Bally, Howrah

For other uses, see Bally (disambiguation).

Bally
Neighbourhood
The Bally Bridge linking Howrah to Kolkata
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Coordinates: 22.65°N 88.34°E / 22.65; 88.34
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Presidency
District	Howrah
City	Howrah
Metro Station	Dakshineswar
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Howrah Municipal Corporation
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	711201, 711202
Telephone code	+91 33
Vehicle registration	WB
HMC wards	51, 52, 53, 54
Lok Sabha constituency	Howrah
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bally

Bally is a neighbourhood in Howrah of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bally is under the jurisdiction of Bally Police Station of Howrah City Police. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).^[1][2][3]

Geography

Bally is located at 22.65°N 88.34°E / 22.65; 88.34 and also the northernmost part of Howrah city.^[4] It has an average elevation of 15 metres (49 feet). It is more elevated in the west than the east (where flows the Hoogly river), thus leading to a problem of water logging.^[5] Bally is separated from Uttarpara, Hooghly, by Bally Canal (Bally Khal) at its north. A Bridge was constructed over Bally Canal in 1846 to join the two localities.^[6]

Transport

An important transportation hub of Kolkata, Bally is connected to Dakshineswar, Kolkata via Vivekananda Setu and Nivedita Setu. State Highway 6/ Grand Trunk Road and Belghoria Expressway also pass through Bally. From here, people can avail a number of buses to go to Kolkata (via Vivekananda Setu), Howrah (via National Highway 16) and Hooghly (via National Highway 19).

Bally also has three railway stations of Kolkata Suburban Railway. They are Bally railway station (on Howrah-Bardhaman main line and Howrah-Bardhaman chord line), Bally Ghat railway station and Bally Halt railway station (on Sealdah-Dankuni line).

Nearest Airport of Bally is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Dumdum, Kolkata.

See also

• Belur Math
• Kaleshwar Mandir
• Liluah
• Vivekananda Setu

References

1. "Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
2. Basu, Anasuya (2 October 2015). "Bally battles merger blues". The Telegraph. India. Archived from the original on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
3. Merge Bally, Howrah civic bodies: Mamata Banerjee. timesofindia.com. 19 May 2015.
4. "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Bali, India". www.fallingrain.com.
5. "Bally topographic map, elevation, relief".
6. "Importance of Bally Khal".