছন্দের যাদুকর - chhonder jadukar in Bengali) was born at NIMTA of Belgharia, under District North 24-Parganas.

Educational institutions

Kolkata new proposed metro route (Baranagar - Barrackpore)

Bhairab Ganguly College,
The Shanti Kids' Academy
Belgharia High School for Boys,
Belgharia Jatindas Vidyamandir,
Udaypur Haradayal Nag Adarsha Vidyalaya
Belgharia Mahakali Girls High School
Belgharia Ramakrishna Mission (Polytechnic Institution)
Trivasa Academy High School
Deshpriyo Vidyaniketan for Boys
Deshpriyo Vidyaniketan for Girls
Nimta Higher Secondary School
Udaypur Haradayal Nag Adarsha Vidyalaya
Belgharia Jatiya Vidyaniketan
Nandan Nagar High School
Chhatramangal Abhay Smriti Vidyaniketan
Sishu Nalanda Primary School
Alok Tirtha Nursary & KG School
Kajal Memorial School
Adamas International school
Adarsha Sishu Niketan, Nandan Nagar
Sishu Bhawan
Rabindra Path Bhawan
RABINDRA PATH BHAWAN
Prafulla Nagar Acharya Prafulla Chandra Vidyapith

Major markets

Belgharia Rail Bazar- For Fresh Vegetables & Fish
Belgharia Municipal Market
Dr. P.N.Dey market
ANUSREE, 6 Umesh Mukherjee Rd. (A Class Readymade Garments & School Uniforms)
Sadananda Chawk
Ghola Road bazar
Deshpriya Nagar Colony Bazar
Spencer's - near Rathtala crossing
SWADESHI- (Grocery, Cosmetics, Stationery) - near Flyover
Maa Home Service-Arabinda Nagar
Exclusive Readymade Bazar (Bata Bus Stop)
Putul mobile servicing centre at (nandan nagar)

Library

Parry Mohun Library - Just opposite to Belgharia Bata
Belgharia Text Book Library - Indrapuri

Hospitals and health centres

Ariadah Matri Sadan.
Sagar Dutta State General Hospital & Medical College.
Zenith Multispeciality Hospital.
Sahid Khudiram bose hospital.
Diagaid Clinic & Diagnostic Centre
Chhatra Mangal Ambulance Service
Sandhikhyan-Belgharia Ambulance service (AC)

Major medicine shops

Life Line Medico-Near Power House
Shyama Medical - Near Belgharia high school
Dayal Medical - Near Bata
Ghosh Medical -Near Flyover
Seba Medical -Arabinda Nagar
Nakhatra medical hall- Rathtala

Banks and ATMs

State Bank of India with ATM - Shankar Bhawan - Opposite Belgharia A C Market, Badamtalla & Culture More
Bank of Baroda with ATM - Branch beside Belgharia Head Post Office, ATM at Belgharia Power House
Allahabad Bank - Above Axis Bank - Opposite Belgharia Bata
UCO Bank
HDFC Bank with ATM - Opposite Bhairav Ganguly College
AXIS Bank with ATM - Opposite Belgharia Bata & Badamtalla
Central Bank of India with ATM - Branch at P N Dey Market - ATM beside Belgharia Head Post Office
ICICI Bank ATM - at Belgharia Badamtalla and Belgharia Rail Bazaar
United Bank of India with ATM - at Belgharia Badamtalla
PNB with ATM Near Belgharia Power House
IDBI ATM at Rathtala
ANDHRA Bank ATM at Nimta Bazar

Communication Links to Kolkata and other places

Nearest Railway Stations - Belgharia, Birati and Baranagar

Bus Route from Brlgharia 234 (to Golf green via Sealdah -Minto Park), 234/1 (to Golf green via Esplanade, Rabindra Sadan), 201(to SDF),
Belgharia Howrah Mini (from Nandan Nagar to Howrah F.S)
To Sealdah (North) via Local Train
To Sodepur via Local train, BT Road & Nilgunj road
To Barrackpore via local train, BT Road.
To BT Road via Feeder Road
To Birati Railway Station Via MB Road
To Baranagore Road Railway Station via BT Road
To Dakshineswar via Belgharia Expressway/Auto Route/DN2 Bus Route.
To Dumdum Airport Via Belgharia Expressway*
To Salt lake & New Town via Belgharia Expressway*

The newly built Belghoria Expressway which links Jessore Road with Dumdum Airport and Nivedita Setu on the Ganges increased the importance of this place.

The place is now beaming up with flats. People can have an easy access to anything within no time.

Belgharia still oozes old world charm of Bengal. The cosmopolitan culture of new age Bengal hasn't yet penetrated the town. The population consists of generally middle class Bengali. Of late a lot of student messes has sprung up chiefly because of the comparative low cost of living and close proximity to the city of Kolkata.

Belgharia is an area under Kamarhati Municipality and some parts fall under the area of North Dumdum Municipality.

- N.B.Belgharia is the birthplace of SKM