Birati (Bengali: বিরাটি) is a neighbourhood in the North Dumdum municipality area, in the North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Gate.
It is located at the east of Calcutta (now called Kolkata), beside the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at Dum Dum. It is considered to be a part of Greater Kolkata or KMA, for which KMDA is the planning and development authority. Birati's closeness to dumdum junction also enables residents to travel by the metro railways. The pollution level in this place is still very low compar
ed to Kolkata, but nowadays with a gradual spreading of so-called metro civilization it is also in the way of changes, but still green field, ponds and small muddy roads are there as well as new markets such as 'More', 'Spencers' and shopping complex such as 'Angana'. Now a bigbazar mall is at birati. Contents
1 Etymology
2 Geography and Locality
3 Education
4 Transport
5 References
Etymology
The most popular thesis for the emergence of the name 'Birati' is the military forces used to take a rest in this place during their movements and for that place was named as biroti which means 'rest' in Bengali. Over time the name changed to 'Birati'. Geography and Locality
Birati is located at 22°39′33″N 88°26′18″E. Birati is bounded by the Jessore Road in the East, Nimta in the west New Barrackpore in the North and Durganagar in the south. Some of the places inside Birati are High School Road, Mandirpara, Gouripur, Siddeshwari Bazar / Siddeshwari Kali Mandir, Kalabagan, Mahajatinagar, Kalyan Co-operative, Tukitaki More, Ajodhya Nagar,Sreenagar,Anjangarh, Tulsi Bagan, Nilachal, SARDAR PARA, Professor Palli, Khalishakota, Adarsha Pally, Ram Krishna Pally, Rabindra Path, Nazrulpath, Shaktigarh , Shibachal, anjangarh , College More (Vidyapith Road), Mahajati Nagar, Padma Pukur, Nabanagar, Kalabagan, Sarat Colony [where is situated the SOWMEN MITTER Initiative for Language ENGLISH & Related Studies (SMILERS)], Khsudiram Sarani, Birati More, Birati Housing Complex, Navadarsha cooperative Housing Society and Airport Enclave Housing Society. Education
Birati is well enriched with educationists and educational institutes. Birati High School (boys'), Birati Mahajati Vidyamandir (boys', girls'), Uttar Dum Dum Vidyapith (boys', girls'), Khalisha Kota High School, Sarat Bose Academy (co-ed), Dr. Annie Besant Institute (co-ed) are some of the Higher Secondary schools. There are number of primary (govt and private) and K.G. schools here. Mrinalini Dutta Mahavidyapith is the only college in Birati, it is known as Birati college to some people. Brainware, Dishari, TIME, Orion Edutech, SOWMEN MITTER Initiative for Language ENGLISH & Related Studies (SMILERS) are some of the notable educational institutes. Transport
Birati is on the Sealdah–Bangaon railway line and is near to the Airport. Belgharia Expressway or popularly called Delhi Road connects Jessore Road (NH-34) at east near Airport and NH-6/NH-2 at west near Bali at Hoogly District. Trains are available for Barasat, Bongaon, Sealdah, Basirhat, Hasnabad, Dumdum directly. People can get trains for main line by going to Dumdum station by train or going to Belgharia Station by Auto Rikshaws or Bus. Indian Railway Ticket reservation is also available in Birati Station ticket counter from 10 am to 2 pm on workdays (sunday/holiday closed). At 4th February, 2009 Chief Minister of West Bengal Buddhadev Bhattyacharya inaugurated Birati Flyover named Manik Setu at Birati station. It connects east and west part of MB Road (which is the main road of Birati) opening a much waited route for buses and heavy transports. Auto Rikshaws are available from Birati station. These are 1. Birati Station - Birati More, 2. Birati Station - Belgharia, 3. Birati Station- Pratap Garh, 4.Birati Station - Golbagan, 5. Birati Station - 6 No. Rail Gate, 6. Birati Station - Airport 2 No. Birati is well connected by both train and bus with the city of Kolkata. The seven buses that are available from the "Birati Mini Bus Stand" are: (1) Birati Mini Bus of route S-184 that runs from Birati to BBD Bag, (via VIP road), (2) 237, that runs from Birati to Babughat (via VIP Road), (3) 237/1, Birati - Babughat (via B.T. Road), (4) M2, a CTC bus (Birati - Tollygunj via Jadavpur - Santoshpur), (5) DN 2 (Barasat - Birati - Belghoria - Dunlop - Dakshineshwar), (6) Durganagar - Nayabad (near Garia) route bus of WBSTC (which is currently running between Birati More to Garia Station), 7. DN-46 Sodepur to Rajarhat Jyoti Basu Nagar (formerly New Town) . A newly opened bus Birati-Digha (from Banik More, Birati) helps people to go to distant areas.
