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{{Short description|Neighbourhood of Kolkata, India}}
{{Distinguish|South Dum Dum|North Dum Dum}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
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| subdivision_name3  = [[North 24 Parganas]]
| subdivision_type4  = [[Kolkata Metro|Metro Station]]
| subdivision_name4  = {{Bulleted list|[[Dum Dum metro station|Dum Dum]]|[[Noapara metro station|Noapara]]|[[Dum Dum Cantonment metro station|Dum Dum Cantonment]]|[[Jessore Road metro station|Jessore Road]]|[[Jai Hind metro station|Jai Hind]]}}
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| leader_title1      = Chairman
| leader_name1       = Sri Harendra Singh [http://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_Dum%20Dum%20Municipality.htm ]
| leader_title2      = Vice-Chairman
| leader_name2       = Sri Barun Natta [http://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_Dum%20Dum%20Municipality.htm]
| leader_title3      = MLA
| leader_name3       = [[Bratya Basu]]<br/>([[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]])
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'''Dum Dum''' is a city and a municipality in the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA). The [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]] locally known as Kolkata Airport, is situated at Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nscbiairport.com/additional_information/airport_info|title=NSCBI Airport, Dum Dum|website=nscbiaiport.com|access-date=18 Aug 2024}}</ref> Dum Dum area was divided into three parts governed by three separate municipalities named as [[South Dum Dum]], Dum Dum and [[North Dum Dum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sddm.ind.in/about|title=South Dum Dum Municipality|publisher=SDDM|access-date=20 Feb 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dumdummunicipality.wordpress.com/chronicles-of-dum-dum/|title=Dum Dum Municipality|date=27 December 2017 |publisher=DDM|access-date=20 Feb 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://northdumdummunicipality.org/|title=North Dumdum Dum Municipality|publisher=NDDM|access-date=20 Feb 2025}}</ref>

==Etymology==
During the 19th century the area was home to the [[Dum Dum Arsenal]], a British [[Royal Artillery]] facility. It was here that, in the early 1890s, Captain [[Neville Bertie-Clay]] developed a [[bullet]] with the jacket cut away at the tip to reveal its soft lead core (see [[hollow-point bullet]]), known informally as a [[dum-dum]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/dumdum.htm|website=First World War.com |title=Dum-Dum Bullet|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india9.com/i9show/Dum-Dum-62467.htm|title=Dum Dum in Kolkata India|website=India9|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.african-hunter.com/303_british.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103151053/http://www.african-hunter.com/303_british.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2008|title=303 British|website=African Hunter|date=3 January 2008|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6286562.stm|title=Gun crime: A glossary|date=12 November 2007|access-date=30 December 2019|via=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia| year = 2009 | title = Dum Dum | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica | url = http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9031421| access-date = 18 May 2009}}</ref> or more correctly as an expanding bullet. The previous name of Dum Dum was "Domdoma".

Some resources claim that the Persian word damdama, which means "mound" or "elevated battery", is the source of the word Dum Dum.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Everett-Heath |first=John |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191882913.001.0001/acref-9780191882913;jsessionid=1EB89C0AAD2F87201D4293DDA3ACD957 |title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names |date=2019-10-24 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-188291-3 |language=en-US |doi=10.1093/acref/9780191882913.001.0001}}</ref>

==History==

[[File:St. Patrick's Church, Dum Dum Cantonment.jpg|thumb|St. Patrick's Church, Dum Dum Cantonment]]
[[File:St. Stephen's church, Dum Dum.jpg|thumb|St. Stephen's Church, Dum Dum Cant.]]

In the history of Bengal, Dum Dum holds a very significant place. Dum Dum was sparsely populated before the British came there. The area was slightly elevated. On 6 February 1757, an accord was signed at Dum Dum by the [[Nawab of Bengal]] to allow the British to build forts at Calcutta, [[Dhaka|Dacca]] and [[Cossimbazar|Kashim Bazar]]. In 1783, a cantonment was established at Dum Dum. Military barracks were built and civilians started coming in to provide essential services to the military personnel. A Cantonment Board was formed to provide civic amenities. On 9 February 1822, the foundation stone was blessed and laid for Saint Patrick’s Chapel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rvasia.org/church-asia/india-st-patricks-church-kolkata-celebrates-bi-centenary|title=St. Patrick's Church in Kolkata celebrates bi-centenary|first=Nikhil |last=Gomes |work=RVA News|date=16 February 2023 |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> On Good Friday in 1823, the chapel was dedicated and inaugurated with Irish priest M. Murphy as its chaplain. The ordnance factory was established at Dum Dum in 1846. The St. Stephens Church, a Roman Catholic Church Weslyan Chapel and a hospital for treatment of European were established in the central hub of Dum Dum Cantonment of old Dum Dum. It may be noted that both South Dum Dum Municipality and North Dum Dum Municipality were established in 1870 thereby somewhat defining administratively the different parts of an earlier undefined Dum Dum area. subsequently, Dum Dum was enlarged by the amalgamation of Kadihati municipality in 1883.<ref name=history>{{cite web | url = https://dumdummunicipality.wordpress.com/  | title = Dum Dum Municipality | work = Chronicles of Dum Dum | publisher = DDM | access-date = 20 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ordnancedumdum.gov.in/index.php  | title =  Ordnance Factory Dum Dum | work = History – Dum Dum Story | publisher =  OFDD | access-date =  20 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =  https://northdumdummunicipality.org/about/history-of-north-dum-dum-municipality/ | publisher = North Dum Dum municipality | title = About us | access-date = 11 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://barrackpore.gov.in/home/south_dumdum_municipality | title = South Dum Dum Municipality | publisher = Barrackpore administration | access-date =  20 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sylhetiyouthwelfareassociation.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/dum-dum-cantonment/|title=History of Old Dum Dum|work=wordpress.com|date=11 October 2013 |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Dum-Dum|title=Dum Dum|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Old Cannon, Dum Dum Cantt.jpg|thumb|An old cannon at Dum Dum Cantonment]]
[[File:Dum Dum Municipal Office.jpg|thumb|Dum Dum Municipality]]

Dum Dum was once a separate subdivision from 1861 to 1896. During the early years of the cantonment the British waged several imperial wars, out of which the wars in [[Anglo-Burmese Wars|Burma]], [[Anglo-Nepalese War|Nepal]], the [[Anglo-Mysore wars|Deccan]] and [[Anglo-Afghan War|Afganisthan]] were costly in blood and lives. Two monuments were erected to commemorate their memory. The Afghan War Memorial was built in Dum Dum in 1841 after the British lost the [[First Anglo-Afghan War|first Anglo-Afghan war]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bengals-183-year-old-tryst-with-afghans/articleshow/85575590.cms|title=Bengal's 183-year-old tryst with Afghans|work=The Times of India|first=Zeeshan |last=Javed |date=August 24, 2021 |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|1857 disturbances]] the Indian sepoys posted at Dum Dum were affected and [[Mangal Pandey]] was hanged from a tree at Dum Dum (his dead body was probably hanged at both Barrackpore and Dum Dum Cantonment). Dum Dum Cantonment was closed down and the Cantonment Board was replaced by Dum Dum Municipality in 1929. The temporary set back to Dum Dum arising from abolition of the cantonment and departure of British troops, was partially made up with the shifting of [[Jessop & Company|Jessop & Co.]] from Howrah to Dum Dum in 1928 and establishment of the Gramophone Company at Dum Dum in 1929. Bengal Flying Club, established in 1920, had a small fleet of single engine moth planes. The independence movement led to the sudden development of the Central Jail, where many top leaders and more numerous unknown patriots were lodged. The old military barracks made way for multi-storied jail barracks. The environment quite often reverberated with the chanting of ''[[Vande Mataram]]''.<ref name=history/>

[[File:Afghan War Memorial.jpg|250px|thumb|Afghan War Memorial, Ordnance Factory Dum Dum]]

[[File:Central Jail Rd, Dum Dum.jpg|250px|thumb|Central Jail Rd, Dum Dum Cantonment]]

With the [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|partition of Bengal]] in 1947, "millions of refugees poured in from erstwhile [[East Pakistan]]."<ref>{{cite book |last=Chatterjee |first=Monideep |chapter=Town Planning in Calcutta: Past, Present and Future |title=Calcutta, The Living City |volume=II |editor-first=Sukanta |editor-last=Chaudhuri |page=142 |orig-date=first published 1990 |year=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-563697-X}}</ref> In the initial stages bulk of the refugees were non-agriculturists. A few of them made their own arrangements, but "it was squatters who made the [[East Bengali refugees]] famous or infamous". Squatting ({{langx|bn|jabardakhal}}) ranged from the forcible occupation of barracks to the collective take-over of private, government and waste land. "This happened as early as 1948 with middle class refugees in the [[Jadavpur#History|Jadavpur]] area: first on government land and then on private property, leading to violent clashes. Having won the battle, the elated squatters named their colony '[[Bijoygarh|Bijaygarh]]', the Fort of Victory."{{attribution needed|date=December 2024}} By 1949, there were 40 such colonies in [[Jadavpur]], [[Kasba, Kolkata|Kasba]], [[Santoshpur, Kolkata|Santoshpur]], [[Garia]] and [[Behala]], in the south-eastern part of the city, and 65 in the Dum Dum and [[Panihati]] zone in the north. Subsequently squatters colonies also came up along the west bank of the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]] and by 1950, there were 150 such colonies. It has to be borne in mind that the squatters were in a way "self-settlers" in the absence of adequate official arrangements for rehabilitation. Within a very short time the refugees (quite often with government or administrative support) not only found a place to stay but developed a society with markets, schools, temples and sometimes even colleges, hospitals and recreational centres.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chatterjee |first=Nilanjana |chapter=The East Bengal Refugees: A Lesson in Survival |title=Calcutta, The Living City |volume=II |editor-first=Sukanta |editor-last=Chaudhuri |pages=72–75 |orig-date=first published 1990 |year=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-563697-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271664458 |title = The Myths Refugees Live By: Memory and History of the Making of Bengali Refugee Identity |first=Uditi|last=Sen|journal = Modern Asian Studies|volume =  48|pages =  37–76| access-date = 5 March 2018|doi = 10.1017/S0026749X12000613 |year = 2014 |s2cid = 144297665 }}</ref> Efforts have been made in more recent years to regularise land/property rights in the refugee colonies.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bangalnama.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/the-refugee-city-partition-and-kolkata%E2%80%99s-postcolonial-landscape/ |title = The Refugee City: Partition and Kolkata's Post-colonial landscape| work= Bangalnama |date=31 August 2009| access-date = 13 March 2018}}</ref>{{sps|date=December 2024}}<ref>{{cite journal| url = https://www.academia.edu/2132220|title =  Dilemas of Diaspora: Partition, Refugees and the Politics of 'Home'|first = Pablo |last=Bose | journal=Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees |year=2006 | pages=58–68 | access-date = 13 March 2018|doi = 10.25071/1920-7336.21344 |doi-access =free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/4m-refugees-entered-West-Bengal-after-1971/articleshow/660584.cms|title = 4m refugees entered West Bengal after 1971 |work = The Times of India |first=Nirmalya |last=Banerjee | date= 11 August 2000| access-date = 13 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080730/jsp/calcutta/story_9620602.jsp| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080920012855/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080730/jsp/calcutta/story_9620602.jsp| url-status = dead| archive-date = 20 September 2008|title =  Civic tax net on colony plots |work=Telegraph India |location=Kolkata | publisher= 30 July 2008| access-date = 13 March 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
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===Location===
[[File:Entrance of Dum Dum Cantonment (R.B.C Road).jpg|thumb|Entrance of Dum Dum Cantonment area (R.B.C Road)]]

[[File:Dum Dum Municipal Water Tank - Mall Road - Kolkata 2012-04-22 2219.JPG|thumb|[[Mall Road, Dum Dum]]]]

Dum Dum is located at {{Coord|22.62|N|88.42|E|}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Dam_Dam.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Dum Dum, India|website=www.fallingrain.com|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 11&nbsp;metres (36&nbsp;[[foot (length)|feet]]).

Dum Dum is bounded by [[North Dum Dum]] (municipality) on the north and partly on the west, [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]] areas on the east and [[South Dum Dum]] (municipality) on the south and partly on the west.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Map of Barrackpore II CD Block on Page 379 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 19 July 2018}}</ref>

Dum Dum consists of localities such as Airport 1 No. Gate, Airport 2 No. Gate, Airport 2.5 No. Gate, [[Motilal Colony]], Rajbari Colony, [[Gorabazar, Dum Dum|Gora Bazar]], [[K.B Sarani (Mall Road)|Mall Road]],  [[Kumarpara, Dum Dum|Kumarpara]], [[Italgacha]], Badra, [[Nalta, Dum Dum|Nalta]], [[Manikpur, Dum Dum|Manikpur]], [[Kamalapur, Dum Dum|Kamalapur]], Radha Nagar, [[Arabinda Sarani]] and Central Jail.<ref name=google>Google maps</ref>

96% of the population of [[Barrackpore subdivision]] (partly presented in the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map) lives in urban areas. In 2011, it had a density of population of 10,967 per km<sup>2</sup> The subdivision has 16 municipalities and 24 census towns.<ref name=handbook2013>{{cite web  |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook  |title = District Statistical Handbook |work = North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b  |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal  |access-date = 2 May 2018}}</ref>

===Police station===
[[File:Dum Dum police station.jpg|thumb|Dum Dum police station]]

'''Dum Dum''' police station under [[Barrackpore Police Commissionerate]] has jurisdiction over Dum Dum Municipal areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://barrackporecitypolice.in/|title=Barrackpore Police Commissionerate|website=barrackporecitypolice.in|access-date=15 Aug 2024}}</ref>

[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|NSCBI Airport]] police station under the [[Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate]] has jurisdiction over the parts of [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in/index.php|title=Bidhannagar City Police|website=bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in|access-date=5 March 2025}}</ref>

===Post Offices===
[[File:Dum Dum Head Post Office and Passport Seva Kendra.jpg|thumb|Dum Dum Head Post Office and Passport Seva Kendra]]

Dum Dum is a vast locality with many [[Postal Index Number]]s:

'''Dum Dum''' has a delivery Head post office, with [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] 700028 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. Other post offices with the same PIN are Ordnance Factory, Kumarpara, Kamalapur and Rajabagan.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://pincode.net.in/WEST_BENGAL/KOLKATA/D/DUMDUM | title = Dum Dum Head Post Office | publisher = pincode.net.in |access-date = 15 Aug 2024}}</ref>

[[Kolkata Airport]] has a non-delivery sub post office, with [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] 700052 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.postoffices.co.in/westbengal-wb/kolkata-52-airport/ | title = Kolkata Airport sub post office | publisher = postoffices.co.in |access-date = 15 Aug 2024}}</ref>

[[Italgacha]] has a delivery sub post office, with [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] 700079 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://typeindia.com/listing/italgacha-post-office-kolkata-west-bengal/|title=Italgacha Post Office|access-date=15 Aug 2024}}</ref>

[[Mall Road, Dum Dum|Mall Road]] has a delivery sub post office, with [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] 700080 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. The only other post office with the same PIN is [[Jessore Road]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pincode.net.in/WEST_BENGAL/KOLKATA/M/MALL_ROAD|title=Mall Road Sub Post office|publisher=|access-date=5 March 2025}}</ref>

Rajbari Colony has a delivery sub post office, with [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] 700081 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.getatoz.co/postoffice/rajbari-colony/700081|title=Rajbari Colony sub post office|publisher=|access-date=15 Aug 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Historical population
| source = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/233-dum-dum.html#:~:text=Dum%20Dum%20Population%202023&text=The%20Dum%20Dum%20city%20is,population%20is%20estimated%20at%2019%2C356%2C000%20. |title=District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2021, Series 20, Part XII A |work=Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803 |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date=9 May 2023}}</ref>
| 1931 | 5350
| 1941 | 7622
| 1951 | 14002
| 1961 | 20041
| 1971 | 31363
| 1981 | 33604
| 1991 | 40961
| 2001 | 101296
| 2011 | 114786
|2021|149000	}}

===Population===
Per the [[2011 Census of India]], Dum Dum had a total population of 114,786, of which 58,566 (51%) were males and 56,220 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 8,259. The total number of literates was 97,997 (91.99% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html  |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise  |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India  | access-date = 7 June 2018 }}</ref> As of 2001 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Dum Dum had a population of 102,319. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Dum Dum has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: Male literacy is 85% and female literacy is 78%. In Dum Dum, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.

===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===
The following municipalities, census towns, and other locations in Barrackpore subdivision were part of [[List of cities in West Bengal by population#Urban agglomeration|Kolkata Urban Agglomeration]] in the 2011 census: [[Kanchrapara]] (M), [[Jetia]] (CT), [[Halisahar]] (M), [[Balibhara]] (CT), [[Naihati]] (M), [[Bhatpara]] (M), [[Kaugachhi]] (CT), [[Garshyamnagar]] (CT), [[Garulia]] (M), [[Ichhapur Defence Estate]] (CT), [[North Barrackpur]] (M), [[Barrackpur Cantonment]] (CB), [[Barrackpore]] (M), [[Jafarpur]] (CT), [[Ruiya]] (CT), [[Titagarh]] (M), [[Khardaha]] (M), [[Bandipur, North 24 Parganas|Bandipur]] (CT), [[Panihati]] (M), [[Muragachha]] (CT) [[New Barrackpore]] (M), [[Chandpur, Ghola|Chandpur]] (CT), [[Talbandha]] (CT), [[Patulia]] (CT), [[Kamarhati]] (M), [[Baranagar]] (M), [[South Dum Dum]] (M), [[North Dum Dum]] (M), '''Dum Dum''' (M), [[Noapara, India|Noapara]] (CT), [[Babanpur]] (CT), [[Teghari]] (CT), [[Nanna, North 24 Parganas|Nanna]] (OG), Chakla (OG), Srotribati (OG), and [[Panpur]] (OG).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | work= Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher=  Census of India 2011  | access-date = 7 June 2018}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Industry===
The following industrial units are located in Dum Dum:
[[File:Ordnance Factory Dum Dum - 1846 Ammunition Factory - Jessore Road - Kolkata 2017-08-08 3981.JPG|thumb|Ordnance Factory Dum Dum]]
* '''Ordnance Factory Dum Dum''' is a modern factory with unique high precision machining systems such as [[laser cutting]], [[Numerical control|CNC]]-operated [[injection moulding]] and CNC machines for carrying out stringent quality products. The factory was initiated when [[Robert Clive]] recaptured Calcutta from [[Siraj ud-Daulah]], the Nawab of Bengal, in 1757. It became the first development centre for defence stores in India established by the Royal forces. When the Gun & Shell Factory was established at [[Cossipore]] it worked in tandem with the Gun & Shell Factory at Dum Dum. After the disastrous [[First Anglo-Afghan War]], the first ammunition factory in British India was set up here. It produced [[expanding bullet]]s, which came to be known as "dumdums" after the city where they were manufactured. The 1857 mutiny was sparked by inputs from this factory. The site was also used as a jail and many freedom fighters were hanged here. Hearsay{{explain|date=December 2024}} includes the [[Santal people|Santal]] leader [[Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu|Kanhu Murmu]]. The ammunition factory was shifted to Pune in 1869, but the ordnance factory continued to function at Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web| url =  http://www.ordnancedumdum.gov.in/aboutus/about.php| title =  Ordnance Factory Dum Dum| publisher =  Indian Ordnance Factories| access-date =  20 July 2018| archive-date =  21 July 2018| archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20180721162616/http://www.ordnancedumdum.gov.in/aboutus/about.php| url-status =  dead}}</ref>[[File:Jessop & Co Ltd.jpg|thumb|Jessop & Co Ltd]]
* '''[[Jessop & Company]]''', located at Dum Dum, was a leading engineering company since 1788, when Breen & Company was founded in Calcutta. In 1820, Henry and George, sons of [[William Jessop]], acquired, on behalf of [[Butterley Company]], Breen & Company. Butterley Company was founded in [[Derbyshire]], England. Butterley Company and Breen & Company merged to form Jessop & Company in 1820. The company was a pioneer in the engineering field and had many feathers in its cap. During 1815–1840 it built the first iron bridge (loha-ka-pul) in India, across the Gomti at Lucknow. It floated the first steam boat in Indian waters in 1819, manufactured the first steam roller for Indian roads in 1890, and produced the first electrical multiple unit (EMU) coach for Indian railways in 1959. In 1973, the company was taken over by the Government of India and in 1986, it became a subsidiary of the holding company [[Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam]].<ref>{{cite web | url =  http://jessop.co.in/about_us/history.php | title = Welcome to Jessop & Co. Ltd. | work = History | publisher = Jessop  | access-date =  20 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =  http://jessop.co.in/pdf/jessop_ppt.pdf | title =  Jessop & Co. Ltd., Kolkata| publisher =  Jessop | access-date =  20 July 2018}}</ref> In 2003, as part of the strategic [[disinvestment]] of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] government, the Kolkata-based Ruia Group, headed by Pawan Kumar Ruia, took charge of loss-making Jessop.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20091019-jessop-rebuilding-history-741062-2009-10-15  | title =  Jessop Rebuilding History| first=Elora | last= Sen  | work = India Today |date=15 October 2009  | access-date =  20 July 2018}}</ref> Pawan Kumar Ruia has successfully turned around Jessop.<ref>{{cite web | url =  http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/nov/26spec3.htm | title =  How Ruia turned Jessop around| work =Business Standard  | via = Rediff.com |date=26 November 2005| access-date =  20 July 2018}}</ref>
* The Dum Dum recording studio of '''[[Saregama]]''', a part of the factory with production facilities, was established in 1928. It holds "around 30,000 master tapes of original Indian music recorded by the company since [[Gauhar Jaan]] sang [[Jogiya (raga)|''raga'' Jogiya]] in Kolkata and became the first Indian voice to be recorded on shellac disc in 1902."{{attribution needed|date=December 2024}} In the studio "text and photographs of artistes from Hindustani and Carnatic classical, Hindi and south Indian playback, devotional and Bengali music, who have recorded with the company, are also exhibited along with a copy of the original agreement that [[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]] signed with the company before cutting his first musical record at the Dum Dum studio in 1928."{{attribution needed|date=December 2024}} The tapes are in at least 19 major Indian languages. The collection includes speeches of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. In the world of music the list is too long for elaboration here but it includes the voice of [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]]. Saregama of the [[RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group]], under the chairmanship of [[Sanjiv Goenka]], were the successors to the [[Gramophone Company India]], which was among the first overseas branches of the British record firm [[EMI|Electric and Music Industries]] (EMI).<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/7CfWBoy2w5ezqPB5f4ndzM/The-house-of-vinyl.html | title = The house of vinyl  | agency = Kolkata Chromosome |first= Shamik|last= Bag| work = Mint |date=23 September 2010  | access-date =  20 July 2018 }}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
{{See also |Barrackpore subdivision#Municipal towns / cities }}
As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Dum Dum municipal city covered an area of 9.23 km². Among the civic amenities, it had open drains. In terms of medical facilities, there were 13 pharmacies. Regarding educational facilities, it had 31 primary schools, 10 secondary schools, 19 senior secondary schools, 1 degree college for arts, science, and commerce, and 77 non-formal education centres. For social, recreational, and cultural facilities, it included 10 auditoriums/community halls, 11 public libraries, and 1 reading room. Among the manufactured commodities were rail wagons, artillery shells, and music CDs. Additionally, there were 6 bank branches.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title =  District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 791-794; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 795-796; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities  | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal  |access-date =  31 May 2018}}</ref>

===KMDA===
Dum Dum municipality is included in the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] for which the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|KMDA]] is the statutory planning and development authority.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|publisher=KMDA|access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/map_of_kma_c1fed8|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Area Map|publisher=KMDA|access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>

==Transport==

[[File:Jessore Road, Dum Dum.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Jessore Road]] in Dum Dum]]

[[National Highway 12 (India)|NH 12]] (previously NH 34) running from [[Dalkhola]] to [[Bakkhali]], locally popular as [[Jessore Road]], passes through Dum Dum.<ref name="renumber">{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date=16 September 2016|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Frequent Buses which ply along Jessore Rd (via Central Jail and Nagerbazar) are as follows:
 
* 30D (Dum Dum Cant. - Babughat)
* 30B (Gouripur - Babughat)
* 223 (B.T College - Golf Green)
* 3C/1 (Nagerbazar - Anandapur)
* 3C/2 (Nagerbazar - Anandapur)
* 221 (Nagerbazar - Southern Avenue)
* 202 (Nagerbazar - Science City)
* 219 (Nagerbazar - Howrah Stn.)
* 219/1 (Nagerbazar - Howrah Stn.)
* Nagerbazar - Howrah Mini (S-168)
* S-10 (Airport Gate no 3 - Nabanna)
* 79B (Barasat - Bagbazar)
* DN-8 (Barasat - Salt Lake Sector V)
* 93 (Kharibari - Bagbazar)


Important Bus routes of Airport area are as follows:

* AC 39 (Airport Terminal - Howrah Stn.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youfindgo.com/listing/ac-39-bus-services/|title=AC 39 Bus Route|publisher=YouFindGo|access-date=4 Aug 2025}}</ref>
* VS 2 (Airport Terminal - Howrah Stn.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nscbiairport.com/transport/bus|title=VS 2 Bus timing details|publisher=Airports Authority of India|access-date=4 Aug 2025}}</ref>
* VS 1 (Airport Terminal - Esplanade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nscbiairport.com/transport/bus|title=VS 1 Bus timing details|publisher=Airports Authority of India|access-date=4 Aug 2025}}</ref>
* V1 (Airport Terminal - Tollygunge)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nscbiairport.com/transport/bus|title=V1 Bus timing details|publisher=Airports Authority of India|access-date=4 Aug 2025}}</ref>
* AC 37A (Airport Terminal - Garia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youfindgo.com/listing/ac-37-a-bus-services/|title=AC 37A Bus Route|publisher=YouFindGo|access-date=4 Aug 2025}}</ref>
* AC 43 (Airport Terminal - Golf Green)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youfindgo.com/listing/ac-43-bus-services-2/|title=AC 43 Bus Route|publisher=YouFindGo|access-date=4 Aug 2025}}</ref>
* AC 2 (Barasat - Howrah Stn)
* D-1A (Airport - Tollygunge)
* S-10 (Airport Gate no 3 - Nabanna)
* AC 38 (Dum Dum 11A - Karunamoyee)
* AC 37 (Barasat - Garia)
* EB-12 (Barasat - Karunamoyee)
* AC 23A (Rajchandrapur - Karunamoyee)
* AC 50A (Rajchandrapur - Garia)
* S23A (Rajchandrapur - Karunamoyee)
* S 64 (Naihati - Newtown)
* AC 40 (Airport - Howrah Maidan)
* S 66 (Choto Finga - Howrah Stn)
* 237 (Birati - Babughat)
* 45 (Airport - Garia Stn.)
* 45A (Airport - Garia Stn.)
* 46 (Airport - Esplanade)
* L238 (Barasat - Howrah Stn.)
* 79D (Madhyamgram - Babughat)
* S-151 Mini (Airport - B.B.D Bag)
* S-184 Mini (Birati - B.B.D Bag)
* S-175 Mini (New Barrackpore - Howrah Stn.)
* C-8 (Barasat - Joka)
* C-42 (Barasat - Howrah)
* C-23 (Dankuni - Park Circus)
* DN-47 (Barasat - Karunamoyee)
* DN-18 (Baduria - Shyambazar) 
* 91 (Bhangar - Shyambazar)
* 91A (Harao Banstala - Shyambazar)
* Barasat - Botanical Garden Bus
* Airport Gate No. 1 - Amta Bus
* Rajchandrapur - Karunamoyee Bus etc.


[[Dum Dum Junction railway station|Dum Dum Junction]], on the [[Sealdah-Ranaghat line]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/dum-dum-junction-ddj/3239|title=DDJ/Dum Dum Junction|website=India Rail Info|access-date=5 October 2024}}</ref> and [[Dum Dum Cantonment railway station|Dum Dum Cantonment]], on the [[Sealdah-Hasnabad-Bangaon-Ranaghat line|Sealdah-Bangaon line]], are the nearest railway stations.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/8004| title=DDC/Dum Dum Cantt| website=India Rail Info| access-date=5 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/8013|title=DGNR/Durganagar| website=India Rail Info|access-date=5 October 2024}}</ref>

[[Kolkata Metro]], the first underground metro in India, was initially constructed from [[Dum Dum metro station|Dum Dum]] to [[Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station|Tollygunge]]. It was progressively commissioned, the full length of 16.45&nbsp;km being commissioned in 1995.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kolmetro.com/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041109192541/http://www.kolmetro.com/ | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 9 November 2004 | title = Welcome to Metro Railway| publisher = Metro Railway, Kolkata | access-date = 12 September 2024}}</ref> [[Dum Dum metro station]] is located adjacent to [[Dum Dum Junction railway station]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379  | title = Road Ahead... Projects Sanctioned | publisher = Metro Railway, Kolkata |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217143720/http://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379|archive-date=2019-02-17}}</ref>

[[Dum Dum Cantonment metro station|Dum Dum Cantonment]], [[Jessore Road metro station|Jessore Road]] and [[Jai Hind metro station|Biman Bandar]] are metro stations of [[Yellow Line (Kolkata Metro)|Yellow Line]] of [[Kolkata Metro]]. [[Jai Hind metro station|Biman Bandar]] serves [[Kolkata]]'s main airport, the [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]].

===Travel within Dum Dum and South Dum Dum===

There are a plenty of blue-yellow private buses, mini-buses and taxis, as well as a few [[West Bengal Transport Corporation|WBTC]] buses in Dum Dum. Autos are plentiful and can be used for short stretches. Nagerbazar is the hub of autos where four routes originate, namely:

# Nagerbazar – Dum Dum Junction
# Nagerbazar – Dum Dum Cantonment 
# Nagerbazar – Airport 1 no. gate
# Nagerbazar – Lake Town 

In addition, there are large taxi stands at [[Nagerbazar]] and [[Kolkata Airport|Dum Dum Airport]]. The other popular means of travel over short distances is the rickshaw; battery operated rickshaws/e-rickshaws (locally called Totos) can also be seen.

==Education==
{{See also |North Dum Dum#Education |South Dum Dum#Education }}
The following institutions are located in Dum Dum:

*'''[[Sarojini Naidu College for Women]]''' was established at Dum Dum in 1956. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, geography, history, philosophy, political science, economics, botany, chemistry, mathematics, philosophy, zoology and anthropology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sncwgs.ac.in/academics/admission/|title=Sarojini Naidu College for Women|work=Sarojini Naidu College for Women - Kolkata Colleges |date=19 February 2014 |publisher=SNCW|access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collegeadmission.in/Sarojini_Naidu_College_for_Women/Sarojini_Naidu_College_for_Women.shtml|title=Sarojini Naidu College for Women|publisher=College Admission|access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref>
*'''[[Kendriya Vidyalaya|Kendriya Vidyalaya Ordnance Factory, Dum Dum]]''' was established in 1986, for the children of employees of the Ordnance Factory Dum Dum, defence personnel and other central government offices. It has arrangements for teaching from Classes I to XII. A co-educational day school, it functions under [[Kendriya Vidyalaya|Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan]] and prepares students for CBSE examinations through Hindi and English mediums.<ref>{{cite web | url =  http://www.kvofdumdum.in/english-genesis | title = Kendriya Vidyalaya Ordnance Factory Dum Dum | publisher = KDOFDD | access-date =  29 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.schoolmykids.com/school/kendriya-vidyalaya-ordnance-factory-dum-dum-kolkata-kolkata-west-bengal/  | title = Kendriya Vidyalaya Ordnance Factory Dum Dum | publisher = schoolmykids | access-date =  29 July 2018}}</ref>
*'''Christ Church Girls' High School''', Jessore Road, is a Bengali-medium, girls only school preparing students for madhyamik and higher secondary examination of the West Bengal boards. Established in 1882, it has arrangements for teaching from Infant to Class XII. Admission for Primary section starts around December. It has hostel facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ccghs.in/|title=Christ Church Girls' High School|publisher=ccghs.in|access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref>
*'''[[Auxilium Convent School]]''' at Rajbari, Dum Dum, is an English-medium girls only school run by Salesian Sisters. Established in 1960, it prepares students for the ISC and ICSE examinations. Admission eligibility for LKG is 3 years age on 31 March.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://schoolconnects.in/auxilium-convent-school-dum-dum  | title =  Auxilium Convent School, Dum Dum| publisher =  School Connects | access-date =  29 July 2018}}</ref>
*'''Indira Gandhi Memorial High School, Dum Dum''' is a co-ed English medium school affiliated to CBSE New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IGMHS - Dum Dum |url=https://dumdum.igmhs.org/about_us.php |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=dumdum.igmhs.org}}</ref>
*'''St. Stephen's School, Dum Dum''' established in 1971, is a co-educational English Medium higher secondary school under Barrackpore Diocesan Education Society. It is affiliated to [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations|CISCE]]. Out of its multiple branches throughout [[West Bengal]], it has two of them in Dum Dum; namely Wesley Primary Department and Main Branch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the School {{!}} St. Stephen's school |url=https://www.ststephensschool.co.in/index.php/history-of-the-school/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=www.ststephensschool.co.in}}</ref>
*'''Rishi Aurobindo Memorial Academy''' is a co-educational English medium self-financed higher secondary school at P.K Guha Rd.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rama.org.in/|title=Rishi Aurobindo Memorial Academy|access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref>
*'''Dum Dum Girls' High School''', Estd. in 1950, is one of the oldest girls higher secondary schools at Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19114202005|title=Dum Dum Girls' High School|publisher=|access-date=18 Aug 2024}}</ref>
*'''Dum Dum Baidyanath Institution''' and '''Dum Dum Baidyanath Institution for Girls''', established in 1939 and 1967 respectively, are oldest higher secondary schools at Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19114200902|title=Dum Dum Baidyanath Institution|publisher=|access-date=18 Aug 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19114201604|title=Dum Dum Baidyanath Institution for Girls|publisher=|access-date=18 Aug 2024}}</ref> 
*'''Kamalapur Kamala Vidyapith''' and '''Kamalapur Kamala Balika Vidyapith''', established in 1955 and 1956 respectively, are higher secondary schools at Kamalapur, Dum Dum Cant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://schools.org.in/north-twenty-four-pargana/19114201107/kamalapur-kamala-vidyapith.html|title=Kamalapur Kamala Vidyapith|publisher=|access-date=18 Aug 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/history/19114201106|title=Kamalapur Kamala Balika Vidyapith|publisher=|access-date=18 Aug 2024}}</ref> 
*'''Nalta Mahajati High School for Girls''' and '''Nalta Mahajati High School for Boys''', Estd. in 1960 and 1968 respectively, are higher secondary schools at Nalta, Dum Dum Cantonment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19114200703|title=Nalta Mahajati High School for Girls|access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19114200701|title=Nalta Mahajati High School for Boys|access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref>
*'''Dum Dum Airport Hindi High School''', Estd. in 1949, is a hindi medium higher secondary school at Jessore Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/history/19114201203|title=Dum Dum Airport Hindi High School|access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref>
*'''Dum Dum Airport Girls' High School''' is a secondary school at Kolkata Airport Quarters, Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19114201204|title=Dum Dum Airport Girls' High School|publisher=|access-date=18 Aug 2024}}</ref>
*'''Calcutta Airport English High School''' is a co-educational English medium higher secondary school at Gate No. 2 of NSCBI Airport on Jessore Road, Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caehs.in/|title=Calcutta Airport English High School|publisher=|access-date=18 Aug 2024}}</ref>
*'''Dum Dum K.L.S. Hindi Vidyalaya''', Estd. in 1959, is a co-educational higher secondary school at Post office Rd, Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19114201903|title=Dum Dum K.L.S. Hindi Vidyalaya|publisher=|access-date=18 Aug 2024}}</ref>
*'''Dum Dum Bharatiya Vidyamandir''', Estd. in 1968, is a co-educational Hindi medium secondary school at Gorabazar, Dum Dum Cantonment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19114201805|title=Dum Dum Bharatiya Vidyamandir|publisher=|access-date=18 Aug 2024}}</ref>
*'''Adarsh Madhyamik Vidyalaya Dum Dum (H.S)''', Estd. in 1969 is a Hindi medium higher secondary school at R.B.C Road, Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/contact/19114400703|title=Adarsh Madhyamik Vidyalaya Dum Dum Br. (H.S)|access-date=5 October 2024}}</ref>
*'''Pandit Motilal Institution for Girls''', Estd. in 1962, is a girls secondary school at Motilal Colony, Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19114200402|title=Pandit Motilal Institution for Girls|access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref>
*'''Dum Dum Motilal Vidyayatan High School''', Estd. in 1950, is a boys high school at Jessore Rd.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://schools.org.in/north-twenty-four-pargana/19114201105/dumdum-motilal-vidyayatan-high-school.html|title=Dum Dum Motilal Vidyayatan High School|access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref>
*'''Dum Dum Nikhil Bangia Vidyapeeth''', a statutory entity for Skill Training and Education with all due diligence and compliances, was established in the year 2001 at Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nbvidyapeeth.org/|title=Dum Dum Nikhil Bangia Vidyapeeth|publisher=nbvidyapeeth.org|access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>

==Healthcare==

'''Hospitals''':

* Dum Dum Central Jail Hospital functions with 100 beds.<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 23 July 2018 | archive-date = 28 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134305/https://qphs.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-99a499ee367f0c1530476c81086270c8 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* Dum Dum Municipal Specialized Hospital (near Gora Bazar), Dum Dum Cantonment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dum Dum Municipal Specialized Hospital |url=https://www.lazoi.com/Member/HospitalProfile?Hosp_Id=20172007&Hosp=Dumdum%20Municipal%20Specialised%20Hospital |access-date=19 Aug 2024 |website=lazoi.com}}</ref>

'''Private medical facilities''':

* ILS Hospitals, Dumdum, 1, Mall Rd, (near Nagerbazar Flyover, Golpark) Dum Dum (Vascular Surgery, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Speech Therapy, Urology, Psychiatry, CT Scan, Digital X Ray, Ultrasonography, Endoscopy, Serology, etc) <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date= |title=Micropoint - Dum Dum Cantonment |url=https://drananyabratadas.com/contact/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Are you ready to improve your vision? If so it is the right time to contact Dr. Ananyabrata Das, the best Lasik surgeon in Kolkata, today! Schedule an appointment at Micropoint and receive personalized treatment plans for better vision. |language=en}}</ref>
* Dum Dum Medical Centre (3A Pollock Avenue, Kolkata 700080) is a multi-speciality hospital at Dum Dum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dumdummedicalcentre.in/|title=Dum Dum Medical Centre|publisher=Dum Dum Medical Centre|access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref>
* Phoenix Medical Centre (P.K Guha Rd, Rajbari, Dum Dum, Kolkata 700028)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://phoenixmedicalcentre.in/about-us.php|title=Phoenix Medical Centre|publisher=phoenixmedicalcentre.in|access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref>
* Theism Diagnostics (near Gora Bazar), Dum Dum Cantonment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Theism Diagnostics |url=https://theism.co.in/ |access-date=19 Aug 2024 |website=theism.co.in}}</ref>
* Micropoint, Dumdum Cantonment, 38A J N Tewari Road Green Park, Dum Dum Cantonment, Rajbari, West Bengal 700028 (Cataract Surgery, Lasik Surgery, Glaucoma Treatment, Dry Eyes & Treatment, Spectacles, etc) <ref name=":0" />

==Markets==

[[File:Diamond Plaza Mall.jpg|thumb|Diamond Plaza Mall, Jessore Rd <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diamondplaza.in/|title=Diamond Plaza Mall - Kolkata|publisher=www.diamondplaza.in|access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>]]
Major markets in the Dum Dum area include:

* Diamond Plaza Mall
* Nagerbazar market
* Gorabazar market 
* Mall Road market 
* Motilal Neheru market
* 1 no. Airport market
* Kumarpara market
* HMV market

==See also==
* [[South Dum Dum]]
* [[North Dum Dum]]
* [[Dum Dum Arsenal]]
* [[Expanding bullet|Dum-dum bullets]]
* [[Leishmaniasis|Dum-dum fever]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Wikivoyage inline|Kolkata/Dum Dum}}
* [http://www.calcuttaairport.com/ Kolkata Airport (CCU)]

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