Ghoshpara | |
Other Name: | ঘোষপাড়া |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Howrah |
Government Type: | Panchayat |
Governing Body: | Bally Gram Panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, English, Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 711227 |
Registration Plate: | WB |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Sreerampur |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Domjur |
Ghoshpara is a neighbourhood of Bally Jagachha CD block, in Howrah district in the state of West Bengal.
Ghoshpara is under the jurisdiction of Nischinda Police Station of Howrah City Police.
Some of the reputed families in this area are the Neogy, Ghosh, Dewanji/Dewanjee, Bag, Roychowdhury, Ghatak, Chakraborty, Chatterjee family and many more. There are two large lakes named Bnakpukur (বাঁকপুকুর) and Talpukur (তালপুকুর).[1]
From the 13th century A.D, Muslim rulers took possession of Saptagram and extended their region up to Damodar during the middle of 16th century. Sultan Sulaiman Khan Karrani conquered part of Howrah, grouped it into Sarkars and named after himself Sulaimanabad. The district appears to have been distributed between three Sarkars -Saptagram (now in Hooghly), Mandaran (now in Hooghly) and Sulaimanabad. Ghoshpara was then a part of Sulaimanabad.[2]
The main transportation vehicles of Ghoshpara are Rickshaw and e-Rickshaw called as 'Toto'.
There is a market named as "Ghoshpara Bazar" where fish, meat, vegetables and grocery items can be found at negotiable rate. The market consists of all kind of local shops including footwear, utensils, bookstore, etc.