Sodepur, Panihati

Sodepur (Bengali: সোদপুর) is a popular place in north Kolkata, formerly Calcutta. It is a part of Panihati Municipality under Barrackpore sub-division of the state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.[1]

The major landmark of modern Sodepur is the shopping complex named Sriniketan, and residential complex like Peerless Nagar and the high rise (Skyscraper) residential complex like Godrej Prakriti. Perpendicular to the railway track (Sealdah-Ranaghat line) is the Sodepur Station Road, which is Sodepur's major shopping area. This road is lined with shops in both sides selling various brands such as Adidas, Reebok, Hoffmen, Trigger, Titan eye plus, World of Titan, Reliance fresh, Peter England, The Raymond Shop, Elite, Khadims, Bata, Vidyasagar A.C Market, & many more. The Sodepur railway station lies on the right of this road. The Health-CheckUp System for people of Sodepur consists of private Nursing Homes and private practitioners apart from one State General Hospital. It has also a world class eye hospital named Vasan Eye Care .There is an Ayurved medicine shops like Natural Ayurvedic Centre whose main focus is to promote the traditional medicines of India. There are many high profile projects to get finalized in Sodepur which includes the posh residential township of Godrej Prakriti which is one of the largest luxury housing project of north Kolkata and also proposed IT hub of north Kolkata and also various malls coming up at various locations at Sodepur. Again Sodepur is all set to get directly connected by metro rail and also by the proposed Kolkata Monorail.