Bonhooghly


Bonhooghly is a popular locality of Baranagar in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is very close to Kolkata. The area is under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

Location

Bonhooghly is surrounded by Dunlop, Kamarhati and Belgharia to the north; Alambazar and Dakshineswar to the west; Baranagar Bazar and Noapara to the south; and Dum Dum and North Dum Dum to the east.

History

All the areas like Dunlop, Kolkata, Alambazar, Bonhooghly, Noapara were known to be a single place called as "Baranagar" in old days. In many places there, the baranagar name still included. The word Baranagar derives from the Bengali term "Barahanagore". Streynsham Master who visited the area in 1676 spoke of the hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export. The Dutch had set up here in the seventeenth century. Baranagar is also name of the Municipality. It was established in 1869.

Education

[Indian Statistical Institute], Kolkata

The ISI, Kolkata is situated at Bonhooghly. It is the main branch or headquarter of all the ISI situated at many different places around India.
The Kolkata campus offers bachelor''s and masters level degree course in various subjects.

MSME Tool Room, Kolkata

MSME Tool Room, Kolkata provides technological support to the Industry and ensures that Tool Room technology keeps pace with the rapid growth and development of Industry which aims at rapid growth of micro, small & medium scale sector. It also provides short and medium duration courses like CAD, CAM, 3DsMax, AutoCAD, Hardware & Networking, Programming languages, PLC, VLSI, SCADA and many more for Engineering students and ITI students.

Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College (B.K.C.)

This is a government-sponsored Co-Ed college at Bonhooghly. The college was established in 1956. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It is accredited from AICTE and it is affiliated to University of Calcutta. It was upgraded from bachelor's to master's degree college.

Schools

Hospitals Nearby

and Gopal Lal Thakur Road passes through Bonhooghly. Deshbandhu Road also starts from here. Many buses ply along these roads.

Bus

Many private and government buses serve the area. Shuttle Buses also pass through Bonhooghly.

Train and Metro

The nearest rail station to Bonhooghly is Baranagar Road railway station which is in Baranagar
The nearest metro station is Baranagar metro station which is under construction of Kolkata Metro Line 1 extension.