Sinthee
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Sinthee | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
  Sinthee Location in Kolkata  Sinthee Sinthee (West Bengal) | |
| Coordinates: 22°37′41″N 88°23′04″E / 22.62806°N 88.38444°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 |
Sinthee or Sinthi is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1]
History
[edit]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
[edit]Location
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Rabindra Bharati University
- B. T. Road Government Sponsored H. S. School
- Birla Institute of Technology
- Department of Economics, University of Calcutta
Transport
[edit]Road
[edit]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]
Train
[edit]Dum Dum Junction is the nearest railway station of Sinthee. Dum Dum Metro Station is the neighborhood subway station.
External links
[edit]
Kolkata/Northern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage
References
[edit]- ^ "Kolkata Statistics". Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 6-10: The History. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, first published 1909/reprint 1980, pages 103-4 and 221, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
- ^ Nair, P.Thankappan, The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, pp. 14-15, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
- ^ a b "Kolkata Police". North and North Suburban Division. KP. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory, Fourth Impression 2003, Map No. 1, D.P.publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata - 700 073.
- ^ Google maps
