Kolkata district (formerly known as Calcutta district) is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It only contains the entire city proper of Kolkata...
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Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern...
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administered by Divisional Commissioners. Kolkata, the capital of the state, constitutes the Kolkata district. Other districts are further divided into administrative...
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The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the...
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Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is the local government of the Indian city of Kolkata, the state capital of West Bengal. This civic administrative...
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northern parts of Kolkata in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency are in Kolkata district. As per order...
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Tangra is a region in East Kolkata that traditionally housed many tanneries owned by people of Hakka Chinese origin. The East India Company obtained from...
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The Kolkata Police (Bengali: কলকাতা পুলিশ) (formerly "Calcutta police"), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention...
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Esplanade is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, located at the heart of city with being the city's Central business district and major transport junction. This...
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of Kolkata in West Bengal. While four of the seven legislative assembly segments on No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency are in Kolkata district...
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commercial sex trades globally. Kolkata has many red-light districts, out of which Sonagachi is the largest red-light district in Asia with more than 50,000...
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Chandni Chowk is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is famous for its old and cheap market of...
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Kolkata Port Assembly constituency (earlier known as Garden Reach Assembly constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in...
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period Kolkata grew considerably. Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, was alarmed by the growing prosperity and enhanced fortifications of Kolkata. In...
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neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Hastings is an area in Central Kolkata between the Maidan and the...
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North Kolkata encompasses the northern part of Kolkata, including the city's oldest neighborhoods. Notable areas within North Kolkata include Shyambazar...
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Kidderpore (redirect from Kidderpore, Kolkata, West Bengal)
Khidirpur or Kidderpore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Most plausibly, the name is a corruption...
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municipalities and census towns in the South 24 Parganas district were part of the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Maheshtala (M), Joka...
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British India. Kolkata may also refer to: Port of Kolkata Kolkata district Kolkata Metropolitan Area Civic administration of Kolkata Kolkata Municipal Corporation...
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constitutes ("Kolkata or Kolkata City"). Its 144 municipal wards span the entirety of the city's core area under the Kolkata District. The KMC oversees...
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Barisha is a residential and very old locality of South 24 Parganas district in Kolkata West Bengal, India. It is under Behala area and divided as Paschim...
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Kasba is an upscale and standard locality of South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It is situated in the southern part of the city encircled...
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Ballygunge (redirect from Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal)
Ballygunge is a locality of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the city's most affluent neighbourhoods...
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Alipore (redirect from Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal)
Alipore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore...
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Tala is a neighbourhood in North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor...
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Sealdah (redirect from Sealdah, Kolkata, West Bengal)
Sealdah is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jackals (sheal in Bengali) howled around Sealdah...
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Bhowanipore (redirect from Bhabanipur, Kolkata)
(also Bhowanipur; Bengali: ভবানীপুর) is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. In 1717, the East India Company...
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see Kolkata district. According to the District Census Handbook Kolkata 2011, 141 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation formed Kolkata district. (3 wards...
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Garden Reach (category Neighbourhoods in Kolkata)
Garden Reach is a neighbourhood of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It is situated in the south-western part of Kolkata on the eastern banks of the Hooghly...
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Santoshpur is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It is loosely bounded by Garfa to the north, the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass to...
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