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Wikipedia / Garia

Garia is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is bordered by the neighbourhoods of Jadavpur in the north, Bansdroni/Tollygunge in the north-west, Santoshpur/Mukundapur in the north-east and Narendrapur/Rajpur Sonarpur in the south. It is on the banks of Adi Ganga.

Geographic location

The junction of Raja S.C.Mullick Road, N.S.C. Bose Road and Garia Main Road adjacent to Kanungo Park is known as "Garia More".

Shopping

Garia is one of the major shopping areas of Kolkata. Notable shopping malls and department stores include:

  • Metropolis Mall, Hiland Park, EM Bypass, Chak Garia

  • Smart Bazaar, Orbit Mall, Garia

  • Spencer's, Garia Station Road

  • Spencer's Express, Baishnabghata Patuli Township

  • Spencer's Express, Tolly Heights, Naktala

  • Proyozonio

  • Bizarre Bazar

  • Sonar Bangla Shopping Complex

  • Pooja Plaza (Near Garia Bazaar)

  • Parnashree Market (Near Garia Main Road)

  • New Raghunath Market

  • Brand Factory (Near Mahamayatala, Garia)

  • Bazaar Kolkata (Mahamayatala, Garia)

Medical facilities

Several medical institutes are found within Garia.

  • The Apollo Clinic

  • Bengal Rural Welfare Service (BRWS) Hospital

  • Banchbo Healing Touch

  • Peerless Hospital (Panchasayar)

  • Remedy Hospital (Kalitala)

  • Lifeline Hospital (Pratapgarh)

  • Namita Biswas Memorial Eye Hospital (Garia Station)

  • Sevangan Nursing Home

  • Smilz Dental Treatment Facility (Garia Park)

  • Remedy Diagnostic Center

  • Medich Health Clinic and Diagnostic Centre

  • Friends Diagnostic Private Limited

  • Mother Teresa Memorial TB Hospital and Research Centre

  • Neotia Mediplus Super Specialty Clinic (part of Park Hospitals), 168 Garia Main Road, Kolkata 700084 (Opp. 228 bus stand)

Education

Garia is home to several academic, research and professional institutions. Major colleges, schools and research institutions located here include:

In early 1953, the principal photography of Satyajit Ray's debut film Pather Panchali was done at Boral, which was then a small village on the outskirts of Kolkata and is now a locality of Garia. A decade later, Ray again shot a scene of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne in the dense bamboo groves near a pond in Garia.

Notable Resident

Transport

Garia has two bus terminals named Garia 6 no. Nagarik Bus Terminus and Garia 5 no. Bus Terminus. A variety of AC & Non-AC Buses depart from this terminus.

Bus

WBTC

  • AC-6 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)

  • AC-37 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Barasat)

  • AC-37C (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Airport)

  • AC-37A (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Airport)

  • AC-50A (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Rajchandrapur)

  • AC-5 (Garia 5 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)

  • S-5 (Garia 5 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)

  • S-7 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Howrah Stn)

  • S-21 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Baghbazar)

  • S-14 (Garia 6 no Bus stand - Karunamoyee)

  • AC-24 (Patuli - Howrah Stn)

  • AC-24A (Kamalgazi - Howrah Stn)

  • S-9C (Kamalgazi - Ecospace)

  • S-24 (Kamalgazi - Howrah Stn)

  • AC-14 (Baruipur - Karunamoyee

Garia also features the last three stations of the Kolkata Metro Railway's Blue Line (North-South Corridor). These are, from north to south:

  • Kavi Nazrul (Garia Bazaar)

  • Shahid Khudiram (Briji Area)

  • Kavi Subhas (New Garia)

The Kavi Subhas station is the southern terminus of the Blue Line. It also serves as an interchange station for the Orange Line (Bypass Corridor).

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