Bally ( bn, বালি) is a neighbourhood in the city of

Howrah Howrah (, , alternatively spelled as Haora) is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River opposite its twin city of Kolkata. Administratively it lies within Howrah district, and is th ...

of Howrah district in the

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. It is a part of the area covered by

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(KMDA).Merge Bally, Howrah civic bodies: Mamata Banerjee
''timesofindia.com''. 19 May 2015. Bally is under the jurisdiction of Bally Police Station of

Howrah City Police , mission = , formedyear = 2011 , formedmonthday = 1 September , preceding1 = , dissolved = , superseding = , employees = Commissioner of Police Deputy commissioners Additional Deputy Commissioner ...

. It is governed by the Bally Municipality.

Geography

Bally is located at and also the northernmost part of

city. It has an average elevation of 15 metres (49

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). It is more elevated in the west than the east (where flows the Hoogly river), thus leading to a problem of water logging. Bally is separated from

Uttarpara, Hooghly Uttarpara or Uttarpara Kotrung is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Uttarpara is located at , within 10 k ...

by Bally Canal (Bally Khal) at its north. A Bridge was constructed over Bally Canal in 1846 to join the two localities.

Transport

An important transportation hub of Kolkata, Bally is connected to Dakshineswar, Kolkata via Vivekananda Setu and

Nivedita Setu Second Vivekananda Bridge (also called Nivedita Setu) is a multi-span extradosed bridge completed 2007 over Hooghly River connecting Howrah with Kolkata, in West Bengal. It runs parallel to and about 50 m downstream of the old Vivekananda Setu ...

. State Highway 6/ Grand Trunk Road and

Belghoria Expressway Belghoria Expressway is a four-lane (including Dakshineswar to Rajchandrapur extension) long grade separated tolled expressway in the North Suburban fringes of Kolkata, West Bengal. It is a key arterial road, linking the terminal junction ...

also pass through Bally. From here, people can avail a number of buses to go to

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

(via Vivekananda Setu),

(via National Highway 16) and Hooghly (via

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). Bus Services There are many bus routes connecting Bally with Kolkata and Hooghly region. 54- Ballykhal to Esplanade 51- Pardankuni to Howrah Station 56- Ruiyapurbopara to Howrah Station Rt-10 (Mini)- Ballykhal to Kidderpore 3- Serampore to Bagbazar/Salt Lake 285- Serampore to Newtown 2- Chuchura to Dakshineshwar Belurmath to Garia station DN2- Rajchandrapur to Barasat AC50 - Belurmath to Garia 79- Panchla to Dunlop AC50A- Rajchandrapur to Garia AC23A- Rajchandrapur to Karunamoyee C23- Dankuni to Park Circus Dankuni to Kamalgazai Ballyhalt to Kashipur Ballyhalt to Karunamoyee Haroa to Dankuni S23A- Ballyhalt to Karunamoyee 26C- Jagatbhallavpur to Bonhooghly 26- Champadanga to Bonhooghly DN 8/1- Tikiapara to Barasat 81/1- Rajchandrapur to Barasat Bagnan to Shyambazar DN 46- Dankuni to Karunamoyee Barrackpore to Salap Nimdighi to Madhyamgram Salap to Nagerbazar Railway Stations Bally also has three railway stations of

Kolkata Suburban Railway The Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in India. It is the largest suburban railway network in the country with the highest number of stations. It is also the 7th larg ...

. They are

Bally railway station Bally railway station (Bengali: বালি) is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line and Howrah–Bardhaman chord line. It is located in Howrah in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under the jurisdict ...

(on Howrah-Bardhaman main line and Howrah-Bardhaman chord line),

Bally Ghat railway station Bally Ghat railway station is a station of Eastern Railway in Howrah. It is 15 km away from and 7 km from Dankuni Junction on the Sealdah–Dankuni line of Eastern Railway. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Dankun ...

and

Bally Halt railway station Bally Halt railway station is a station of Eastern Railway in Howrah. It is 16 km away from and 6 km from Dankuni Junction on the Sealdah–Dankuni line of Eastern Railway. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Dankuni a ...

(on Sealdah-Dankuni line). Airport Nearest Airport of Bally is

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is an international airport located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving the Kolkata Metropolitan Area and is the aviation hub for eastern and northeastern India. It is located approximatel ...

in Dumdum, Kolkata.

Municipality

It is governed by the Bally Municipality.

References

{{Howrah topics Cities and towns in Howrah district Neighbourhoods in Howrah Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Kolkata Metropolitan Area

Geography

Transport

Municipality

See also

References