Girish Park
Girish Park | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
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  Girish Park Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°35′11″N 88°21′44″E / 22.586461°N 88.362151°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| District | Kolkata |
| Metro Station | Girish Park |
| Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| KMC ward | 25 |
| Population | |
| • Total | For population see linked KMC ward page |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Area code | +91 33 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Uttar |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Jorasanko |
Girish Park is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. it is named after famous Bengali Theatre personnel Girish Chandra Ghosh.
Geography
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Police district
[edit]Girish Park police station is part of the Central division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 138, Ram Dulal Sarkar Street, Kolkata-700006.[1]
Taltala Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Central division, i.e. Bowbazar, Burrabazar, Girish Park, Hare Street, Jorasanko, Muchipara, New Market, Taltala and Posta.[1]
Flyover collapse
[edit]In the Vivekananda flyover collapse, when a portion of the under-construction flyover collapsed in the Girish Park neighbourhood on 31 March 2016, 81 persons were killed and 205 injured.[2][3]
Transport
[edit]Road
[edit]Girish Park is the junction of Chittaranjan Avenue and Vivekananda Road. Beadon Street (Dani Ghosh Sarani/Abhedananda Road) also intersects Chittaranjan Avenue nearby. Many buses ply along these roads.[4]
Train
[edit]Burra Bazar railway station and Sealdah Station are the nearest railway stations.
Bus
Beadon Street Bus Stop
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kolkata Police". Central Division – Girish Park police station. KP. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "Kolkata flyover collapse: 21 dead, 85 injured says Mamata Banerjeee". India Today. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "As it happened, Kolkata flyover collapses, many dead". Hindustan Times. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Google maps
External links
[edit]Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage
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