Area |
Kolkata City Area
187.33 sq km. and Kolkata Metropolitan District Area 1380.12 sq km (532.87 sq miles ). |
Population |
4.39 million (Kolkata
city) and 9.2 million (KMC) as per 2001 census. |
Altitude |
6.4 metres (20 ft.)
above sea level. |
Climate |
Winter |
Max 36.3° Celsius |
. |
Min 9.6° Celsius |
Summer |
Max 41.7° Celsius |
. |
Min 38.1° Celsius |
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Rainfall |
1581 mm (Monsoon
Months – June to early September). |
Best Season |
October to March. |
Clothing |
Cotton in summer and
light woollen in winter. |
Shopping centers
Air Conditioned
Market |
Shakespeare Sarani |
City Centre |
Block DC, Sector-I,
Salt Lake |
Dakshinapan |
Down Dhakuria Flyover |
Emami Shopper's
City |
3, Lord Sinha Rd |
Fancy Market |
Khidderpore |
Gariahat |
Rashbehari Avenue |
Metro Shopping
Centre |
1 Ho Chi Minh Sarani
Kolkata - 700 071 |
New Market |
19 Lindsay Street |
Shree Ram Arcade |
Opp. Light House |
Forum |
10/3 Elgin Rd,
Kolkata - 700 020 |
Vardaan Market |
Camac Street |
Assam Government
Emporium |
8 Russell Street,
Kolkata - 700 071 |
Bengal Home
Industries Association |
11Abanindra Thakur
Sarani
Park Circus
Kolkata - 700 017
Tel: 2282-1562 |
Bihar Cottage
Industries Emporium |
145, Rash Behari
Avenue, Kolkata - 700 029 |
Cauvery Karnataka
Upahar |
7, J. L. Nehru Road,
Kolkata - 700 013 |
Central Cottage
Industries Emporium |
7, J. L. Nehru Road,
Kolkata - 700 013 |
Handloom House |
2, Lindsay Street,
Kolkata - 700 016 |
Kashmir
Government Art Emporium |
12, J. L. Nehru Road,
Kolkata - 700 013 |
Khadi Gramodyog
Bhavan |
24, Chittaranjan
Avenue,
Kolkata - 700 012 |
Manipur
Government Art Emporium |
15L, Lindsay Street,
Kolkata - 700 013 |
Rajasthan
Handicrafts Sales Emporium |
30E J. L. Nehru Road,
Kolkata - 700 016 |
Refugee
Handicrafts |
3A & 2A, Gariahat
Road,
Kolkata - 700 019 |
West Bengal
Handloom & Powerloom Development Corporation |
1A, Abhoy Guha Road,
Kolkata - 700 006 |
Samavayika |
13, Lindsay Street,
Kolkata - 700 013 |
Tripura
Government Sales Emporium |
58B, J. L. Nehru
Road,
Kolkata - 700 071 |
U. P. Government
Emporium |
12B, Lindsay Street,
Kolkata - 700 016 |
Priyadarshini |
14/C, Lindsay Street,
Kolkata - 700 016 |
Manjusha
|
8/2 Jagamohan Mullick
Lane, Barabazar.
Kolkata-700 007
Tel: 2271-2213 |
Consulates and foreign
Missions
ADDRESS |
PHONE NOS. |
AUSTRIA
Industry House, 12th Floor,
10, Camac Street,
Kolkata - 700 017. |
2282-2476
2287-1760-62 |
AUSTRALIA
Trade Commission
Kolkata- 700 001
Fax: 28590089 |
98301-56599 |
BANGLADESH
9, Banghbandhu Sheikh Mujib Sarani
Kolkata - 700 017 |
2247-5208/09/0341 |
BELARUS
Tower house, 2A Chowringhe Square
Kolkata - 700 069 |
2248-3789
2210-8543 |
BELGIUM
Industry House, 15th Floor,
10, Camac Street,
Kolkata - 700 017 |
2282-2404/7531-4 |
BRITAIN
1A, Ho-Chi-Minh Sarani,
Kolkata - 700 071 |
2288-5172/76 |
BURKINA FASO
186, Sarat Bose Road,
Kolkata - - 700 029
No Record |
2466-1164
No Record-1164 |
CANADA
Duncan House, 31 Netaji Subhash Road,
Kolkata - 700 001 |
22208515
22426821 |
CHILE
Moti Jug House
1, Auckland Place, 5th Flr
Kolkata- 700 017 |
2247-1748/9 |
CYPRUS
3C Park Plaza, Park Street
Kolkata-700 016 |
2229-1083/84/6000/0960/0757
|
CZECH REPUBLIC
Suite 27, Kohinoor Building, 5th Floor,
105, Park Street,
Kolkata - - 700 016 |
2226-0124 |
DENMARK
McLeod House
3, Netaji Subhash Road,
Kolkata - 700 001 |
2248-7476/78/2411 |
FINLAND
7A, A. J. C. Bose Road, 2nd
Floor
Kolkata - 700 017 |
2247-4328/1950 |
FRANCE
Sagar Estate, 4th Floor.
2 Clive Ghat St.
Kolkata - 700 001 |
22204571-73 |
GERMANY
1, Hastings Park Road,
Kolkata - 700 027 |
2479-1141/42 |
HUNGARY
Gooptu Court
7A, Middleton Street,
Kolkata - 700 071 |
2247-9194 |
INDONESIA
157 Jodhpur Park
Kolkata - 700 068 |
2414-8681
2473-2157 |
ISRAEL
Viswakarma,
86C, Topsia Road (South),
Kolkata - 700 046 |
2285-0028/39 |
ITALY
3, Raja Santosh Road,
Alipore,
Kolkata - 700 027 |
2479-2414/26 |
JAPAN
55, M. N. Sen Lane, Tollygunj
Kolkata - 700 040 |
2421-1970/72 to 77 |
KOREA
C/O Nicco Corpn. Ltd.
Nicco House, 2 Hare Street
Kolkata - 700 001 |
22485102/6 |
MALAYSIA
C/O Patton group
3C, Camac Street
Kolkata -700 016 |
2229-9183/5514 |
MALDIVES
Hastings Chambers,
Ground Floor
7C, Kiran Shankar Roy Road
Kolkata - 700 001 |
2248-5400
|
MAURITIUS
Rasoi Court, 20 Sir R N Mukherjee Rd
Kolkata - 700 001 |
2248-0114/9138/39 |
MONGOLIA
Suit 2B, Ganesh Centre 216
AJC Bose Rd
Kolkata -700 017 |
2240-7083 |
MYANMAR
White House Block 'D'
4th Floor, 119 Park St.
Kolkata - 700 016 |
2217-8276/73 |
NEPAL
1 National Library Avenue,
Kolkata - 700 027 |
2456-1224/1103/1085/1154
|
NETHERLANDS
Mangalam A, 5th Floor,502,
24, Hemant Basu Sarani,
Kolkata - 700 001 |
2242-4979, 22208994/4273
|
NORWAY
5B, Roudon Street,
Kolkata - 700 017 |
2247-2052/8804/2240
|
PHILIPPINES
37 Shakespeare Sarani,
Kolkata - 700 017 |
2240-5415, 2280-2546/47
|
PORTUGAL
1/1, New Road, Alipore
Kolkata- 700 027 |
2449-9700/1/2 |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
22A, Raja Santosh Road,
Kolkata - 700 027 |
2479-7006/7982
|
SINGAPORE
7/1, Lord Sinha Road,
510, Lords,
Kolkata - 700 071 |
2282-4106
|
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
13A, St. George Terrace,
Hastings
Kolkata - 700 022 |
2223-0554/60/63/0941
|
SOUTH AFRICA
225 D, AJC Bose Road
Kolkata-700 020 |
2247-0253/4107, 2240-0950 |
SPAIN
C/o TIL Ltd.
1, Taratala Road, Garden Reach
Kolkata - 700 024 |
2469-5954
|
SRILANKA
Nicco House,
2, Hare Street
Kolkata - 700 001 |
2248-5102/2221-0005
|
SWEDEN
C/o Asea Brown Boveri Ltd,
9, Elgin Rd.
Kolkata - 700 020 |
2247-9162/8015, 2280-7136/7139
|
SWITZERLAND
C/o Titagarh Ind. Ltd.
113, Park Street, 10th Floor,
Kolkata - 700 016 |
2226-5557
2229-5542/43/49
|
THAILAND
18B, Mandeville Gardens,
Kolkata - 700 019 |
2440-7836/3230/3229/31
|
TONGA
C/o GP (P) Ltd.
17, Chittaranjan Avenue,
Kolkata - 700 072 |
2237-3568
2221-5192/3
|
TURKEY
2, Nazarali Lane, Ballygunge
Kolkata - 700 019 |
2247-5605
2247-7748/1601
|
TURKMENISTAN
Landmark, 228 A J C Bose
Road
Kolkata- 700 020 |
2247-0290/5238,
2280-2906 |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
5/1, Ho-Chi-Minh Sarani,
Kolkata - 700 071 |
2282-3611-15
|
Places of Interest
Howrah
Railway Station
Indian Meusium
The Ganges (called the Hooghly in
Kolkata) is still the inspiration, as it was to Job Charnok, East India Company agent, who
reached the shores in August 1690, after which the city started growing. Kolkata, after
London, was the British Empire’s second city.
Kolkata, on-the-Hooghly, retains the
aura of days long gone, weaving the past and the present, the intense and the funloving
into a charming fabric.
Home to four Nobel laureates –
Ronald Ross, Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa and Amartya Sen, Kolkata is the nerve
centre of intellect and human values, where many modern movements began in art, cinema and
theatre, science and industry. India’s quest for freedom began here.
Kolkata is the gateway to Eastern
India. A city with a rich heritage, bustling streets and bewildering variety of facets.
From October to March, Kolkata wears a radiant look. Sunshine, mild winter, lights,
colours, fairs, festivals, galas and excursions, the mood is infectious and spirit
sweeping.
Heritage
Buildings in Kolkata
There are currently
over 800 heritage buildings in the city of Kolkata that have been listed by the Kolkata
Municipal Corporation.These are buildings and monuments of a historical nature,
architectural and socio-cultural significance. A first list of 84 buildings of exceptional
importance compiled by the Corporation is given.
Calcutta
University
New Market
Name of building |
Address |
Asiatic
Society’s Building |
1, Park Street |
Indian Museum |
Jawaharlal Nehru Road |
Cossipore Udyan Bati |
Cossipore Road |
House of Basak Family |
Kalicharan Ghosh Road |
Cossipore Club
Building |
Seven Tank, Dum Dum
Road |
Belgachia Villa |
Khudiram Basu Sarani |
House of Late Mr.
Manmatha Ganguly |
65, Banamali
Chatterjee Street, |
Satkhira Rajbari (Roy
Chowdhury family) |
Cossipore Road |
N.C.C. Office |
JN. Of Sachin Mitra
Lane & Ramkanta Bose Street |
House of Girish Ghosh |
Girish Avenue |
House of Saha Family
(Putul Bari) |
Harachand Mallick
Street |
Former Grand Hindu
Hotel |
107A, Sovabazar
Street |
Godown |
19, Hazra Chandra
Mullick Street |
Sovabazar Raj Bari |
. |
House of Mitra Family |
34, Shampukur Street |
House of Raja
Nabakrishna |
Raja Nabakrishna
Street |
House of Sinha Family |
36, Nabakrishna
Street |
Belgachia Medical
College Hostel |
115, Bidhan Sarani |
Bangiya Sahitya
Parishad |
243/1, A.P.C. Road,
Kolkata – 6 |
Scottish Church
Collegiate School |
73, Bidhan Sarani |
Sadharam Brahmo Samaj |
211, Bidhan Sarani |
House of H.M. Bose |
5/1, Kasi Bose Lane |
House of Dutta Family |
76A, Beadon Street |
House of B.K. Paul |
92, Sovabazar Street |
Nimtala Burning Ghat |
2, Strand Bank Road |
Jorabagan Police
Station |
76, Nimtala Ghat
Street |
House of Mukherjee
Family |
13, Jorabagan Street |
Ghat |
Strand Bank Road |
Old Silver Mint |
Strand Road |
Chotalalki Ghat |
Strand Road |
House of Late
Maharaja Sukhmay Ray (Posta Rajbari) |
25, Maharsi Debendra
Nath Tagore Street |
Prasad House of
Jotindra Mohan Tagore |
138, Prasanna Kr.
Tagore Street |
House of Kundoo
Family |
65, Tarak Pramanik
Road |
Jora Sanko Rajbari |
286, Rabindra Sarani |
House of Tagore
Family |
6, Dwaraka Nath
Tagore Lane |
Bethune College |
181, Bidhan Sarani |
House of Raja
Rammohan Roy |
85, Raja Rammohan
Sarani |
Jorasanko Thakur Bari |
6/4, Dwarakanath
Tagore Lane |
Science College |
92, Acharya Prafullay
Ch. Road |
House of Rashbehari
Ghosh |
16, Parsi Bagan Lane |
House of Raja Kristo
Dass Laha |
2, Bidhan Sarani |
Basu Bidyan Mandir |
93/1, A.P.C.Road |
House of Laha Family |
223, Bidhan Sarani |
Mahajati Sadan |
166, Chitta Ranjan
Avenue |
Marble Palace |
46, Muktaram Babu
Street |
Osman Building |
8, Balai Dutt Street |
Motisil Seals Free
College |
127, Chitta Ranjan
Avenue |
The Presidency
College |
College Street |
Raj Bhavan |
. |
High Court with South
Annex |
. |
Town Hall |
. |
A.G. Bengal’s
Office |
Council House Street |
Commercial Library
Building |
Council House Street |
Metcafe Hall |
. |
Central Telegraph
Office |
. |
All the buildings
abutting B.B.D. Bagh North, South & West |
. |
Currency Office |
B.B.D. Bag North East
& Mango Lane (Junction) |
Military Secretariat |
5&6, Esplanade
Row East |
Metropolitan
Insurance Building |
7, Chowringhee Road |
Calcutta Corporation |
5, Surendra Nath
Banerjee Road |
Esplanade Mansion |
Esplanade Row East |
Bourne & Shepherd
(Photographer) |
141, S.N. Banerjee
Road |
Statesman House |
4, Chowringhee Square |
Victoria House |
Chowringhee Square,
Kolkata – 1 |
Grand Hotel |
15&18, Jawarlal
Nehru Road, Kolkata – 13 |
Sahid Minar |
Maidan |
Tipu Sultan Mosque |
Lenin Sarani |
Indian Association |
62, B.B. Ganguly
Street, |
House of Raja Subodh
Mullick square |
12, Raja Subodh
Mullick Square |
House of Rani
Rashmani Family |
13-21, J.N. of Ghalib
Street & S.N. Banerjee Road |
St. Paul’s
Cathedral |
. |
Victoria Memorial
Hall |
. |
Nizam Place |
A.J. Bose Road |
Netaji Bhawan |
38/2, Lala Lajpat Rai
Sarani |
Calcutta Club |
241, Acharya Jagadish
Bose Road |
House of Sri Ashutosh
Mukherjee |
77, Ashutosh
Mukherjee Road, |
House of Chitta
Ranjan Das (near Bandhu Balika Bhavan) |
7, Hazra Road |
Belvedere (National
Library) |
Belevedere Road, |
Hasting House |
Judge Courts Road |
Magistrate Court
& the Surrounding Buildings |
Judge Court Road |
Alipore Observatory |
4, Duel Avenue |
Bhukailash Rajbati |
Bhukailash Road |
Mint India |
Alipore, Kolkata
– 51 |
Ramkrishna Mission
Institute of Culture |
Gariahat, Kolkata
– 29 |
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