Research Paper
Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume: 8 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 188-193
The Socio-Economic Study of Barabazar - A Traditional Market, Kolkata, West Bengal
Sulagna Gupta Bhaya
Dept. of Geography, Ranaghat College, Ranaghat, Nadia, West Bengal. Pin-741201
ABSTRACT
Kolkata Metropolitan is one of the largest agglomerations in India. The major and powerful wholesale trading activities are located in the heart of Kolkata in Barabazar. Barabazar expanded from a yarn and textile market into one of the largest wholesale markets in Asia. It is a lively wholesale market with sections for spices, textiles, electric and electronic goods, ornaments and other kinds of goods. Here people can get customer for everything. People from neighbouring countries like Nepal, Bhutan as well as Bangladesh even come here for their business. On-street parking of good traffic, loading and unloading operations severely affect operational efficiency of traffic and transportation. One fifth of the volume of good vehicles entering and exiting city are destined to Barabazar area. Kolkata Logistic Hub has been proposed in the outskirts of the city to get rid of this problem. This study is an attempt to depict a brief representative picture of the whole of Barabazar market.
Keywords: Wholesale market, agglomeration, Kolkata Logistic Hub, Barabazar market.
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