A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.

KOLKATA (CALCUTTA) : GEOGRAPHY
Country India
State West Bengal
Capital City of the state of West Bengal
Latitude 22 degree 82 minutes North
Longitude 88 degrees 20 minutes East
Altitude 17 feet from sea level
Distance from sea 60 miles from Bay of Bengal
International Time (+ 5 1/2) hours from GMT
Temperature Winter(12-27C) Summer(24-38C)
Average Rainfall 160cm
Total Population 15.97 million(2001) - including Howrah and suburbs
4.85 million(2004) - under Kolkata Municipality Corp
Population Density 24760 /sq. km. (2001)
Metropolitan Area 1380 sq. km. (1991)
Languages spoken Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, English
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WEST BENGAL
Area 88752 sq km
Population (2001) 80176197
Population Density 903 per sq. km
Gender Ratio Male-1000,Female-934
Districts 19
Division 3
Sub-Division 66
Block 341
Villages 40801
Bordering States/Countries Countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan
States: Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Sikkim
Airports N S C Bose Airport, Kolkata
Bagdogra Airport, Darjeeling


Distance from India cities in km
Agartala 1738
Agra 1258
Ahmedabad 2006
Allahabad 800
Amritsar 1880
Bangalore 1881
Bardhaman 119
Bhopal 1456
Bhubaneswar 441
Bombay(Mumbai) 1987
Chandigarh 1490
Coimbatore 2160
Madras(Chennai) 1676
Darjeeling 680
Dhanbad 281
Delhi 1461
Durgapur 182
Gangtok 724
Guwahati 1081
Haldia 128
Hyderabad 1516
Jaipur 1472
Jammu 1825
Jamshedpur 300
Kanyakumari 2380
Lucknow 963
Nagpur 1220
Patna 550
Hyderabad 1516
Kanpur 1000
Nagpur 1124
Ranchi 450
Raurkela 529
Shillong 1200( train)
Trivandam 2384
Varanasi 675
Vijaywada 1300
Visakhapatnam 880
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Distance from other World cities in km
Adelaide, Australia 8260
Amsterdam, Netherlands 7620
Athens, Greece 6320
Auckland,New Zealand 11000
Baghdad, Iraq 4450
Bahrain 3846
Bangkok,Thailand 1600
Beijing, China 3270
Beirut, Lebanon 5280
Belfast,Northern Ireland 8250
Berlin, Germany 7050
Buenos Aires, Argentina 16550
Cairo, Egypt 5700
Colombo, Sri Lanka 1950
Chicago,USA 12890
Dacca, Bangladesh 250
Geneva, Switzerland 7650
Hong Kong 2750
Islamabad, Pakistan 1940
Istanbul, Turkey 5850
Jakarta, Indonesia 3760
Jeddah, Saudia Arabia 5050
Johannesburg,SouthAfrica 8450
Kabul, Afghanistan 2290
Kathmandu,Nepal 660
Kingston, Jamaica 15200
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2580
Kuwait City, Kuwait 4090
Lagos,Nigeria 9250
Los Angeles, USA 13130
London,England 7980
Mexico City, Mexico 15290
Melbourne, Australia 8940
Montevideo,Uruguay 16320
Moscow, Russia 5500
Nairobi, Kenya 6180
New York, USA 12770
Paris, France 7875
Rangoon, Myanmar 1036
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 15020
Rome,Italy 7220
San Francisco, USA 12590
Seoul, South Korea 4050
Shanghai,China 3411
Singapore 2870
Stockholm,Sweden 6770
Sydney,Australia 9130
Taipei,Taiwan 3394
Tehran,Iran 3847
Tel Aviv, Israel 5350
Tokyo,Japan 5150
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