Kolkata
Kolkata, formerly and still fondly called Calcutta, is the largest city in eastern India and the capital of the state of West Bengal. Once the capital of the British Raj till 1911, Kolkata is said to have been built on three villages along the Hooghly River, a distributary of the mighty Ganges.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include East Kolkata and Southern Suburbs.
South Kolkata
South Kolkata is an important part of Kolkata city.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Esplanade and North Kolkata.
Howrah Station
Howrah Station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of Kolkata in India.
Sealdah Station
Sealdah Station is a major railway station of Kolkata in India.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Howrah Bridge and Lok Bhavan.
Howrah Bridge
The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India.
Lok Bhavan
Lok Bhavan, formally known as Raj Bhavan and…
Jorasanko Thakur Bari
Jorasanko Thakur Bari is a Haveli in Jorasanko…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Howrah and Alipore.
Alipore
Alipore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Jorasanko
Jorasanko is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India.
Kolkata
- City with about 4,500,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code CCU
- …was formerly known as “Calcutta”
- Description: capital city of West Bengal, India
- Also known as“Cal”“City of Joy”“City of Palaces”“City of Processions”“Kalikātā”“Kol”“Sealdah”
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Latitude
22.5726° or 22° 34′ 22″ north
Longitude
88.3639° or 88° 21′ 50″ east
UN/LOCODE
IN CCU
Open location code
7MJCH9F7+3H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kolkata” goes by many names.
KalkuttaAfrikaans
KolkataAfrikaans
KalkutaAlbanian
ኮልካታAmharic
कलकत्ताAngika
كالكوتاArabic
كلكتاArabic
كُلْكَتَّةArabic
CalcutaAragonese
ԿալկաթաArmenian
কলকাতাAssamese
CalcutaAsturian
KəlkətəAzerbaijani
KəlkütəAzerbaijani
KəlküttəAzerbaijani
KolkataBalinese
КалькуттаBashkir
KalkutaBasque
КалкатаBelarusian
КалькутаBelarusian
KolkataBengali
আনন্দ নগরীBengali
কলিকাতাBengali
প্রাসাদ নগরীBengali
মিছিলের শহরBengali
कलकत्ताBhojpuri
कोलकाताBhojpuri
KolkataBosnian
KolkataBreton
КалкутаBulgarian
КолкатаBulgarian
ကာလကတ္တားမြို့Burmese
CalcutaCatalan
KolkataCebuano
Kolkata (kapital sa estado)Cebuano
KolkataCentral Bikol
KolkataCentral Kanuri
کەلکەتەCentral Kurdish
КалькуттаChechen
加尔各答Chinese
加爾各答Chinese
КалькуттаChuvash
KolkataCornish
CalcuttaCorsican
KolkataCrimean Tatar
Calcutta (historical)Croatian
KolkataCroatian
KalkataCzech
KolikataDagbani
KolkataDagbani
CalcuttaDanish
KolkataDanish
कोलकाताDotyali
CalcuttaDutch
KolkataDutch
КолкатаEastern Mari
КолкатеEastern Mari
كولكاتاEgyptian Arabic
KalkatoEsperanto
KolkatoEsperanto
KolkataEstonian
CalcutaExtremaduran
KolkataFaroese
KolkataFiji Hindi
KalkuttaFinnish
CalcutaGalician
KolikataGalician
加爾各答Gan Chinese
加麗加達Gan Chinese
კოლკატაGeorgian
Kalkutta (historical)German
KolkataGoan Konkani
कलकत्ताGoan Konkani
KalkutaGorontalo
ΚαλκούταGreek
ΚολκάταGreek
KalkutaGuarani
કલકત્તાGujarati
કોલકાતાGujarati
KolkataHausa
כלכותהHebrew
קולקטהHebrew
कलकत्ताHindi
कोलकाताHindi
सुख का शहरHindi
KalkuttaHungarian
KolkataHungarian
KalkúttaIcelandic
KolkataIcelandic
KalkutaIdo
KolkataIloko
KalkuttaIndonesian
KolkataIndonesian
КалькуттаIngush
CalcuttaInterlingua
CalcuttaInterlingue
CalcútaIrish
CalcuttaItalian
ColcataItalian
カルカッタJapanese
コルカタJapanese
喜びの都市Japanese
宮殿都市Japanese
KalkutaJavanese
KolkataJavanese
KalikutaKabiyè
KolkataKalaallisut
ಕೊಲ್ಕತ್ತಾKannada
KalkuttaKara-Kalpak
کَلٕکَتاKashmiri
کولکاتاKashmiri
КалькуттаKazakh
КолкатаKazakh
КалькуттаKirghiz
KolkataKomering
콜카타Korean
KolkataKurdish
KolkataLadin
KalkutaLadino
CalcuttaLatin
KalakātāLatin
KalkātāLatin
KolkataLatvian
CalcuttaLimburgan
加爾各答Literary Chinese
KalkutaLithuanian
KolkataLithuanian
CalcutaLombard
KalkuttaLow German
KalkutaLower Sorbian
KalkuttaLuxembourgish
КалкутаMacedonian
КолкатаMacedonian
कोलकाताMagahi
कोलकाताMaithili
KolkataMalagasy
KolkataMalay
കൊൽക്കത്തMalayalam
CalcuttaMaltese
KolkataMaltese
ꯀꯣꯜꯀꯥꯇꯥManipuri
KarakataMaori
KorokataMaori
कोलकाताMarathi
کلکتهMazanderani
KolkataMin Nan Chinese
კოლკატაMingrelian
КолкатаMoksha
КалькуттаMongolian
كولكاتاMoroccan Arabic
CalcuttaNeapolitan
कलकत्ताNepali
कोलकाताNepali
कोलकाताNewari
KalkuttaNorthern Frisian
Calcutta (historical)Norwegian
KolkataNorwegian
KolkataNorwegian Bokmål
KolkataNorwegian Nynorsk
KolkataNovial
KolkataNyanja
CalcutaOccitan (post 1500)
KolkataOccitan (post 1500)
CaligardamanaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ColcgataOld English (ca. 450-1100)
କଲିକତାOriya
КалькуттæOssetian
KolkataPampanga
ਕੋਲਕਾਤਾPanjabi
کلکتهPersian
KolkataPiemontese
KalkutaPolish
KolkataPolish
کلکتهPushto
ကာလးကာ့တာႋဍုံPwo Eastern Karen
KolkataQuechua
CalcutaRomanian
CalcuttaRomanian
KolkataRomanian
КалькуттаRussia Buriat
КалькуттаRussian
КолкатаRussian
КолкатаRusyn
KalkotaSamogitian
कोलकाताSanskrit
ᱠᱚᱞᱠᱟᱛᱟSantali
ᱠᱳᱞᱠᱟᱛᱟSantali
KolkataScots
KolkataScottish Gaelic
КолкатаSerbian
KolkataSerbo-Croatian
CalcuttaSicilian
KolkataSilesian
جلوسن جو شهرSindhi
خوشين جو شهرSindhi
ڪلڪتوSindhi
ڪولڪتاSindhi
محلات جو شهرSindhi
කල්කටාවSinhala
කොල්කාතාSinhala
KalkataSlovak
KalkutaSlovenian
کلکتهSouth Azerbaijani
KolkataSwahili
CalcuttaSwedish
KolkataSwedish
KalkuttaSwiss German
ꠇꠟꠇꠣꠔꠣSylheti
ꠇꠟꠇꠣꠔꠣ ꠘꠉꠞSylheti
KolkataTagalog
КалкутаTajik
КалкуттаTajik
KalkutaTalysh
கொல்கத்தாTamil
கோல்கட்டாTamil
கோல்கதாTamil
KälküttäTatar
КәлкүттәTatar
కోల్కాతాTelugu
โกลกาตาThai
ཀ་ལི་ཀུ་ཏTibetan
ಕೊಲ್ಕತಾTulu
KalkütaTurkish
KalkuttaTurkmen
KolkataTwi
KalkuttaUighur
КолкатаUkrainian
KalkuttaUpper Sorbian
KolkataUpper Sorbian
کلکتہUrdu
کولکاتاUrdu
کولکاتہUrdu
KalkuttaUzbek
CalcutaVenetian
KolkatVeps
KolkataVietnamese
KolkataVolapük
KolkataWaray (Philippines)
CalcuttaWelsh
KolkataWelsh
ԿալկաթաWestern Armenian
KalkuttaWestern Frisian
KolkataWestern Frisian
کلکتاWestern Panjabi
کلکتہWestern Panjabi
کولکتاWestern Panjabi
加尔各答Wu Chinese
КолкатаYakut
קאלקאטאYiddish
加爾各答Yue Chinese
架利吉打Yue Chinese
ma tomo Kokata
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”
South Bengal: Highlights
Learn more about Howrah and Sundarbans National Park.
