Sinthee | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
Coordinates: 22°37′41″N 88°23′04″E / 22.62806°N 88.38444°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
City | Kolkata |
District | Kolkata |
Metro Station | Dum Dum |
Kolkata Suburban Railway | Dum Dum Junction |
Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
KMC ward | 2 |
Population | |
• Total | For population see linked KMC ward page |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 700050 |
Area code | +91 33 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Uttar |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kashipur-Belgachhia |
Sinthee or Sinthi is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata[1] in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India.
The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across the Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as Dihi Panchannagram and Sinthee was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the Maratha Ditch.[2][3][4]
Sinthee is surrounded by Dum Dum and South Dum Dum in the east, Satpukur and Dum Dum Road in the south, Baranagar in the north, Cossipore & Barrackpore Trunk Road in the west.
Sinthee police station is part of the North and North Suburban division of Kolkata Police. Located at 145/1 South Sinthi Road, Kolkata-700050, it has jurisdiction over Sinthee neighbourhood/ Ward No. 2 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[5][6]
Amherst Street Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.[5]
B.T. Road passes along the west boundary of Sinthee. Many buses ply through 'Sinthee More' on B.T. Road. The only bus (Private bus) which enters into Sinthee is 30A (Sinthee Bediapara - Esplanade (Dharmatala), which runs along KC Ghosh Road (Ramakrishna Ghosh Road).[7]
Dum Dum Junction is the nearest railway station of Sinthee. Dum Dum Metro Station is the neighborhood subway station.