Park Circus#Police district
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
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| subdivision_name1 = West Bengal
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| seat_type = Municipal Corporation
| seat = Kolkata Municipal Corporation
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| parts = 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 69
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| postal_code = 700014, 700017, 700046
| area_code = +91 33
| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
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Park Circus is a neighbourhood of south Kolkata in West Bengal, India.
Geography
=Police district=
Karaya police station is in the South-east division of Kolkata Police.{{cite web| url = http://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/division.asp?ID=6&Division=N |title = Kolkata Police, South-east Division |work= Karaya police station | publisher= KP | access-date = 28 February 2018}}
Karaya Women Police Station, at the same address, has jurisdiction over all police districts under the jurisdiction of South East Division i.e. Topsia, Beniapukur, Ballygunge, Gariahat, Lake, Karaya, Rabindra Sarobar and Tiljala.
=Location=
Park Circus is flanked by Entally and Sealdah to its north, Park Street and Chowringhee to its west, Taltala to its north west, Tangra to its north east, Topsia to its east and Ballygunge to its south. It is connected to both Park Street and AJC Bose Road.
Notable persons
- Leander Paes, lawn tennis player
- Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Bangladeshi writer
References
External links
- {{commons category-inline|Park Circus, Kolkata}}
- {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/South}}
{{Neighbourhoods in South Kolkata}}