Sinthee


Sinthee or Sinthi is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

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.

Geography

Location

Sinthee is surrounded by South Dum Dum and Dum Dum in the east, Dum Dum Road in the south, Baranagar in the north, Cossipore & Barrackpore Trunk Road in the west.

Police district

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.
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.

Landmarks

Road

passes along the west boundary of Sinthee. Many buses ply through 'Sinthee More' on B.T. Road. The only bus which enters into Sinthee is 30A, which runs along KC Ghosh Road.
A large number of buses ply on B.T. Road via Sinthee More are as follows:
WBTC Bus
  • AC 54
  • S 9A
  • E-32
  • AC-54B
  • AC 20
  • S 32
  • S 11
  • S 57
  • S 58
  • M-34
Private Bus
  • 30A
  • 34C
  • K-4
  • 78
  • 78/1
  • 201
  • 214
  • 214A
  • 32A
  • 222
  • 230
  • 234
  • 234/1
  • S-164 Mini
  • S-180 Mini
  • S-185 Mini
  • Nagerbazar - Salap More Bus
  • Nagerbazar - Dankuni Housing Bus
  • Lake Town - Dankuni Housing Bus
  • Kamalgazi - Dankuni Housing Bus
  • Barrackpore - Howrah Stn Bus
  • Madhyamgram - Howrah Stn Bus
  • Shyambazar - Bagnan Bus etc

    Train

is the nearest railway station of Sinthee. Dum Dum Metro Station is the neighborhood subway station.