Lake Town is a locality in South Dumdum Municipality of

North 24 Parganas district North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and f ...

in the

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. It is close 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 ...

and also a part of the area covered by

Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is the statutory planning and development authority for the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) in the state of West Bengal, India. The organisation used to be known as Calcutta Metropolitan Developm ...

(KMDA).

Location

Lake Town is surrounded by

Bangur Avenue Bangur Avenue is a locality in South Dumdum Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Trans ...

Dum Dum Park Dum Dum Park is a locality in South Dumdum Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and forms part of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) area. Dum Dum Park is a p ...

and

Kestopur Kestopur (officially, Krishnapur) is a neighborhood of Kolkata in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Devel ...

in the north,

Salt Lake A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre). ...

in the east,

Belgachia Belgachia is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their ...

, Ultadanga in the South and Patipukur, Paikpara in the West. Kalidaha (Kalindi) is situated to the west of Lake Town, on the other side of

Jessore Road Jessore Road is a road connecting Shyambazar through Dum Dum, both neighbourhoods in Kolkata, India, to Jessore in Bangladesh. While the Dum Dum-Barasat sector is now part of NH 12, the Barasat-Petrapole sector is now part of NH 112. It conti ...

. The neighbourhood was developed in a planned manner after the

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. Today, it is one of the important food and leisure hub in west Bengal having many international fast food chains and a shopping mall.

Notable residents

Shanu Lahiri Shanu Lahiri (23 January 1928 – 1 February 2013) was a painter and art educator who belonged to one of the most prominent and culturally elevated families of Kolkata and a first-generation modernist who emerged post independence. She was one ...

* Ram kumar, painter * Charu Chandra Khan, painter * Sujit Bose

Real estate Boom

Alcove Gloria - Apartment Complex - VIP Road - Kolkata 2017-05-10 7578

A planned township with large open spaces, parks and a lake, Lake Town is one of the most sought-after residential areas of Northern fringes of Kolkata. Its proximity to Dumdum/Kolkata Airport and commercial centres like

and

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has been a catalyst for the rising property prices in recent years. Some of Kolkata's prominent Real Estate firms have their presence in Lake Town. * Ujaas - The Condoville by Bengal Ambuja * Avani Oxford Phase I and II by Avani Group * Alcove Gloria by Alcove Realty, an arm of Diamond Group * Big Bazaar Family Centre - Kolkata's largest Big Bazaar, is a part of the locality

Transport

North-eastern Ramp - Ultadanga Flyover - VIP Road - Kolkata 2016-08-04 5650

Buses ply along

, Lake Town Road and

VIP Road VIP Road (officially Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue) is a major thoroughfare connecting the city of Kolkata with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Dumdum/Kolkata Airport. Located in the North-Eastern outskirts of the city, it was buil ...

in Lake Town. There is also Ultadanga Flyover which was inaugurated in 2011. The flyover connects

EM Bypass The Eastern Metropolitan Bypass (known simply as both ''E.M. Bypass'' and ''EM Bypass'') is a (Including Kamalgazi to Baruipur extension) major road on the east side of Kolkata. It connects Ultadanga (North Kolkata) to Baruipur Puratan Baz ...

(Bidhan Sishu Udyan, Ultadanga) with

(Dakshindari, Lake Town) and has reduced traffic jam at "Hudco More" of Ultadanga. Bidhannagar Road railway station, Patipukur railway station,

Kolkata Station Kolkata railway station (formerly known as Chitpur station) is the newest of the five intercity railway stations serving Howrah and Kolkata, India; the others are Sealdah station in Kolkata and Howrah station, Shalimar station and in Howrah. ...

and

Dum Dum Junction Dum Dum is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line. Two lines branch out after Dum Dum – the Calcutta chord line to and the Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line to and . The Dum Dum metro statio ...

are the nearest railway stations of Lake Town. The

Netaji Subhash 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 ...

is at a distance of about 7 kilometres from Lake Town.

Kolkata Time Zone Tower

Standing on the VIP Road, the Kolkata Time Zone Tower is a one-third sized replica of

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, London. Completed in October 2015, the tower was conceived by

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, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, with the intention of rivalling London as a financial centre. The project, headed by the South Dum Dum Municipality, cost Rs 1.36

crore A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e ...

s (USD ) and was the subject of widespread local opposition, including a door-to-door

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, on the grounds of both cost and of cultural inappropriateness. The tower is 30 metres in height, while Big Ben in London is 96 metres. It has ten floors and the four clock faces, sponsored by the Anglo Swiss Company, are each 3.6 metres in diameter, compared to 7 metres in the original.

References

{{Municipalities of West Bengal Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district Neighbourhoods in North 24 Parganas district Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Kolkata Metropolitan Area