Kankurgachi

Kankurgachi is a neighborhood in North-Central Kolkata, India. With a cosmopolitan crowd and several commercial buildings and restaurants, Kankurgachi is considered as one of the upmarket and elite places in Kolkata. Kankurgachi has become a very important part of Kolkata due its excellent connectivity and infrastructure. Airport, railway stations, Bidhannagar( which houses the technological park of Kolkata, sector V) and New Town,Kolkata are extremely close to Kankurgachi.HistoryKankurgachi was developed by the Kolkata Improvement Trust (formerly Calcutta Improvement Trust.) Kankurgachi township began in the 70s along with Salt Lake. Earlier it was planned to provide residential houses only to doctors and lawyers, but eventually this placed developed into a cosmopolitan neighborhood.TransportationThe area is well connected with other parts of the city by extremely convenient bus and auto routes. Buses from almost every location in and around Kolkata are available from here. Auto-rickshaw services are extremely frequent in this area, and are available from Kankurgachi to Phulbagan, Salt Lake Bidhan Nagar, EM Bypass, Sealdah, R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital and Ganesh Talkies regularly. Ultadanga, one of the city’s important junctions and the location for one of Kolkata’s busiest railway stations Bidhan Nagar Road, is less than a kilometer away from Kankurgachi. The place is a major junction to reach few other important destinations, namely the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata Airport and Rajarhat New Township. Kankurgachi is also connected to the Calcutta Tramways Company connecting Ultadanga to Central and South Kolkata.