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(previous page) (next page) Kolkata Metropolitan Region Abhirampur Agarpara Alipur, Jaynagar Amodghata Amtala Andul Ankurhati Argari Ariadaha Asuti Baguiati Baharu Baidyabati Balaram Pota Balarampur, Budge Budge Bally, Bally-Jagachha Bally, Howrah Bamangachhi Bamunari Bandel Bangur Avenue Bankra Bansberia Banupur Baranagar Barasat Barkalikapur Barrackpore Barrackpur Cantonment Baruipur Baruipur (CT) Batanagar Belepole Belgharia Belur, West Bengal benjanhari Acharial Bhadrakali, Hooghly Bhadreswar, Hooghly Bhandardaha Bhangar Raghunathpur Bhasa, Bishnupur Bhatpara Bhattanagar Bidhannagar Bidyadharpur Bijpur , North 24 Parganas Bipra Noapara Birati Birlapur Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas Bora Gagangohalia Bowali Brahmapur, West Bengal Budge Budge Buita Calcutta Riverside Chak Baria Chak Enayetnagar Chak Kashipur Chakapara Champahati Champdani Chamrail Chandannagar Chanddandaha Chata Kalikapur Chinsurah Dakshin Jhapardaha Dakshin Rajyadharpur Dakshin Ray Sonarpur Bishnupur Debanandapur Dharmapur, West Bengal Dhuilya Domjur Dum Dum Dum Dum Park Dunlop , Kolkata Durganagar, Kolkata Duttapukur Eksara Ganye Gangadharpur Garia , Baruipur Garshyamnagar Garulia Gayespur Ghola, North 24 Parganas Ghoshpara Bally Ghusuri Gobindapur, Bhangar Gondalpara Halisahar Hanspukuria Hariharpur, Baruipur Harinavi Hatgachha Hatiara Hind Motor Howrah Maidan Hridaypur Hugli-Chuchura Ichapore Jagacha Jagadishpur Jagatdal Jaynagar Majilpur Jhorhat Joka, Kolkata Kadamtala Kai khali Kalara Kalikapur Barasat Kalikapur, Sonarpur Kalua, Maheshtala Kalyani, West Bengal Kamalgazi Kamarhati Kanaipur Kanchrapara Kanganbaria Kantlia Kanyanagar Keota , Hooghly Kesabpur, India Kestopur Khalia Khantora Khardaha Khodar Bazar Kodalia Komarhat Konnagar Kriparampur Kulihanda Lake Town , Kolkata Liluah Madhyamgram Maheshtala Mahiari Makardaha Mallikpur Manikpur, West Bengal Mankundu Maricha, Bhangar Mourigram Nabagram Colony Nadabhanga Nagerbazar Nahazari Naihati Naldanga, Hooghly Nalpur Narendrapur Naridana Natibpur Nawabganj, North 24 Parganas New Barrackpore New Town, Kolkata Nibra Nimta Nischintapur, Budge Budge Noapara, Baranagar Northpur North Dum Dum Nun , North 24 Parganas Panchghara, Baruipur Panchpara Panihati Patharberia Patulia Petua Pilkhana, West Bengal Poali Podrah Pujali Radhanagar , Sonarpur Raghudebbati Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni) Rahara, Kolkata Raigachhi Rajarhat Rajpur Sonarpur Ramchandrapur, Maheshtala Ramchandrapur, Sonarpur Ramchandrapur, West Bengal Rameswarpur, Maheshtala Ramkrishnapur, Bishnupur Ramrajatala Raynagar Rishra Rishra Rishra, Sreerampur Utpara Sahaganj Sahebpur Salap (previous page) Retrieved from 2 This category has only the following subcategory. • Neighborhoods in Howrah (16 P) The following 30 pages are in this category, out of about 231 in total. This list may not reflect recent changes (for more information). (previous page) (next page) Salkia Samali Sankrail Santoshpur, Uluberia Santragachhi Saptagram Sarenga Sarsuna Serampore Shankhanagar Sheoraphuli Shibpur Shyamnagar, West Bengal Simla, West Bengal Sodepur Solgohalia South Dum Dum Subhashgram Sukchar Teghoria Tentulkuli Tikiapara Titagarh Tribeni Hooghly Uluberia Uttar Durgapur Uttar Pirpur Uttar Raypur Uttarpara Uttarpar Uttarparutta (previous page) (next page For more uses, see Calcutta (Disambiguation) and Kolkata (Disambiguation). Megacity in West Bengal, IndiaKolkataCalcuttaMegacityClockwise from above: Victoria Memorial, St. Paul's Cathedral, Central Business District, Rabindra Setu, City Tram Line, Vidyasagar SetuNickname(s): Cultural Capital of India[1]KolkataLocation in West Bengal, IndiaMap of KolkataKolkataKolkata (West Bengal)Map of West Bengal KolkataKolkata (India)Map of IndiaKolkataKolkata (Asia) Map of AsiaKolkataKolkata (Earth)Map of AsiaKolkataKolkata (Earth)View map of earthViewCoordinates:: 22°34'21'N 88°21'50'E / 22.5726°N 88.3639°E / 22.5726; 88.3639Coordinates: 22°34'21'N 88°21'50'E / 22.5726°N 88.3639°E / 22.5726; 88.3639Country IndiaState West BengalDivisionPresidencyDistrictKolkata[2][3][4][5][6][A]Government • TypeMunicipal Corporation • BodyKolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) • MayorFirhad Hakim (AITC) • SheriffMani Shankar Mukherjee • Police commissionerAnuj Sharma, IPSArea[7] [8] • Megacity206.08 km2 (79.151 sq mi) • Metro1,886.67 km2 (728.45 sq mi)Elevation9 m (30 ft)Population (2011)[7][9] • Megacity4,496,694 • Rank7th • Density22,000/km2 (57,000/sq mi) • Metro[10][11] 14,112,53614,617,882 (Extended UA) • Metro rank3rdDemonymsKolkatan CalcuttanLanguages • OfficialBengali • English[12] • Additional officialHindi • Urdu • Nepali • Odia • Santali • Punjabi • Kamtapuri • Rajbanshi • Kurmali[12]Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)ZIP code(s)700 xxxArea code(s)+91-33Vehicle registrationWB-01 to WB-10UN/LOCODEIN CCUMetro GDP/PPP$60–$150 billion[13]HDI (2004) 0.78[14] (High)Websitekmcgov.in ^ The Kolkata metropolitan area also includes portions of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas , Howrah, Nadia and Hooghly districts. See: Urban structure. This article contains Bengali text. Without proper rendering support, question marks, boxes, or other Kolkata (/k'l'ké/[15] or /k'l'k't/,[16] Bengali: [kolkata] (listen), also known as Calcutta /k'l'kékét/,[16] the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, about 80 kilometers west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the main business, trade and financial centre of East India and the main communication port for the North-East Indian states[17] and has the third largest urban economy in India. [13] According to the 2011 Indian Census, Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India, with 4.5 million inhabitants within the city limits and a population of more than 14.1 million people in the Kolkata metropolitan area, making it the third most populous metropolitan area in India. The port of Calcutta is India's oldest operating port and the only major river port. Calcutta is known as the Cultural Capital of India for the historical and architectural importance of the city. [1] In the late 17th century, the three villages that preceded Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal Suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690,[18] the area was expanded by the company into an increasingly fortified trading post. Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah occupied Calcutta in 1756, and the East India Company recaptured it the following year. In 1793, the East Indian company was strong enough to abolish rule and assumed full sovereignty of the region. Under corporate rule and later under the British Raj, Calcutta served as the capital of Britain-held territories in India until 1911, when its perceived geographical disadvantages, combined with growing nationalism in Bengal, led to a relocation of the capital to New Delhi. Calcutta was the center of the Indian independence movement. After independence in 1947, Calcutta, once the center of Indian trade, culture, and politics, suffered from decades of political violence and economic stagnation. [19] The culture of Calcutta is a demographically diverse city and offers peculiarities that include unmistakably tightly knit neighborhoods (paras) and freestyle conversations (adda). Kolkata is home to West Bengal's Film Industry Tollywood and cultural institutions such as the Academy of Fine Arts, the Victoria Memorial, the Asiatic Society, the Indian Museum and the National Library of India. Among the scientific institutions, Kolkata is home to the Agri Horticultural Society of India, the Geological Survey of India, the Botanical Survey of India, the Calcutta Mathematical Society, the Indian Science Congress Association, the Zoological Survey of India, the Institution of Engineers, the Anthropological India and the Indian Public Health Association. Four Nobel laureates and two Nobel laureates are associated the city. [20] Although Kolkata is home to the most important cricket venues and franchises, it differs from other Indian cities in that it focuses on football and other sports. Etymology Main Article: Etymology of Calcutta The word Kolkata (Bengali: [Akolkata]) derives from the city (Bengali: [K'likata]), the Bengali name of one of the three villages that preceded the arrival of the British in the area where the city was finally founded; the other two villages were Sutanuti and Govindapur. [21] There are several explanations for the etymology of this name: Kolikata is believed to be a variation of Kalikkhetré (Bengali: কালীে, which means field [of the goddess] Kali. It can also be a variation of 'Kalikshetra' (Sanskrit: कालीे, lit. area of the goddess Kali). Another theory is that the name derives from Kalighat. [22] Alternatively, the name may have been derived from the Bengali term kilkila (Bengali: ) or flat area. [23] The name may have its origin in the words khal (Bengali: খাল )), which means channel, followed by Kaa (Bengali: কাটা [ˈkaʈa]), which can mean dug. [24] According to another theory, the area specialized in the production of Quicklime or koli chun (Bengali: চু ন) and coir or kata (Bengali: [Kata]); therefore it was called Kolikata). [23] Although the name of the city was always pronounced kolkata or Kalikata in Bengali, the anglitized form of Calcutta was the official name until 2001, when it was changed