Kolkata
Kolkata district is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It only contains the entire city proper of Kolkata, the capital city of the state and therefore it is a city district.- District of India with about 4,500,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- …is abbreviated as “KLK”
- Description: district in West Bengal, India
- Also known as“Calcutta”“Kolkata district”
- Neighbors
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sealdah Station and Howrah Station.
Sealdah Station
Sealdah Station is a major railway station of Kolkata in India.
Howrah Station
Howrah Station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of Kolkata in India.
Victoria Memorial
Museum
The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kolkata and East Kolkata.
South Kolkata
South Kolkata is an important part of Kolkata city.
Kolkata
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Latitude
22.5473° or 22° 32′ 50″ north
Longitude
88.3737° or 88° 22′ 25″ east
Open location code
7MJCG9WF+WF
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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: “કોલકોતા જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “कोलकाता जिला”
- Italian: “Distretto di Calcutta”
- Japanese: “コルカタ県”
- Kashmiri: “کَلٕکَتا ضِلہٕ”
- 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”
- Ukrainian: “Округ Колката”
- Urdu: “کولکاتا ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Kolkata”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع کولکتہ”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Park Street Cemetery and Sealdah Station.
West Bengal: Highlights
Learn more about Kolkata and East Kolkata.
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