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Ballygunge

Ballygunge is an affluent South Kolkata neighbourhood that grew around a sand market. Boundaries, 1758 East India Company purchase, Gariahat, Ballygunge Junction and metro access.

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Ballygunge is a South Kolkata neighbourhood administered by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, known for Gariahat Market and its historic residential quarters.

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South Kolkata

Ballygunge — South Kolkata

Short answer. Ballygunge is a South Kolkata neighbourhood, bordered by Park Circus to the north, Kasba and the Eastern Railway line to the east, Dhakuria and Rabindra Sarobar to the south, and Bhowanipore and Lansdowne to the west. It is administered by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, and Wikipedia calls it one of the city's most affluent neighbourhoods.

The name and its history

The area grew up around a market for sand (bali in Bengali). Ballygunge was one of 33 villages the East India Company purchased in 1758. In the 1930s–1940s large parts of Ballygunge, Sunny Park, Rainey Park and Southern Avenue were developed, with mansions built by wealthy Bengali and Marwari business families.

What to know

Gariahat Market is a major shopping destination, selling saris, clothes, jewellery and fresh fish.

Getting there

  • Rail: Ballygunge Junction.
  • Metro: Jatin Das Park, Kalighat, Kavi Sukanta and Hemanta Mukherjee stations.
  • Bus: several WBTC routes including S-10A, S-9A and S-2B.

Related: Kolkata.

Sources

Compiled on 19 September 2026 from Wikipedia's article on Ballygunge. Statements are attributed to it; where it gives one source's figure, this page says so. Back to Kolkata and its Durga Puja and festival life.