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{{about|a neighbourhood in South Kolkata|the similarly named bordering suburb|New Alipore|the village near Chikhli, Bilimora, Gujarat|Alipore, Navsari|other places with same name|Alipur (disambiguation){{!}}Alipur}}
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{{More citations needed|date=March 2018}}
{{original research|date=July 2018}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
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| photo2a =Alipore Zoo Entrance, Kolkata.jpg
| photo2b =Alipore district court(south 24 paraganas),kolkata.jpg
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| photo3a =Belvedere Building - Indian National Library - Belvedere Estate - Kolkata 2014-05-02 4742.JPG
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[South 24 Parganas]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Kolkata]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[Kolkata Metro|Metro Station]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Jatin Das Park metro station|Jatin Das Park]], [[Kalighat metro station|Kalighat]], [[Majerhat metro station|Majerhat]] and [[Kidderpore metro station|Kidderpore]](under construction)
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| seat = [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]
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| parts = [[Ward No. 74, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|74]], [[Ward No. 82, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|82]] 
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| postal_code = 700022, 700023, 700027
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
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'''Alipore''' is a neighbourhood of [[South Kolkata]] in [[Kolkata district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, [[Bhowanipore]] to the east, the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and [[New Alipore]] to the south, bordered by the [[Budge Budge]] section of the [[Sealdah]] South section railway line.
[[File:The Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI).jpg|thumb|The Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI)]]
[[File:Purple tone from the evening sky in Kolkata.jpg|thumb|Purple tone from the evening sky in Alipore]]

==Geography==
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===Location===
Alipore is located at {{coord|22.5391712|N|88.3272782|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Alipore.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Alipore]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It has an average elevation of 14 metres (46 feet).
Alipore area is bordered by the following roads - [[AJC Bose Road]] to the north, D L Khan Road to the East, [[National Highway 117|Diamond Harbour Road]] to the West and Alipore Avenue to the south.

===Police district===
Alipore police station is part of the [[Divisions of Kolkata Police|South division]] of [[Kolkata Police]]. It is located at 8, Belvadere Road, Kolkata-700027.<ref name="police">{{cite web| url = http://kolkatapolice.gov.in/division.asp?ID=5&Division=S |title = Kolkata Police |work = South Division – Hastings police station | publisher= KP| access-date = 26 March 2018}}</ref>

[[Tollygunge#Police district|Tollygunge Women's police station]] has jurisdiction over all the police districts in the South Division, i.e. Park Street, Shakespeare Sarani, Alipore, Hastings, Maidan, Bhowanipore, Kalighat, Tollygunge, Charu Market, New Alipur and Chetla.<ref name="police"/>

==Transport==
Alipore is connected to all parts of the city by extensive bus services.
Alipore is served by the [[Majherhat]] and [[Kidderpore]] railway stations on the [[Kolkata Circular Railway|Circular]] section of [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]].

The [[Kalighat metro station]] of the [[Kolkata Metro]] as well as the [[Jatin Das Park metro station|Jatin Das Park]] station is close to Alipore.

==See also==
* [[Alipore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]
* [[Dhanadhanya Auditorium]]
* [[New Alipore]]
* [[Zoological Garden, Alipore]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
{{Wikivoyage inline|Kolkata/South}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110222085443/http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/ Official site of the National Library]

{{Neighbourhoods in South Kolkata}}
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}

{{West Bengal}}

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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]

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Chinmoyin at 15:37, 7 January 2026