It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

On 9 February 1822, the foundation stone was blessed and laid for Saint Patrick’s Chapel.

[12] On Good Friday in 1823, the chapel was dedicated and inaugurated with Irish priest M. Murphy as its chaplain.

Bengal Flying Club, established in 1920, had a small fleet of single engine moth planes.

The independence movement led to the sudden development of the Central Jail, where many top leaders and more numerous unknown patriots were lodged.

[13] With the partition of Bengal in 1947, "millions of refugees poured in from erstwhile East Pakistan.

Squatting (Bengali: jabardakhal) ranged from the forcible occupation of barracks to the collective take-over of private, government and waste land.

"This happened as early as 1948 with middle class refugees in the Jadavpur area: first on government land and then on private property, leading to violent clashes.

Having won the battle, the elated squatters named their colony 'Bijaygarh', the Fort of Victory.

It has to be borne in mind that the squatters were in a way "self-settlers" in the absence of adequate official arrangements for rehabilitation.

Within a very short time the refugees (quite often with government or administrative support) not only found a place to stay but developed a society with markets, schools, temples and sometimes even colleges, hospitals and recreational centres.

[21][22] Efforts have been made in more recent years to regularise land/property rights in the refugee colonies.

Gate, Motilal Colony, Rajbari Colony, Manikpur, Badra, Nalta, Kumarpara, Gora Bazar, Italgacha, Mall Rd, Kamalapur, Radha Nagar, Kalidham, Sapui Para.

Other post offices with the same PIN are Ordnance Factory, Kumarpara, Kamalapur and Rajabagan.

Amongst the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 10 auditorium/ community halls, 11 public libraries and 1 reading room.

Amongst the commodities manufactured were rail wagons, gun and shell and music CD.

[51] A large number of buses pass along Jessore road: 3C/1, 3C/2, 30D, 79B, 91, 91A, 93, 211A, 219, DN8, DN18, S10, Esplanade-Central Jail Mini, Bagbazar-Birohi, R.G.Kar-Barasat, Rajchandrapur-Saltlake white bus etc.

The other popular means of travel over short distances is the rickshaw; battery operated rickshaws/e-rickshaws (locally called Totos) can also be seen.