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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: district of India with 4,500,000 residents
- Description: district in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Calcutta” and “Kolkata district”
- Neighbors: Howrah, North 24 Parganas, and South 24 Parganas
Places of Interest
Highlights include Howrah Station and Victoria Memorial.
Howrah Station
Photo: Tirthankar Maiti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howrah Station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of Kolkata, which not only connects the city to the rest of India, but also acts as a major stopover to connect different destinations of West Bengal and beyond.
Victoria Memorial
Museum
Photo: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument in the Maidan in Central Kolkata, having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj.
National Library of India
Park
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
The National Library of India is a library located in the Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, India. It is India's largest library by volume and public record.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kolkata and East Kolkata.
Kolkata
Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, is one of the largest in India, with a metro population of over 22.5 million. Once called Calcutta in colonial times and is still fondly called as such, the city once served as the capital of the British Raj till 1911.
East Kolkata
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
East Kolkata 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.
South Kolkata
Photo: Anitek bhattacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Kolkata is an important part of Kolkata 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
- Location: West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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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”
- 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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