CHANGING SOCIO CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT ALONG WITH URBAN SPRAWL IN ADDED AREAS OF KOLKATA

Kolkata is an ever growing urban region, situated on the left bank of river Hugli in West Bengal. This most important urban region which is the capital of West Bengal extends towards south and south western part of the main urban area. After 1984 three suburban municipalities were added to main Kolkata i.e Jadavpur, South suburban and Garden Reach. The settlements started especially after the partition of India when West Bengal recorded an enormous population influx from East Bengal. To accommodate the sudden population increase, a large number of colonies emerged within Kolkata Corporation area. Along with the growing urban population and urbanization the change in social and cultural environment has been noticed. The present paper focuses on the various sides of change in socio cultural environment of the study area.