Vivekananda Pally

Vivekananda Pally
বিবেকানন্দ পল্লী
Colony/Ward
Vivekananda Pally

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 23°07′15″N 88°12′05″E / 23.1209035°N 88.2012919°E / 23.1209035; 88.2012919Coordinates: 23°07′15″N 88°12′05″E / 23.1209035°N 88.2012919°E / 23.1209035; 88.2012919
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly
Elevation 21 m (69 ft)
Languages
  Official Bengali
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 712134
Telephone code 03213

Vivekananda Pally is a Ward of Boinchi that is located in North-west of this town.

Education

This colony has a primary school named Batika Battala Primary School.

Surroundings

The colony is surrounded by Boinchi in east and south. In north, there is Momrejpur and Tailokopa(often spelled as Telkopa) is in the west.

Festivals

Durga Puja

The main festival of this colony is Durga Puja. It is started in 2005.

Durga Puja

Jagadhatri Puja

Jagadhatri Puja is also observed in this colony. There are four pujas in four corners of the colony. They are:

  1. Vivekananda Smriti Sangha
  2. Pratik Sangha
  3. Amra Sabai
  4. Uttarayan
Uttarayan

Transport

Boinchi is the nearest rail station of Vivekananda Pally. It is 1 km apart of the colony. Boinchi-Kalna Road(STATE HIGHWAY NO. 11) passes thorough the east of the colony.

Main Occupation

Most of the residents are servicemen. Some of them are businessmen. But there is no cultivators in the colony.

References

1. Boinchi

2. Hooghly District

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, March 01, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.