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Tangra | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
 Gobinda Chandra Khatik Road, Tangra | |
  Tangra Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates:22°33′45″N88°23′11″E / 22.562434°N 88.386435°E /22.562434; 88.386435 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| District | Kolkata[1][2][3] |
| Metro Station | Sealdah,Beleghata(under construction) andBarun Sengupta(under construction) |
| Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| KMC wards | 56,57,58,59,66 |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | For population see linked KMC ward pages |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700015, 700046, 700105 |
| Area code | +91 33 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Uttar andKolkata Dakshin |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Beleghata,Entally andKasba |
Tangra is a region inEast Kolkata that traditionally housed manytanneries owned by people ofHakka Chinese origin.
TheEast India Company obtained from theMughal emperorFarrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across theHooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall ofSiraj-ud-daulah, the last independentNawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 fromMir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc asDihi Panchannagram and Tangra was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of theMaratha Ditch.[4][5][6]
In the eastern fringes of Kolkata, the neighbourhoods such as Tangra,Tiljala,Topsia andDhapa, were populated largely with people who migrated from poverty-ridden and caste-ridden villages, in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. They came with dreams of a better life but landed in the slums with open drains, pigsties, factory chimneys and pungent chemicals. They found work in the tanneries and factories, and also engaged in menial work. A big proportion of them wereChamars, but there also wereDoms, Dosads,Mehtars andKahars. They were allHarijans and they formed a majority. They escaped from persecution they faced in their villages but were far removed from the mainstream of urban life and culture.[7] The Cha Project is designed to preserve Tiretta Bazaar and develop Tangra.[8]
Tangra police station is in theEastern Suburban division ofKolkata Police. It is located at 15,Gobinda Chandra Khatik Road, Kolkata-700015.[9]
Ultadanga Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Suburban division i.e. Beliaghata, Entally, Manicktolla, Narkeldanga, Ultadanga, Tangra and Phoolbagan.[9]
Park Circus railway station onSealdah South lines is the nearest railway station.
Barun Sengupta metro station (also known as Science City), is an under construction station of theKolkata Metro Orange Line located at Parama Island on the EM Bypass is the nearest metro station.
Kolkata/East travel guide from Wikivoyage| Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
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| Kolkata Urban Agglomeration Outside KMC |
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