South Kolkata
Jadavpur
A university, a refugee colony, and sixty years of student politics.
- Known for
- Jadavpur University, 8B bus stand, bookshops and argument
- Best hour
- Late afternoon, around the 8B stand
- Walk
- 30 min, 5 stops
Built on refugee resettlement after 1947, and now the address of a university that has been at the centre of every political argument in the state.
Photographs
Photographs of the quarter. Open one to see it full size.
Must-see buildings
Jadavpur University
Founded 1906 as the National Council of Education, a Swadeshi project.
8B bus stand
Bookstalls, tea and argument. The functional centre of the quarter.
Sukanta Setu
The flyover, and the boundary most people use to describe where Jadavpur starts.
Where to eat
Milanda's canteen
Inside the campus
Cheap, loud, and where a great deal has been decided.
Kasturi
Jadavpur
Bangladeshi Bengali. Kochu pata chingri and shorshe ilish.
8B roll shops
The bus stand
Student prices, open until late.
Tasty Corner
Near the campus
Chowmein and chilli chicken, in enormous portions.
Things to see
- 01
The 8B bookstalls
Political pamphlets, little magazines, and secondhand paperbacks.
- 02
Campus in early spring
Basanta Utsav, and the walls repainted with new slogans.
- 03
The refugee colony street grid
Narrow, unplanned, and legible if you know what it is.
Where this sits
Loading map
27 quarters · pinch or use + / − to zoom
