Tala, Kolkata

Coordinates: 22°36′43″N 88°22′54″E / 22.611889°N 88.381694°E

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Tala
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Tala Water Tank
Tala Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°36′43″N 88°22′54″E / 22.611889°N 88.381694°E / 22.611889; 88.381694
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
District	Kolkata
Metro Station	Shyambazar and Belgachia
Municipal Corporation	Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward	5
Population
• Total	For population see linked KMC ward pages
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700037
Area code	+91 33
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kashipur-Belgachhia

Tala is a neighbourhood in North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

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The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across the Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as Dihi Panchannagram and Tala was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the Maratha Ditch.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Geography

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Tala is adjacent to Shyambazar and Belgachia. Barrackpore Trunk Road passes on the western boundary of Tala. Tala railway station on Kolkata Circular Railway line serves the locality. Kolkata Station, one of the major railway hub stations of the city, is also located nearby.

Police district

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Tala police station is part of the North and North Suburban division of Kolkata Police. Located at 4, Indra Biswas Road, Kolkata-700037, it has jurisdiction over Tala, Paikpara and Belgachia neighbourhoods/ Ward nos. 3, 4 and 5 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.^[4]^[5]

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.^[4]

Tala water tank

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Tala water tank of Kolkata Municipal Corporation was built in 1909. It has the capacity to hold 9 million gallons of water and is the largest overhead reservoir in the world. It has a height of 110 feet.^[6]^[7]

References

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^ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 6-10: The History. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, first published 1909/reprint 1980, pages 103-4 and 221, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
^ Nair, P.Thankappan, The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, pp. 14-15, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
^ ^a ^b "Kolkata Police". North and North Suburban Division. KP. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
^ Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory, Fourth Impression 2003, Map Nos. 2 and 3, D.P.publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata - 700 073.
^ "Tala water tank to be revamped for 1st time". Asian Age, 24 April 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^ "Kolkata Municipal Corporation". Water Supply. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

External links

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Kolkata/Northern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage

v t e Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Metropolitan Area
Kolkata Municipal Corporation	Alipore Anandapur B.B.D. Bagh Badartala Bagbazar Baghajatin Baishnabghata Patuli Township Ballygunge Bansdroni Bantala Barisha Bartala Behala Belgachia Beliaghata Beniapukur Bhowanipore Bowbazar Bow Barracks Brahmapur Burrabazar Burtolla Chak Garia Charu Market Chetla Chitpur Chowringhee Cossipore Dhakuria Dhapa Dharmatala Ekbalpur Entally Esplanade Garden Reach Garfa Garia Gariahat Golf Green Haltu Haridevpur Hastings Hatibagan Jadavpur Janbazar Jodhpur Park Joka Jorabagan Jorasanko Kalighat Kankurgachi Kasba Kidderpore Kudghat Kumortuli Lake Gardens Lalbazar Maniktala Mukundapur Naktala Narkeldanga Nandi Bagan Netaji Nagar New Alipore New Garia New Market Panchasayar Park Circus Parnasree Pally Pathuriaghata Phoolbagan Picnic Garden Posta Rajabagan Rajabazar Ranikuthi Regent Park Santoshpur Sarsuna Sealdah Shyambazar Shyampukur Shobhabazar Sinthee Sonagachi Survey Park Tala Taltala Tangra Taratala Thakurpukur Tiljala Tiretta Bazaar Tollygunge Topsia Ultadanga Watgunge
Kolkata Urban Agglomeration Outside KMC	Babanpur Baguiati Baidyabati Bally Bandipur Bansberia Baranagar Barrackpore Barrackpur Cantonment Barasat Baruipur Batanagar Belur Bhadreswar Bhatpara (Jagatdal, Shyamnagar) Budge Budge Chandannagar Chandpur Dankuni Dum Dum (Durganagar East) Garulia Halisahar Harinavi Howrah Hugli-Chuchura Ichhapur Defence Estate Jaynagar Majilpur Kalyani Kamalgazi Kamarhati (Belgharia, Dakshineswar) Kanchrapara (Bijpur) Kestopur Khardaha (Rahara) Konnagar Liluah Madhyamgram Maheshtala Mallikpur Muragachha Naihati Narendrapur New Barrackpore Noapara, India Noapara, West Bengal North Barrackpur (Ichapore, Nawabganj, Palta) North Dumdum (Birati, Durganagar West, Nimta) Nungi Panihati (Agarpara, Ghola, Sodepur, Sukchar) Pujali Rajarhat (New Town) Rajpur Sonarpur Rishra Salt Lake/Bidhannagar Serampore South Dumdum (Bangur Avenue, Dum Dum Park, Lake Town, Nagerbazar) Subhashgram Teghari Talbandha Titagarh Uluberia Uttarpara
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