Kolkata

Kolkata district is a district in the state of . It only contains the entire city proper of , the capital city of the state and therefore it is a city district.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sealdah Station and Howrah Station.

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is a major railway station of in . The core of the extensive Kolkata Suburban Railway, Sealdah is also served by over 70 long-distance trains from other parts of the country.

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, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of in . It not only connects the city to the rest of the country, but also acts as a major hub to connect different destinations of and beyond.

Museum
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The is a large marble monument in the in Central , having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kolkata and East Kolkata.

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, formerly and still fondly called Calcutta, is the largest city in and the capital of the state of . Once the capital of the British Raj till 1911, is said to have been built on three villages along the Hooghly River, a distributary of the mighty Ganges.

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comprises the new areas on the eastern side of the metropolis that have been growing since the 1990s. It houses the IT hub of Kolkata, shopping emporia, amusement parks and splurge hotels.

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is an important part of city. It is less congested and more modern than the rest of the city. You will find more apartment blocks and green patches here.

Kolkata

Latitude
22.5473° or 22° 32′ 50″ north
Longitude
88.3737° or 88° 22′ 25″ east
Population
4,500,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Abbreviation
“KLK”
Open location code
7MJCG9WF+WF
Geo­Names ID
1275005
Wiki­data ID
Q2088496
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kolkata” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة كلكتا”
  • Arabic: “منطقة كلكتة”
  • Armenian: “Կալկաթայի շրջան”
  • Assamese: “কলিকতা জিলা”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Kolkata”
  • Asturian: “Kolkata (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Kolkata”
  • Basque: “Kolkata barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “Калката (раён)”
  • Belarusian: “Калката”
  • Belarusian: “Калкацкая акруга”
  • Belarusian: “Калкацкі раён”
  • Bengali: “কলকাতা জেলা”
  • Bengali: “কলকাতা”
  • Bhojpuri: “कोलकाता जिला”
  • Catalan: “Calcuta”
  • Cebuano: “Kolkata”
  • Chinese: “加尔各答县”
  • Chinese: “加爾各答縣”
  • Dutch: “Kolkata district”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كالكوتا”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Kolkata jila”
  • Finnish: “Kalkutan piirikunta”
  • French: “district de Calcutta”
  • French: “District de Kolkata”
  • German: “Kolkata”
  • Greek: “διαμέρισμα της Καλκούτας”
  • Gujarati: “કોલકાતા જિલ્લો”
  • Gujarati: “કોલકોતા જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “कोलकाता जिला”
  • Italian: “distretto di Calcutta”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Calcutta”
  • Japanese: “コルカタ県”
  • Kashmiri: “کَلٕکَتا ضِلہٕ”
  • Magahi: “कलकता जिला”
  • Magahi: “कलकाता जिला”
  • Malayalam: “കൊൽക്കത്ത ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “कोलकाता जिल्हा”
  • Mingrelian: “კოლკატაშ ოლქი”
  • Nepali: “कोलकाता जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “कोलकाता जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kolkata”
  • Norwegian: “Kolkata”
  • Oriya: “କଲିକତା ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Persian: “بخش کلکته”
  • Persian: “ناحیه کلکته”
  • Russian: “Колката”
  • Sanskrit: “कलकातामण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱚᱞᱠᱟᱛᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Scots: “Kolkata destrict”
  • Slovak: “Kalkata”
  • Slovenian: “distrikt Kalkuta”
  • Slovenian: “Kalkuta”
  • Slovenian: “Kolkata”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Calcuta”
  • Swedish: “Kolkata”
  • Tamil: “கொல்கத்தா மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “కోల్కతా జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “కోల్‌కతా జిల్లా”
  • Ukrainian: “Округ Колката”
  • Urdu: “کولکاتا ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Kolkata”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع کولکتہ”
  • “कोलकाता जिला”

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