Chetla
Chetla is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kalighat Temple and Alipore Central Jail.
Kalighat Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition.
Alipore Central Jail
Prison
Photo: Gopa.bkduttaroy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail, also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a defunct Indian prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule.
Tollygunge railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sourav Bapuli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tollygunge railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Budge Budge Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Alipore and Kalighat.
New Alipore
Suburb
Photo: Avrajyoti Mitra, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Alipore is an upscale and standard locality of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kalighat
Suburb
South Kolkata is an important part of Kolkata city. It is less congested and more modern than the rest of the city. You will find more apartment blocks and green patches here.
Alipore
Suburb
Photo: Kolkatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alipore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore to the east, the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and New Alipore to the south, bordered by the Budge Budge section of the Sealdah South section railway line.
Chetla
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood in Kolkata in West Bengal, India
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.51433° or 22° 30′ 52″ northLongitude
88.33696° or 88° 20′ 13″ eastOpen location code
7MJCG87P+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2015875098OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q55607239
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Dutch—“Chetla” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “চেতলা”
- Dutch: “Chetla”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kala Bagan and Alipore.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Akalbodhan Durga Mandir and Chetla Agrani Club.
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