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North Dumdum is located in West Bengal, India, at approximate coordinates 22.6661°, 88.4212°.

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North Dumdum

Land area26.45 km²

Coordinates22.67°, 88.42°

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Area

26.45 km²

Official website

northdumdummunicipality.org

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Overview

North Dum Dum or Uttar Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

History & geography

History

In 1870, Dum Dum was divided into two parts named as North Dum Dum and South Dum Dum. Though North Dum Dum Municipality was established on 10 September, 1870. It comprised villages known as Birati, Nimta, Kadihati, Jangalpur Patna, Gouripur and a large area of what is now Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. In 1998, Bisharpara gram panchayat and half of Sultanpur gram panchayat were merged with the Municipality. With the partition of Bengal in 1947, "millions of refugees poured in from erstwhile East Pakistan." In the initial stages bulk of the refugees were non-agriculturists. A few of them made their own arrangements, but "it was squatters who made the East Bengali refugees famous or infamous." Squatting (jabardakhal in Bengali) ranged from the forcible occupation of barracks to the collective take-over of private, government and waste land. By 1949, there were 65 refugee colonies in the Dum Dum and Panihati zone. The squatters were in a way “self-settlers” in the absence of adequate official arrangements for rehabilitation. Within a very short time the refugees (quite often with government/ administrative support) not only found a place to stay but developed a society with markets, schools, temples and sometimes even colleges, hospitals and recreational centres.

Geography

North Dum Dum is located at . North Dumdum is bounded by Panihati (Municipality) and New Barrackpore (Municipality) on the north, Madhyamgram (Municipality) and BMC areas on the east, Dum Dum (Municipality) and South Dum Dum (Municipality) on the south and Kamarhati (Municipality) on the west. North Dum Dum consists of localities such as Birati, Nimta, Durganagar and Bisharpara. 96% of the population of Barrackpore subdivision (partly presented in the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map) lives in urban areas. In 2011, it had a density of population of 10,967 per km2 The subdivision has 16 municipalities and 24 census towns. For most of the cities/ towns information regarding density of population is available in the Infobox. Population data is not available for neighbourhoods. It is available for the entire municipal area and thereafter ward-wise. Nimta police station under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over North Dumdum Municipal areas. Airport police station under Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate also has jurisdiction over North Dumdum municipal areas. North Dum Dum is a vast locality with many Postal Index Numbers: Nimta has a delivery sub post office, with PIN 700049. The only other post offices with the same PIN is Udaipur. Birati has a delivery sub post office, with PIN 700051. The only other post offices with the same PIN is Sultanpur. Durganagar has a non-delivery sub post office, with PIN 700065. Rajbari Colony has a delivery sub post office, with PIN 700081. Nilachal has a delivery sub post office, with PIN 700134. Bisharpara has a delivery sub post office, with PIN 700158.

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