Patuli is a neighbourhood located in the southern part of East Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It constitutes a major portion of Garia. Baishnaghata Patuli Township is a World Bank–funded project on the eastern fringes of EM Bypass, currently one of the most promising posh area of south Kolkata. It has a fire station, police station, bus stand, schools, colleges, Management studies Institute, several bank ATMs, two metro stations such as Kavi Subhas Metro Station, Shahid Khudiram metro station and many world-class hospitals nearby like Apex, Peerless etc., as well as entertainment areas like Metropolis Mall and Inox Cinemas. It also has three local train stations, Baghajatin Station, Garia Station and New Garia Station. It may be called one of the cleanest parts of the city, with wide roads and good connectivity via train, metro and bus routes. It also has much greenery and lakes which diversify the beauty of the area keeping in background the well planned housing complexes which are common here. Patuli Jheelpar Park, Benubana Chhaya, and D' Zeus Bio-Reserve Woods are popular parks. The Floating Market of Patuli is a wonderful example of artificial structures co-existing with nature in a perfect harmony. It is a famous attraction and attracts many visitors.
Geography
Physical
The area lies on Gangetic Basin and in fact borders an earlier course of a distributary of the River Ganges known as 'Adi Ganga'. The areas are mostly wetlands in nature that has been urbanized. The area is diverse housing a variety species of flora and fauna. Particularly variety of Avian species are popular here around the year. Presence of big lakes houses variety species of fishes even.
Geology
The soil here is mostly alluvial and there is occasionally clay. Soil is very fertile and so houses a variety species of flora. Average mean sea level is 17 feet.
Police district
Patuli police station is in the South Suburban division of Kolkata Police. It is located at H-10 Baishnabghata-Patuli Township, PO Panchasayar, Kolkata-700094. Patuli Women police station, at the same address, has jurisdiction over all police districts under the jurisdiction of South Suburban Division i.e. Netaji Nagar, Jadavpur, Kasba, Regent Park, Bansdroni, Garfa and Patuli. Jadavpur, Thakurpukur, Behala, Purba Jadavpur, Tiljala, Regent Park, Metiabruz, Nadial and Kasba police stations were transferred from South 24 Parganas to Kolkata in 2011. Except Metiabruz, all the police stations were split into two. The new police stations are Parnasree, Haridevpur, Garfa, Patuli, Survey Park, Pragati Maidan, Bansdroni and Rajabagan.
Shops and Restaurants
Patuli has restaurants and a variety of shops. A popular choice for outsiders is the Metropolis Mall nearby which is a shopping mall and hence houses lot of different shops in single location. Also Garia market is popular destination for shopping being adjacent to the area and also for its variety and affordable shops all available at same spot. There are many multi-cuisine restaurants in Baishnabghata Patuli Township, including Chinese, Indian, Bengali, western, confectionery and food stands. The very attractive floating market of Kolkata opened in Patuli in 2018 and is the first floating market of India with 280 shops housed on 114 boats.
