Area: 185 square kilometers
Density of Population: 24,252 people per square kilometer
Literacy Rate: 87.14 % - Male: 89.08 %, Female: 84.98 %
Male Female Ratio: 1000:899
Boundaries of Kolkata District
North and East: North 24 Parganas District, West Bengal
South: South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal
West: Howrah District, West Bengal
Kolkata District Average Rainfall: 1658.8 mm
Kolkata District Average Temperature in Summer: 31.43 deg C
Kolkata District Average Temperature in Winter: 20.04 deg C
KOLKATA DISTRICT MAP
Major Rivers: Hooghly River
Assembly Constituencies: Alipore, Ballygunge, Bara Bazar, Belgachia West, Beliaghata, Bow Bazar, Burtola, Chowringhee, Cossipur, Dhakuria, Entally, Jorabagan, Jorasanko, Kabitirtha, Manicktola, Rashbehari Avenue, Sealdah, Shyampukur, Taltola, Tollygunge
Kolkata District Nearby Attractions
1. Belvedere House
2. Opera House
3. Tala Tank
4. Jorasanko Thakurbari
5. Shaheed Minar
6. South Park Street Cemetery
7. Fort William
8. Victoria Memorial
9. Shahid Minar
10. Howrah Bridge
11. Vidyasagar Setu
12. Marble Palace
13. Kumartuli
14. Central Museum
15. Government Industrial and Commercial Museum
16. Birla Industrial and Technological Museum
17. Municipal Museum
18. Kolkata Police Museum
Kolkata District Facts: Kolkata is the home of the Calcutta Stock Exchange, the second largest in India.
Major Industries: ITC Limited, Exide Industries, Hindustan Motors, India Government Mint, Damodar Valley Corporation, PWC India, Haldia Petrochemicals, Britannia Industries, RPG Group, Bengal Ambuja, Philips India, Eveready Batteries, Bata India, Birla Corporation, Coal India Limited
Major Educational Institutions: University of Calcutta, Indian Statistical Institute, Netaji Subhas Open University, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Jadavpur University, Rabindra Bharati University, George College, Indian Institute of Software Technology, Army Institute of Management, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, S.N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences
What is Kolkata District Famous For: Rasagulla sweet and jute
Famous People From Kolkata District: Sourav Ganguly, Jyoti Basu, Bipasha Basu, Anil Kumar Dutta, Shamita Dasgupta, Sunil Das, Sri Aurobindo, Abul Kalam Azad, Abbas, Chittaranjan Das, Sayantan Das, Sunil Das, Shonali Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Jagmohan Dalmia
Last Updated : Saturday Jun 9 , 2012
