Dum Dum Kolkata

Dum Dum, Kolkata is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is an important place in Kolkata city. It forms main entry points of the city. The area provides a number of transport facilities. The township falls under North Kolkata & is about 10 kms. away from the city center Chandni Chowk.

It is told that the place has got its name from the Persian word 'damdama' meaning a raised platform or ground. This was the area where the headquarters of British artillery in the 19th century was placed.

There are a number of jute milling, tannery, iron and steel rolling, glass, match and soap factories. The region has abundant number of hospitals, schools and other health care units also.

Accessibility:

Being one of the terminal stations, the primary transport is metro. The region also has a local railway station. It is one of the important railway junctions in the city. Netaji Subhash Chander Bose International Airport or Dum Dum Airport is located within the township premises. So the place provides an easy access into the city with almost all types of transports.

Areas under Dum Dum :

  -  Satpukur
  -  Subhas Nagar
  -  Sheth Bagan

Dum Dum Airport:

The civil airport was originally known as Dum Dum Airport & it was renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in the honor of the Bengali Indian patriot Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

It is located approximately 17 km from the city centre. The airport was one of the busiest in Asia once. Today it is a small airport providing domestic as well as a few international connections. The airport has three terminals: a domestic terminal (opened in the early 1990s), an international terminal (the oldest terminal) and a cargo terminal.