Neighbourhoods of Prayagraj

The Old Allahabad City, at the south of Prayagraj Junction Railway Station, consists of neighborhoods like Chowk, Johnstongunj, Dariyabad, Khuldabad etc.

In the north of Railway Station, the New Prayagraj City consists of neighborhoods like Lukergunj, Civil Lines, Georgetown, Tagoretown, Bharadwaj Puram, Ashok Nagar, Mumfordgunj etc., which are relatively new and were built during the British rule.

[2] These neighborhoods reflect British architecture like the All Saints Cathedral, Alfred Park and Allahabad High Court.

Alopibagh is adjacent to Daraganj, the oldest suburb of Prayagraj and the most important bathing Ghat on the bank of Ganges.

Near Bairahana chauraha is a medieval cemetery also called the "Gora Kabristan", where the dead bodies of British soldiers killed during 1857 revolt were buried.

It is situated at southern part of Prayagraj Municipal Council.1 Chowk serves as a traditional bazaar with The Grand Trunk Road running through the centre of it.

Chowk is a historical point, where once stood the Neem tree where numerous freedom fighters were hanged in the first Indian War of Independence.

Formerly known as Cannington[3] and Canning Town,[2] it is the central business district of Prayagraj and is famous for its urban setting, gridiron plan[4] roads and high rise buildings.

It is a residential area in the central part of the city mainly occupied by the white collar workers, doctors and advocates.

It is also known as Officer's colony by the localas as the large number of people who served as government servants like IAS, IPS, PCS, etc inhabited the place.The neighborhood was predominately occupied by the members of the mercantile middle class of Meerapur and Attarsuiya, and white collar workers from several public sector undertakings and private companies established in the new industrial region of Naini.

Posh pockets of the city include neighborhoods like Civil Lines, Cantonment or Prayagraj Cantt, Kotwali, Dhoomanganj, Colonelganj, Mahaveer Puri, Shivkuti, Georgetown, Bharadwaj Puram, Kydgunj, and Attarsuiya.