- Baguiati
Baguiati lies off the Nazrul Islam Avenue, in the eastern periphery of
Kolkata city. Baguiati in the past few decades has been developing into an important commercial and trade centre. The locality is about 14 km from the city center. Krishnapur, Shyambazar and Salt lake are the nearby areas of Baguiati.A good number of small enterprises exist in the region of Baguiati. These enterprises primarily deal with import and export of small articles of jute, electronics, watch manufacturing, polyware manufacturing, medical equipment suppliers, etc. The township is provide with a number of educational institutes, health care institutes and many other.
The region forms one of the many residential places in the city. The population levels have been constantly increasing, as has been observed in the rest of the city. With more and more people migrating towards the oversaturated city, the effects have far reached the peripheral regions like Baguiati and beyond.
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