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Girish Park

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Girish Park
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Girish Park is located in Kolkata
Girish Park
Girish Park
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°35′11″N 88°21′44″E / 22.586461°N 88.362151°E / 22.586461; 88.362151
Country India
StateWest Bengal
CityKolkata
DistrictKolkata
Metro StationGirish Park
Municipal CorporationKolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward25
Population
 • Total
For population see linked KMC ward page
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code+91 33
Lok Sabha constituencyKolkata Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituencyJorasanko

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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Girish Park

Police district

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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

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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

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Road

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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

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Burra Bazar railway station and Sealdah Station are the nearest railway stations.


Bus

Beadon Street Bus Stop

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kolkata Police". Central Division – Girish Park police station. KP. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Kolkata flyover collapse: 21 dead, 85 injured says Mamata Banerjeee". India Today. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. ^ "As it happened, Kolkata flyover collapses, many dead". Hindustan Times. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  4. ^ Google maps
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