Anandapur, Kolkata

Anandapur is one of the wealthiest and poshest neighbourhood of South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Anandapur
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Urbana, Anandapur
Anandapur Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22.514121°N 88.408516°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
District	Kolkata[1][2][3]
Metro Station	Hemanta Mukherjee(under construction)
Municipal Corporation	Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward	108
Population
• Total	For population see linked KMC ward page
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700107
Area code(s)	+91 33
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kasba

Geography

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Police district

Anandapur police station is part of the East division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 757 Madurdaha, Hossainpur, Kolkata-700 107.[4]

Economy

Urbana, is a residential project consisting of 7 towers housing around 1,170 residential apartments.[5] The second tallest towers in Kolkata are located 700 m from the Ruby crossing on E.M. Bypass.[6]

See also - List of tallest buildings in Kolkata

Education

• Calcutta International School, an English-medium co-educational international school with International Baccalaureate affiliation, serves both the local and expatriate communities. Founded in 1953 at Lee Road, Kolkata, it shifted to Anandapur in 2006.[7][8]
• The Heritage School was established in 2001 by the Kalyan Bharati Trust. The school is affiliated to CISE, IB Diploma Programme and IGCSE[9]
• Heritage Institute of Techlogy, was established in 2001 by the Kalyan Bharati Trust. It is a private engineering college, affiliated with the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology. It offers B.Tech., M.Tech. and M.C.A. courses.[10][11]

Healthcare

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Fortis Hospital is a 400-bed super speciality hospital.[12]

Transport

Anandapur Main Road connects the locality with Eastern Metropolitan Bypass and Anandapur High Road. Anandapur High Road connects the locality with Kalikapur, Adarsh Nagar and Bantala (Choubaga).[13]

Private Bus routes starting from Anandapur are connected with several neighbourhoods - 3C/1 and 3C/2 (with Nagerbazar), 18C (with Sarsuna) and KB15 (with Santragachi railway station). Mini Bus routes S107 and S107/1 ply between Anandapur and Howrah Station. A Private Bus also runs through Anandapur (18B/1 - Nonadanga China Mandir to Dakghar).

Ballygunge Junction railway station on Sealdah South lines is the nearest railway station.

References

1. "South 24 Parganas district".
2. "web.archieve.org" (PDF).
3. "KMC Wards in South 24 Parganas".
4. "Kolkata Police". East Division. KP. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
5. "Urbana". magicbricks. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
6. "Welcome to Urbana". Urbana. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
7. "Calcutta International School, Anandapur". schoolsearchlist.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
8. "Calcutta International School, Anandapur". School Connects. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
9. "The Heritage School". THS. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
10. "Heritage Institute of Technology". HIT. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
11. "Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata". WBJEE. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
12. "Fortis Hospital, Anandapur, Kolkata". Retrieved 15 March 2018.
13. Google maps

External links

Kolkata/East travel guide from Wikivoyage