Laxminagar, Dum Dum

South Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) and a vital locality in Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is a city on the outskirts of North Kolkata with a municipality called South Dum Dum municipality. It is well connected to the developed part of the city through railways and roads. It is very near to Kolkata Airport, Shyambazar (epicenter of North Kolkata), Newtown (the IT hub of Kolkata), Esplanade (the employment hub of Kolkata and central business district). It is well connected to Alipore, Ballygunge and Jadavpur by suburban railways.

Patipukur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Patipukur. It serves the local areas of Patipukur in South Dumdum and Belgachia in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Only a few local trains halt here. The station has only a single platform. Its station code is PTKR.

Lake Town is a locality in South Dumdum of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

Patipukur is a neighbourhood in South Dumdum of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

Jawpur is a neighbourhood in South Dumdum of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

East Calcutta Girls' College, established in 1992, is a women's college in Kolkata. It offers undergraduate courses in commerce, arts and sciences. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University. Until 2008, the college was affiliated to Calcutta University.

Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Institute of Technology and Sports Complex, located in Kolkata. The college is owned by JIS Group, an educational conglomerate in Eastern India.This Institute, which was founded in 2009, is now well-known for its innovative and rigorous curriculum, which has produced experts in a variety of businesses and sectors in India and beyond.

Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan (RKSMVV) is a partly residential degree college for women affiliated with the West Bengal State University, India.

Dum Dum Motijheel Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, established in 1968, is a general degree college in Kolkata. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and commerce. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University.

Belgachia West Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Belgachia East Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

In 1848, the Congregation of Christian Brothers (Missionaries of Ireland) founded the Calcutta Male Orphanage at Murgihatta, Calcutta. In 1947, it came to the present campus in Dum Dum in North Calcutta and was renamed St. Mary's Orphanage and Day School. The school particularly serves the northern and eastern part of Calcutta and North 24 Parganas District. It organises a daily feeding program which serves more than 100 people everyday.