Garia
| Garia | |
|---|---|
| Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
| Country |
 India
|
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| Metro Railway Stations | Kavi Nazrul, Shahid Khudiram, Kavi Subhash and Gitanjali |
| Railway stations | Garia, New Garia, Baghajatin |
| Parliamentary constituency | Jadavpur |
| Assembly constituency | Jadavpur |
| KMC Wards | 100, 101, 109, 110, 111 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 700084, 700047, 700094, 700152 |
| Area code(s) | +91 33 |
Garia is a neighbourhood in south Kolkata, India and home to Netaji Subhash Engineering College. It includes the localities of Kanungo Park, Srirampur, New Garia, Chak Garia, Garia Park, Baghajatin, Baishnabghata-Patuli, Techno City, Panchpota, Model Town, Ganguly Bagan, Tentulberia, East Tentulberia, Ramgarh, Briji, Kamalgazi, Mahamayatala, Boral, Sreenagar, Nayabad, Panchasayar, Balia and certain parts of New Ajaynagar. It is bounded by Jadavpur to the north, Bansdroni/Tollygunge to the north-west, Santoshpur to the north-east, Narendrapur/Sonarpur to the south and Mukundapur to the east. The southern part of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass runs through the heart of the region. It is also represented by an important, ever-busy, and ever-crowded traffic junction from where a variety of public transports ply in different directions, making it a principal spot of south Kolkata.
Garia is one of the oldest settlements around the region, and is located on the Tolly's Nullah(canal) connecting Kolkata to the Vidhyadhari River to the east. It was primarily a peaceful residential neighbourhood before the partition of India, which changed the very fabric of the area.
Overnight refugees came and settled down in the farm lands and country houses of the rich landowners of Kolkata in Garia, increasing the population of the area by many thousands.
Garia became another refugee settlement along with Jadavpur and Tollygunge in the southern fringes of the city. Slowly, after the initial upheaval, development of the area started and it grew to become a peaceful neighbourhood. But again another change was coming to the region. With the expansion of Kolkata to the east and the south during the 1990s, the area witnessed its latest change. Garia was the southern end of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, the next 'Chowringhee' of Kolkata. This road connected Garia to the northern parts of the city and the newly developing areas like Salt Lake City and Rajarhat, and also to the airport thus opening the way for rapid commercialization of the area. Already home to two major bus terminus, Garia became the transport and commercial hub for the region.
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