Rajabagan is a neighbourhood located in the south-western part of
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 ...
city, in the state of
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...
,
India
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. It is located on the eastern bank of
Hooghly river and is situated between
Metiabruz
Garden Reach is a neighbourhood of the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It is situated in the south-western part of Kolkata near the bank of the Hooghly River. (east) and
Badartala (west).
Geography
Post Office
The Post Office of the area is named 'Rajabagan Dock Yard' with the Pin code 700044.
Police district
Rajabagan police station is part of the
Port division of
Kolkata Police
The Kolkata Police Force (KPF) is one of the two presidency police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata Police has the task of policing the metropolitan area (apart from Bidhannagar and New Town, which are served by the Bidhannaga ...
. It is located at T-250 Garden Reach Road, Kolkata-700044.
, located at 16, Watgunge Street, Kolkata-700023, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Port division i.e. North Port, South Port, Watgunge, West Port, Garden Reach, Ekbalpur, Nadial, Rajabagan and Metiabruz.
Jadavpur, Thakurpukur, Behala, Purba Jadavpur, Tiljala, Regent Park, Metiabruz, Nadial and Kasba police stations were transferred from South 24 Parganas to Kolkata in 2011. Except Metiabruz, all the police stations were split into two. The new police stations are Parnasree, Haridevpur, Garfa, Patuli, Survey Park, Pragati Maidan, Bansdroni and Rajabagan.
Economy
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Rajabagan Dockyard Rajabagan Dock (RBD) is a shipyard situated on the left bank of the Hooghly River about three nautical miles down stream of Calcutta Dock System. The shipyard is mainly engaged in shipbuilding and repair of small and medium sized inland water trans ...
References
See also
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Kolkata