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Burtolla Bartala
Neighborhood of Kolkata
Burtolla Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°35′34″N 88°22′15″E / 22.592906°N 88.370711°E / 22.592906; 88.370711
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
District	Kolkata
Metro Station	Shobhabazar Sutanuti and Shyambazar
Municipal Corporation	Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward	11
Population
• Total	For population see linked KMC ward page
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code	+91 33
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Maniktala

Burtolla (or Bartala) is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Etymology

It was named after the twin banyan (bar or bat in Bengali) that stood there. The Rajas of Sobhabazar had ordered severe punishment for those attempting to damage the trees, and even death for those trying to cut them down.^[1]

History

In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Burtolla.^[1] (For more information see Dihi Panchannagram.)

Geography

300m
330yds

Burtolla

Police district

Burtolla police station is part of the North and North Suburban Division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 1, Raja Rajkrishna Strret, Kolkata-700006.^[2]

Amherst Street Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.^[2]

External links

Kolkata/North Kolkata travel guide from Wikivoyage

References

^ ^a ^b Nair, P. Thankappan, The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, pp. 16-17, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-563696-3.
^ ^a ^b "Kolkata Police". North Division. KP. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

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