Durganagar
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Durganagar is a suburb of Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, though administratively under the district of North 24 Parganas. The town is about 16 km. from Sealdah
Sealdah
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 station towards Bongaon and 1 km. west to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
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. It was named after goddess Durga
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.

Geography

Durganagar (WEST) is a part of North Dum Dum Municipality since 2000, while Durganagar (EAST) belongs to DUM DUM MUNICIPALITY. Previously it was under Sultanpur. Its population is about 50,000. Most of the people are Hindu
Hindu
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. Only about 2-3 hundreds of Muslim
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 population are residing to its eastern side. Main landmark of this town is Durganagar Rly. Station, which is on the Sealdah - North(SEALDAH - BONGAON) section of the Kolkata suburban railway system. The place is very close to the Kolkata Airport also.

দুর্গানগর (পশ্চিম) উত্তর দম দম মিউনিসিপ্যালিটির অংশ ২০০০ সাল থেকে। আবার দুর্গানগর (পূর্ব)দম দম মিউনিসিপ্যালিটির অন্তর্ভুক্ত। আগে এটি সুলতানপুর-এর অন্তর্ভুক্ত ছিল। এখানকার জনসংখ্যা প্রায় ৫০,০০০। এখনকার অধিকাংশ মানুষই হলেন হিন্দু। কেবলমাত্র দুই তিনশ মুসলমান ধর্মাবলম্বী মানুষ এলাকার পূর্বভাগে বসবাস করেন। এলাকার মূল ল্যান্ডমার্ক হল দুর্গানগর রেল স্টেশন। এই স্টেশনটি শিয়ালদহ উত্তর বিভাগের শিয়ালদহ-বনগাঁ রুটে অবস্থিত। এই স্থানটি কোলকাতা বিমান বন্দরের সন্নিকটে।

History

The place is named after the goddess Durga. Almost 3-4 Durga puja's pandels are set up during the main festive season. The main Puja is the "Durganagar Sarbajanin puja", which is set up at the main (durganagar sporting club) playground near Durganagar X Roads (Chou rasta) near 'Ananda Sandhya' banquet hall.

Durganagar Nabarun Sangha situated at Dum Dum North Assembly, Ward No. 21 under North Dum Dum Municipality, established in the year 1972 Reg. No. S/44409 and it’s extended medical unit as ‘Nabarun Sebalaya’ in 1993 which was inaugurated by Hon’ble Health Minister, Dr. Prasanta Sur. Govt. of West Bengal. Since then we have been providing free treatment along with medicines to the poor patients under the guidance and with the help of few famous Doctor’s of our locality and the Club members.

Even Kali Puja is celebrated in a GRAND fashion there....Aloke Sangha Club is well known for this, live Devi Kali is the main attraction here.Durganagar sporting Club organizes this event in their own prestigious way.

But the main celebration is on the 31 December, when Big open air stage is made where renowned singers from Bengal and performs. The entire shows ends with a massive display of fireworks at midnight welcoming the new year in a grand style.
দেবী দুর্গার নামানুসারে এই স্থানের নামকরণ করা হয়েছে। উৎসবের সময় এই অঞ্চলে প্রায় ৩-৪ টি প্যান্ডেল খাটান হয়। এই এলাকার প্রধান পূজা হল "দুর্গানগর সার্বজনীন পূজা"। এটি অনুষ্ঠিত হয় দুর্গানগর স্পোর্টিং ক্লাবের খেলার মাঠে। এটি দুর্গানগর চৌরাস্তায় 'আনন্দ সন্ধ্যা' ব্যাঙ্কয়েট হলের কাছে অবস্থিত।
'দুর্গানগর নবারুন সংঘ' ওয়ার্ড নং ২১ -এ উত্তর দম দম বিধানসভা ক্ষেত্রে অবস্থিত। এটি উত্তর দম দম মিউনিসিপ্যালিটির অন্তর্ভুক্ত। এই সংঘ প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয় ১৯৭২ সালে এবং এর রেজিস্ট্রেশন নং এস/৪৪৪০৯। এই সংঘের চিকিৎসা বিভাগটির নাম 'নবারুন সেবালয়'। ১৯৯৩ এটি্র সূচনা করেন পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকারের তৎকালীন স্বাস্থ্য মন্ত্রী মাননীয় প্রশান্ত শূর মহাশয়। সেই সময় থেকেই আমরা এলাকার দুঃস্থ জনসাধারণের জন্য বিনামূল্যে চিকিৎসা ও ঔষধের পরিসেবা দিয়ে আসছি। এই মহান কাজে আমাদের সহযোগিতা করে আসছেন স্থানীয় চিকিৎসকগণ এবং সংঘের সদস্য গণ।
কালী পূজাও এই এলাকায় যথেষ্ট ধূমধাম করে অনুষ্ঠিত হয়। এবিষয়ে আলোক সংঘ ক্লাবের যথেষ্ট সুনাম রয়েছে। 'দুর্গানগর' স্পোর্টিং ক্লাবও ধূমধাম করে কালী পূজার অনুষ্ঠান করে।

Location

Almost all important places are near the train station.

This place very near to several good schools like St.Stephen's School, Kishore Bharati, Auxillium Convent, KK Hindu Academy, Christchurch, Aditya Academy, Motijheel Girls and Baidyanath High school.

It has its own post office, Allahabad Bank, AXIS bank ATM, HDFC ATM and UBI Bank a market and several playgrounds. Almost the whole population is constituted by 4-5 member small families with a single earning member. Many of them are servicemen (state/central govt. jobs), people working in IT industries and Doctors and Engineers. Residents commute daily to Kolkata through local train or by autoride to Airport which is a huge junction. Even the Kolkata METRO is a good option for people to commute to Central Calcutta.

Environment

Its just 1 km from the NSCB International Airport and falls within the Dum Dum locality, but still one can find plenty of greeneries around with lots of coconut trees around.
In the morning the sweet sound of chirping of birds reminds of a nostalgic old Kolkata.
This place is almost pollution free with lots of green all around. Facities are adequate enough with almost everything nearby.But this environment was seen some TEN years ago, now many flats and buildings are constructed by destroying many playground and ponds.The number of Vehicles and people have increased in a HUGE form.Many trees have been cut down for the CONSTRUCTION.But there is no bus route from durganagar station.

People

There are couple of well-known personalities in Durganagar. Late Dr. Nirmal Kumar Roy Chowdhury, who founded Swarnamayi Smiriti Vidyalaya, was one of them. Dr. Roy Chowdhury had treated the local patients for free. His nephew, Sandip Chowdhury, is the most prominent personality in Durganagar. After a very successful stint in Corporate India, he has joined Stanford Graduate School of Business as a Sloan Fellow.

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