Kidderpore

Kidderpore
খিদিরপুর
Khidirpur
neighborhood
Kidderpore

Location in Kolkata

Coordinates: 22°32′34″N 88°19′09″E / 22.5427°N 88.3192°E / 22.5427; 88.3192Coordinates: 22°32′34″N 88°19′09″E / 22.5427°N 88.3192°E / 22.5427; 88.3192
Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
City Kolkata
Elevation 9 m (30 ft)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English, Hindi, Urdu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Khidirpur or Kidderpore is a neighborhood of metropolitan Kolkata (Calcutta). Located in the central-west part of the city, it is bounded by the Alipore in the east, Mominpur in the south, Hastings, in the north, Garden Reach and Metiabruz in the south-west and the Hooghly River in the west.

History

The gateway of Kidderpore is at the crossing of Diamond Harbour Road and Gangadhar Banerjee Lane. At that place a roadside restaurant dating from the British era remains, named "Panchubabu's Shop" or "Panchubabur Dokan", one of the landmarks of Kidderpore. The area is also home to quite a few dargahs of Sufi saints like Syed Baba and Shah Warsi Baba, to name a few.

A number of soldiers killed during the 2nd World War were buried at the Solana Muslim burial ground.

Even in the field of Indian literature, this part of Kolkata produced three jewel poets. They were Rongolal Bandhopadhyay, Hemchandra Bandopadhyay and Michael Madhushudan Dutta.

Etymology

One of the oldest parts of the city, Kidderpore has a legend with respect to its name. It is said that some British could not converse in Bengali. Whenever they passed by, their asking in broken Hindi for the directions to the port where their ships used to dock sounded somewhat like 'kidder-port'. More plausibly, the name is a corruption of Khidrpur or Khizarpur, Khizr/Khidr being the guardian saint of the seas and the delta for the fishing communities in Bengal. This is one of the versions behind the nomenclature of the place. In fact, the port got its name from Lord Kyde, a 19th-century engineer who designed and supervised the building of the lock gate that connects the port to the Hoogly River. Because of his work, the tidal difference of the Hoogly River water level is isolated from the water level of the port. The port took his name and is called Kyderpore or Khidirpur.

The Diamond Harbour Road at Kidderpore.

Geography

Kidderpore is located at 22°32′N 88°19′E / 22.53°N 88.32°E / 22.53; 88.32.[1] It has an average elevation of 9 m (30 ft).

Transport

Kidderpore Bridge is one of the few bridges in Kolkata that has trams plying across it. The Kidderpore Tram Depot connects famous locations like Kalighat, Tollygunge and Ballygunge, etc. The main Kidderpore intersection is connected with North, South and Central Kolkata by various private and state bus services. Shared autos which ply from nearby distances and is a cheap and affordable option. Kidderpore can also be accessed by the Kolkata Circular Railway which has a station in the locality.

Medical facilities

I - Major hospitals:

II - Major nursing homes:

Educational institutions

  1. St Thomas School, Kolkata Diamond Harbour Road is the oldest one in West Bengal,
  2. Jawahar Lal Nehru Vidyapith
  3. Moulana Azad Urdu School, Driver's Quarter
  4. The Kidderpore Academy
  5. Sharat Chandra Paul Girls High School
  6. Jnan Chandra Ghosh College of Polytechnique
  7. Adarsh Hindi High School
  8. Khidirpur College
  9. St. Paul's School Kidderpore, Diamond Harbour Road
  10. St. Teresa Secondary School, Diamond Harbour Road
  11. Lajpat Hindi High School
  12. Loyola High School
  13. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Command Hospital
  14. Sarat Chandra Paul Girls High School
  15. Sir Syed High School (Urdu)
  16. Kidderpore Urdu Girls Primary School
  17. Kidderpore Oriya High School
  18. Kidderpore Balika Vidyatan
  19. Bankim Ghosh Smriti Uchha Balika Vidyalaya
  20. Jnan Bhaskar Vidyalaya
  21. Thomas Day High School
  22. Jnan Bhaskar Vidyalay
  23. St Barnabas High School
  24. Grace International School - Mominpore
  25. Evergreen high school .Ibrahim road.
  26. Labbaik coaching center.M.M Ali road
  27. Kidder Pore Muslim High Secondary School.

Places of interest

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kidderpore
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