Kadamtala

Kadamtala is a residential as well as semi-industrial area in the central part of Howrah City in Howrah district of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).[1]

For the village in the Andaman Islands, see Kadamtala, Andaman.

Kadamtala
Neighbourhood in Howrah
Country India
State West Bengal
DistrictHowrah
RegionGreater Kolkata
CityHowrah
Kolkata MetroHowrah Maidan(under construction) and Howrah(under construction)
Municipal CorporationHowrah Municipal Corporation
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
711101, 711104
Telephone code+91 33
Vehicle registrationWB
HMC wards21, 22, 23, 24, 43
Lok Sabha constituencyHowrah
Vidhan Sabha constituencyHowrah Madhya and Shibpur

Kadamtala is under the jurisdiction of Bantra Police Station of Howrah City Police.

History

Kadamtala was a part of Bhurshut kingdom. This area was mainly developed under British occupation when ceded by Nawab of Murshidabad after the Battle of Plassey. With the establishment of the Howrah Railway Terminus in 1854 started the most important phase of its industrial development. Flour mills were established in 1855, followed by jute mills and around the 1870s, there were five mills near Howrah Station. The Howrah–Shalimar Railway Section and the Shalimar Terminus were constructed in 1883. Kadamtala was also a major railway junction of Martin's Light Railways.

Kadamtala was turned into an industrial area during World War II. A high demand of iron lead to the establishment of a number of small and medium-sized iron-casting industries. Gradually the city of Howrah was called as Sheffield of Bengal when Mr. Alamohan Das established a large factory township named Dasnagar. A large number of machines/ tools/ precision instruments manufacturing factories were established.

All the above reasons result to a flow of population from rural belts of Howrah, Hooghly and Midnapur districts to this area to meet the high demand of labour. Gradually, this area has become a densely populated area with the location advantage of industries of Dasnagar in west, Howrah Railway Terminus in east.

The rapid growth of population and negligence of planned infrastructure of the British Government and then flux of people from Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) leads to a breakdown of infrastructure of unplanned and narrow roads. The economic decline of West Bengal after partition of India also causes a big blow to Howrah's famous jute and machine-tools industries.

Recent developments

Currently Kadamtala is mainly a residential area, but still there exist significant number of private small scaled industrial infrastructures. The population is mainly divided into few economic classes. There is a working class who temporarily stay in this town and work in the small scaled iron-casting, machine tools and precision instruments industries. A number of people also work in different Government and Private service sectors. Also few are engaged with small-scaled businesses.

After the famous Vidyasagar Setu was established, this town has become well-connected with Kolkata by both Vidyasagar Setu and Howrah Bridge. Kadamtala is connected to Kona Expressway by Dr. Bholanath Chakraborty Sarani (Formerly Drainage Canal Road), which was built by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Kona Expressway serves as a connector of Kolkata (via Vidyasagar Setu) to National Highway 16 and hence is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral project. At Nibra town of Howrah district, Kona Expressway joins with NH 16.

A recent on-going development of Kolkata Metro from Salt Lake Sector-5 to Howrah Maidan will also increase the significance of Kadamtala as it is only 3 km distant from Howrah Maidan. This railway connection (Kolkata Metro Line 2) is under construction by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation.

Transport

Bus

Buses ply along Deshapran Shasmal Road (Panchanantala Road), Narasingha Dutta Road, New HIT Road, Belilious Road and Natabar Paul Road in Kadamtala.

Private Bus

Mini Bus

CTC Bus

Bus Routes without Numbers

Train

Dasnagar railway station and Tikiapara railway station on South Eastern line are the nearest railway stations of Kadamtala. The nearest railway junction is Howrah Station.

Education and sports

Sri Ramkrishna Sikshalaya, Tarasundari Balika Vidyabhaban, Bantra MSPC High School are well known schools in the locality for large numbers of good students.

Kadamtala also has a number of colleges to study regular under-graduation (such as Narasingha Dutta College, Howrah Bijay krishna girls college) and Medical education (such as Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homeopathic Medical college and Government Hospital).

Kadamtala adds to sports excellence of Howrah known for the football talents like Sailen Manna. The newly built Howrah Indoor Stadium in Dumurjala (near to Kadamtala) is encircled with a clubs devoted to various sports and athletic activities like swimming, hockey and cricket, not to mention football.

Problems

Even after all the improvement in the recent two decades the place is not free of the usual problems with Howrah. The amount of road space to the population in Howrah is too small compared to even smaller towns by populations like Berhampur. The same problem applies to Kadamtala too.

  1. "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2008.

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