New Alipore is situated just south of the Budge Budge section of the Kolkata Suburban Railway between Majherhat and Tollygunge stations. New Alipore is bounded by the above railway line to the north, the B.L.Saha Road to the east, Diamond Harbour Road to the west and by Behala to the south.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

History

New Alipore was created as a planned residential suburb of the city of Kolkata by the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) in the fifties to house the burgeoning population of the city looking for more land.

It is one of the better planned & posh areas of the city and is home to a wide variety of people from all walks of life. The eastern part of the area around Tollygunge Circular Road and Mahabirtala is one of the most congested parts of south Kolkata, with offices of large number of transport companies who park their trucks right on the road.

Kalighat railway station has been renamed as New Alipore station, and the erstwhile Kalighat Falta Railway (KFR) has been dismantled and the space reclaimed. The stretch where once the tracks lay is now the James Long Sarani. This road runs parallel to the Diamond Harbour Road and through New Alipore, Behala and Thakurpukur.

Considered to be the poshest area of South Kolkata, this area has developed a lot and has recently been declared the Model Ward (Ward 81, Borough X)by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Transport

New Alipore is connected to all parts of the city by extensive bus services.

New Alipore is a railway station on the Budge Budge section of Kolkata Suburban Railway.

Medical Facilities

1. B.P.Poddar Hospital

Educational Institutions

1. Marine Engineering and Research Institute
2. Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition
3. New Alipore College
4. Sarada Ashram Valika Vidyalaya
5. New Alipore Multipurpose School
6. St. Joseph And Mary
7. Bidya Bharati

Places of interest

• Amartya Sen's house during his stay in Kolkata.
• Eastern Regional headquarters of the Zoological Survey of India.
• Suruchi Sangha, New Alipore (mostly during the Durga Puja celebrations).

Famous people

• Amartya Sen
• Tapan Sinha
• Sabitri Chatterjee
• Probaho Chakraborty

See also