Niketan

Niketan (Bengali: নিকেতন) also known as Niketan Residential Area, Gulshan or Niketan Housing Society is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was a housing project of Eastern Housing Limited.[2] Niketan is also a part of Gulshan Thana and Ward No. 20 of Dhaka North City Corporation.[3]

Niketan
নিকেতন
Suburb
Niketan Residential Area, Gulshan
Niketan Housing Society
A neighbourhood in Niketan
A neighbourhood in Niketan
Coordinates: 23.774594°N 90.412003°E / 23.774594; 90.412003
CountryBangladesh
DivisionDhaka
Municipal corporationDhaka North City Corporation
DistrictDhaka District
Police StationGulshan Police Station, H-32, 115 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-2[1]
Time zoneUTC+06:00 (BST)
Area code1212

History

Niketan Residential Area, Gulshan also known as Niketan Housing Society is a housing project of Eastern Housing Limited. The name of the area society is Niketan Welfare Society. This Residential Area has 5 gates. In the place of this suburb, there was an old village named Bhola Gram.[4][5] Gulshan was founded as a planned model town in 1961 with its own Pourashabha (municipal corporation), while the neighbouring Banani was founded in 1964. Gulshan Thana was established in 1972.[6] Gulshan Pourashabha was abolished in 1982.[7] In 1984, Gulshan, along with Mirpur municipality, was absorbed into Dhaka.[8]

Geography

Niketan is located at 23.774594°N 90.412003°E / 23.774594; 90.412003. Niketan is surrounded by Gulshan-1, Mohakhali, Tejgaon and Hatirjheel areas. It has a lake called Gulshan Lake.

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Niketan Area Map
  • A Neighborhood in Niketan
    A Neighborhood in Niketan
  • Partial view of Niketan, Gulshan and Mohakhali areas of Gulshan Thana
    Partial view of Niketan, Gulshan and Mohakhali areas of Gulshan Thana
  • Gulshan Lake
    Gulshan Lake

References
  1. "Find Your Local Police – Dhaka Metropolitan Police".
  2. "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  3. "Population Census 2011: Dhaka Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. "গুলশান ভুলে গেছে ভোলা গ্রামের কথা". Rising BD (in Bengali).
  5. "OP-ED: Can a city be equal for all?". 21 November 2020.
  6. Ahmed, Syed Shabbir (2012). "Gulshan Thana". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  7. Ghafur, Shayer (21 April 2006). "The Future of Gulshan South Park". Daily Star. Retrieved 2006-11-15.
  8. Syed Ali Mortuza, Rural-urban Migration in Bangladesh: Causes and Effects, page 59, Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1992


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