Netaji Nagar is a locality and part of South Kolkata and comes under the Jadavpur parliamentary area.

[4] Patuli Women police station has jurisdiction over all police districts under the jurisdiction of South Suburban Division i.e. Netaji Nagar, Jadavpur, Kasba, Regent Park, Bansdroni, Garfa and Patuli.

Most of the people are Bengali Hindu refugee from East Pakistan, who were given land by government to rehabilitate them.

The area is served by large arterial road named Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road, which connects to Tollygunj Metro Station on one end and Garia on other end with the closest one being Masterda Surya Sen metro station (Bansdroni).

There was a cinema hall named Malancha nearby, which was a major landmark before its services were shut down.