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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kolkata Metropolitan Area</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Greater Kolkata</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Area">Metropolitan Area</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Howrah_Pano_3.jpg/432px-Howrah_Pano_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Howrah_Pano_3.jpg/576px-Howrah_Pano_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="954" /></a></span></div><div>Kolkata skyline along <a href="/wiki/Hooghly_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Hooghly river">Hooghly river</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:99px;max-width:99px"><div style=";height:79px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kolkata_Gate_(officially_known_as_Biswa_Bangla_Gate).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Kolkata_Gate_%28officially_known_as_Biswa_Bangla_Gate%29.jpg/97px-Kolkata_Gate_%28officially_known_as_Biswa_Bangla_Gate%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Kolkata_Gate_%28officially_known_as_Biswa_Bangla_Gate%29.jpg/146px-Kolkata_Gate_%28officially_known_as_Biswa_Bangla_Gate%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Kolkata_Gate_%28officially_known_as_Biswa_Bangla_Gate%29.jpg/194px-Kolkata_Gate_%28officially_known_as_Biswa_Bangla_Gate%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4936" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Biswa_Bangla_Gate" title="Biswa Bangla Gate">Biswa Bangla Gate</a> at <a href="/wiki/New_Town,_Kolkata" title="New Town, Kolkata">New Town</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:189px;max-width:189px"><div style=";height:79px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EM_Bypass_Kolkata.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/EM_Bypass_Kolkata.jpg/187px-EM_Bypass_Kolkata.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/EM_Bypass_Kolkata.jpg/281px-EM_Bypass_Kolkata.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/EM_Bypass_Kolkata.jpg/374px-EM_Bypass_Kolkata.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1092" /></a></span></div><div>EM Bypass Kolkata</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:114px;max-width:114px"><div style=";height:68px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalyani_Expressway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kalyani_Expressway.jpg/112px-Kalyani_Expressway.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kalyani_Expressway.jpg/168px-Kalyani_Expressway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kalyani_Expressway.jpg/224px-Kalyani_Expressway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1222" data-file-height="752" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Kalyani_Expressway" title="Kalyani Expressway">Kalyani Expressway</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:174px;max-width:174px"><div style=";height:68px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Town_Skyline_captured_from_Bengal_Intelligent_Park,_Saltlake,_Kolkata_(1_of_2_photos).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/New_Town_Skyline_captured_from_Bengal_Intelligent_Park%2C_Saltlake%2C_Kolkata_%281_of_2_photos%29.jpg/172px-New_Town_Skyline_captured_from_Bengal_Intelligent_Park%2C_Saltlake%2C_Kolkata_%281_of_2_photos%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="172" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/New_Town_Skyline_captured_from_Bengal_Intelligent_Park%2C_Saltlake%2C_Kolkata_%281_of_2_photos%29.jpg/258px-New_Town_Skyline_captured_from_Bengal_Intelligent_Park%2C_Saltlake%2C_Kolkata_%281_of_2_photos%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/New_Town_Skyline_captured_from_Bengal_Intelligent_Park%2C_Saltlake%2C_Kolkata_%281_of_2_photos%29.jpg/344px-New_Town_Skyline_captured_from_Bengal_Intelligent_Park%2C_Saltlake%2C_Kolkata_%281_of_2_photos%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2267" data-file-height="903" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/New_Town,_Kolkata" title="New Town, Kolkata">New Town</a>, major satellite city and <a href="/wiki/Central_business_district" title="Central business district">PBD</a> of Kolkata</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="6" data-overlays="["_2ef21aa54fd56d530a89adcef3b2816b5bfe2fff"]"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Emblem_of_West_Bengal_%28Banglarmukh%29_before_2018.png/46px-Emblem_of_West_Bengal_%28Banglarmukh%29_before_2018.png 2x" data-file-width="349" data-file-height="220" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Core_city" title="Core city">Core city</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_West_Bengal" title="List of districts of West Bengal">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_district" title="Kolkata district">Kolkata</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/North_24_Parganas_district" title="North 24 Parganas district">North 24 Parganas</a><br /><a href="/wiki/South_24_Parganas" title="South 24 Parganas">South 24 Parganas</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Howrah_district" title="Howrah district">Howrah</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_district" title="Hooghly district">Hooghly</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nadia_district" title="Nadia district">Nadia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Metropolitan_Development_Authority" title="Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority">Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,056.13 km<sup>2</sup> (407.77 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,876 km<sup>2</sup> (724 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2024)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>15,570,800</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">14,057,991</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">13,000/km<sup>2</sup> (34,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">15,870,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro density</th><td class="infobox-data">8,500/km<sup>2</sup> (22,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5.30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5.30">UTC+5.30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a>(2022-23)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>551,635.59 crore</span> (US$66 billion)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">GDP (PPP) (2022-23)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>US$273 Billion <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kmda.wb.gov.in">kmda<wbr />.wb<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:342px;max-width:342px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:340px;max-width:340px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:445px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Calcutta_tpc90.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Kolkata Metropolitan Region" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Calcutta_tpc90.jpg/338px-Calcutta_tpc90.jpg" decoding="async" width="338" height="446" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Calcutta_tpc90.jpg/507px-Calcutta_tpc90.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Calcutta_tpc90.jpg/676px-Calcutta_tpc90.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1768" data-file-height="2332" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">An illustration of the Kolkata Metropolitan Region</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The <b>Kolkata Metropolitan Area</b> (abbreviated <b>KMA</b>; formerly <b>Calcutta Metropolitan Area</b>), also known as <b>Greater Kolkata</b>, is the <a href="/wiki/Urban_agglomeration" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban agglomeration">urban agglomeration</a> of the city of <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> in the Indian state of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. It is the third most populous <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_populous_metropolitan_areas_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most populous metropolitan areas in India">metropolitan area</a> in India after <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>. The area is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Metropolitan_Development_Authority" title="Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority">Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority</a> (KMDA). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kolkata_metropolitan_region&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>What is now the KMA was first legally defined as the <i>Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area</i> in the schedule of the <i>Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area (Use and Development of Land) Control Act, 1965</i> (West Bengal Act XIV of 1965).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After repeal of that Act, the area was redefined as the <i>Calcutta Metropolitan Area</i> (CMA) in the first schedule of <i>West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979</i> (West Bengal Act XIII of 1979).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jurisdiction">Jurisdiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kolkata_metropolitan_region&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Jurisdiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area covers 4 <a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation_(India)" title="Municipal corporation (India)">municipal corporations</a> along with 38 <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipalities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kolkata_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kolkata-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:200pt,"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: center,">Jurisdiction </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: center,">Settlements </th> <th style="text-align: center,">Name </th> <th style="text-align: center,">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Municipal Corporations </th> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kolkata Municipal Corporation">Kolkata Municipal Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bidhannagar_Municipal_Corporation" title="Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation">Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_Municipal_Corporation" title="Howrah Municipal Corporation">Howrah Municipal Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandernagore_Municipal_Corporation" title="Chandernagore Municipal Corporation">Chandernagore Municipal Corporation</a> || 4</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Municipalities </th> <td> <dl><dt>1. North 24 Parganas district</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baranagar" title="Baranagar">Baranagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barasat" title="Barasat">Barasat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barrackpore" title="Barrackpore">Barrackpore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhatpara" title="Bhatpara">Bhatpara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dum_Dum" title="Dum Dum">Dum Dum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garulia" title="Garulia">Garulia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halisahar" title="Halisahar">Halisahar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamarhati" title="Kamarhati">Kamarhati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanchrapara" title="Kanchrapara">Kanchrapara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khardah" class="mw-redirect" title="Khardah">Khardah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhyamgram" title="Madhyamgram">Madhyamgram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naihati" title="Naihati">Naihati</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Barrackpore" title="New Barrackpore">New Barrackpore</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Barrackpur" title="North Barrackpur">North Barrackpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Dumdum" class="mw-redirect" title="North Dumdum">North Dumdum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panihati" title="Panihati">Panihati</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dumdum" class="mw-redirect" title="South Dumdum">South Dumdum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Titagarh" title="Titagarh">Titagarh</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2. South 24 Parganas district</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baruipur" title="Baruipur">Baruipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budge_Budge" title="Budge Budge">Budge Budge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_Majilpur" title="Jaynagar Majilpur">Jaynagar Majilpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maheshtala" title="Maheshtala">Maheshtala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pujali" title="Pujali">Pujali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajpur_Sonarpur" title="Rajpur Sonarpur">Rajpur Sonarpur</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>3. Hooghly district</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baidyabati" title="Baidyabati">Baidyabati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhadreswar,_Hooghly" title="Bhadreswar, Hooghly">Bhadreswar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bansberia" title="Bansberia">Bansberia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Champdani" title="Champdani">Champdani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dankuni" title="Dankuni">Dankuni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hugli-Chuchura" title="Hugli-Chuchura">Hugli Chuchura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konnagar" title="Konnagar">Konnagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rishra" title="Rishra">Rishra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serampore" title="Serampore">Serampore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttarpara_Kotrung" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttarpara Kotrung">Uttarpara Kotrung</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>4. Howrah district</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Uluberia" title="Uluberia">Uluberia</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>5. Nadia district</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gayespur" title="Gayespur">Gayespur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haringhata" title="Haringhata">Haringhata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalyani,_West_Bengal" title="Kalyani, West Bengal">Kalyani</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>38 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kolkata_metropolitan_region&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 census data</a>, the total population of the Kolkata metropolitan area was 14,112,536. 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href="/wiki/Emblem_of_West_Bengal" title="Emblem of West Bengal">Emblem of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_anthems" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian state anthems">Anthem</a>: <a href="/wiki/Banglar_Mati_Banglar_Jol" title="Banglar Mati Banglar Jol">Banglar Mati Banglar Jol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_animals" title="List of Indian state animals">Animal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fishing_cat" title="Fishing cat">Fishing cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_birds" title="List of Indian state birds">Bird</a>: <a href="/wiki/White-throated_kingfisher" title="White-throated kingfisher">White-throated kingfisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_flowers" title="List of Indian state flowers">Flower</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis" title="Nyctanthes arbor-tristis">Night-flowering jasmine (Shiuli)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_trees" title="List of Indian state trees">Tree</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alstonia_scholaris" title="Alstonia scholaris">Devil's tree (Saptaparni)</a></li> <li>Fish: <a href="/wiki/Ilish" title="Ilish">Ilish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bengal" title="History of Bengal">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gauda_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauda Kingdom">Gauda Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shashanka" title="Shashanka">Shashanka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sena_dynasty" title="Sena dynasty">Sena dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallabhum_kingdom" title="Mallabhum kingdom">Mallabhum kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_State" title="Cooch Behar State">Cooch Behar State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bengal" title="Nawabs of Bengal">Nawabs of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle of Plassey">Battle of Plassey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Bengal_famine_of_1770" title="Great Bengal famine of 1770">Great Bengal famine of 1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_Raj" title="Bardhaman Raj">Bardhaman Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadia_Raj" title="Nadia Raj">Nadia Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_Raj" title="Jhargram Raj">Jhargram Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovabazar_Raj" title="Sovabazar Raj">Sovabazar Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)" title="Partition of Bengal (1905)">Partition of Bengal (1905)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_movement_for_Indian_independence" title="Revolutionary movement for Indian independence">Revolutionary movement for Indian independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anushilan_Samiti" title="Anushilan Samiti">Anushilan Samiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugantar" title="Jugantar">Jugantar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_Action_Day" title="Direct Action Day">Direct Action Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noakhali_riots" title="Noakhali riots">Noakhali riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1947)" title="Partition of Bengal (1947)">Partition of Bengal (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement_(Manbhum)" title="Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)">Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxalite%E2%80%93Maoist_insurgency" title="Naxalite–Maoist insurgency">Naxalite–Maoist insurgency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_West_Bengal" title="Geography of West Bengal">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Basin" title="Bengal Basin">Bengal Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_hill_region" title="Darjeeling Himalayan hill region">Darjeeling Himalayan hill region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bengal_plains" title="North Bengal plains">North Bengal plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dooars" title="Dooars">Dooars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rarh_region" title="Rarh region">Rarh region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans" title="Sundarbans">Sundarbans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajjabhumi" title="Vajjabhumi">Western plateau and high lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganges_Delta" title="Ganges Delta">Ganges Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_West_Bengal" title="Climate of West Bengal">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandakphu" title="Sandakphu">Sandakphu (Highest point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_West_Bengal" title="List of protected areas of West Bengal">Protected areas of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_West_Bengal" title="Category:Rivers of West Bengal">Rivers of West Bengal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_River" title="Brahmaputra River">Brahmaputra River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teesta_River" title="Teesta River">Teesta River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoai" title="Khoai">Khoai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Hill,_Darjeeling" title="Tiger Hill, Darjeeling">Tiger Hill, Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_Corridor" title="Siliguri Corridor">Siliguri Corridor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_West_Bengal" title="Government of West Bengal">Governance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_West_Bengal" title="List of chief ministers of West Bengal">Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_West_Bengal" title="List of governors of West Bengal">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Human_Rights_Commission" title="West Bengal Human Rights Commission">Human Rights Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_parties_in_West_Bengal" title="Category:Political parties in West Bengal">Political parties</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party (Marxist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee">Indian National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party,_West_Bengal" title="Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Lok_Sabha_constituencies_of_West_Bengal" title="Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal">Parliamentary constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Assembly constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CID_West_Bengal" title="CID West Bengal">CID West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Police" title="Kolkata Police">Kolkata Police</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">Rights groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matua_Mahasangha" title="Matua Mahasangha">Matua Mahasangha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangla_Pokkho" title="Bangla Pokkho">Bangla Pokkho</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_West_Bengal" title="Administrative divisions of West Bengal">Divisions</a> and <br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_West_Bengal" title="List of districts of West Bengal">districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Burdwan_division" title="Burdwan division">Burdwan division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birbhum_district" title="Birbhum district">Birbhum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_district" title="Hooghly district">Hooghly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschim_Bardhaman_district" title="Paschim Bardhaman district">Paschim Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purba_Bardhaman_district" title="Purba Bardhaman district">Purba Bardhaman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_division" title="Jalpaiguri division">Jalpaiguri division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alipurduar_district" title="Alipurduar district">Alipurduar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_district" title="Cooch Behar district">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_district" title="Darjeeling district">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_district" title="Jalpaiguri district">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Malda_division" title="Malda division">Malda division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore_district" title="Berhampore district">Berhampore</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Dinajpur_district" title="Dakshin Dinajpur district">Dakshin Dinajpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipur_district" title="Jangipur district">Jangipur</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malda_district" title="Malda district">Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_district" title="Murshidabad district">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Dinajpur_district" title="Uttar Dinajpur district">Uttar Dinajpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Medinipur_division" title="Medinipur division">Medinipur division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_district" title="Bankura district">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_district,_West_Bengal" title="Bishnupur district, West Bengal">Bishnupur</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_district" title="Jhargram district">Jhargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschim_Medinipur_district" title="Paschim Medinipur district">Paschim Medinipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purba_Medinipur_district" title="Purba Medinipur district">Purba Medinipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia_district" title="Purulia district">Purulia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presidency_division" title="Presidency division">Presidency division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_district" title="Basirhat district">Basirhat</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_district" title="Howrah district">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichamati_district" title="Ichamati district">Ichamati</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_district" title="Kolkata district">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadia_district" title="Nadia district">Nadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_24_Parganas_district" title="North 24 Parganas district">North 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranaghat_district" title="Ranaghat district">Ranaghat</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_24_Parganas" title="South 24 Parganas">South 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans_district" title="Sundarbans district">Sundarbans</a> (declared)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cities_and_towns_in_West_Bengal" title="Cities and towns in West Bengal">Cities and<br /> towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd 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title="Howrah">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri" title="Jalpaiguri">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_Majilpur" title="Jaynagar Majilpur">Jaynagar Majilpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiaganj_Azimganj" title="Jiaganj Azimganj">Jiaganj Azimganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong" title="Kalimpong">Kalimpong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur" title="Kharagpur">Kharagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnanagar,_Nadia" title="Krishnanagar, Nadia">Krishnanagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malda,_West_Bengal" title="Malda, West Bengal">Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnapore" title="Midnapore">Midnapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad" title="Murshidabad">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia" title="Purulia">Purulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiganj" title="Raiganj">Raiganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri" title="Siliguri">Siliguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri,_Birbhum" title="Suri, Birbhum">Siuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_West_Bengal_by_population" title="List of cities in West Bengal by population">List of cities in West Bengal by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:West_Bengal_cities_and_towns_by_district_templates" title="Category:West Bengal cities and towns by district templates">Cities and towns by district</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_West_Bengal" title="Culture of West Bengal">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendars" title="Bengali calendars">Bengali calendars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattachitra" title="Pattachitra">Patachitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalchitra" title="Chalchitra">Chalchitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arts_of_West_Bengal" title="Arts of West Bengal">Arts of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baul" title="Baul">Baul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadu_(festival)" title="Bhadu (festival)">Bhadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gombhira" title="Gombhira">Gombhira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhau_dance" title="Chhau dance">Chhau dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_cuisine" title="Bengali cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Sangeet" title="Rabindra Sangeet">Rabindra Sangeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Nritya_Natya" title="Rabindra Nritya Natya">Rabindra Nritya Natya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dol_Purnima" title="Dol Purnima">Dol Purnima</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Kolkata" title="Prostitution in Kolkata">Prostitution in Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh">Pohela Boishakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhai_Dooj" title="Bhai Dooj">Bhai Dooj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratha_Yatra" title="Ratha Yatra">Ratha Yatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Bengal" title="Architecture of Bengal">Architecture of Bengal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_temple_architecture" title="Bengal temple architecture">Bengal temples</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_literature" title="Bengali literature">Bengali literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalmohan_Ganguly" title="Lalmohan Ganguly">Lalmohan Ganguly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professor_Shonku" title="Professor Shonku">Professor Shonku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarini_Khuro" title="Tarini Khuro">Tarini Khuro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakababu" title="Kakababu">Kakababu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiriti_Roy" title="Kiriti Roy">Kiriti Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pather_Panchali_(novel)" title="Pather Panchali (novel)">Pather Panchali (novel)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_cinema,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali cinema, India">Bengali cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatra_(theatre)" title="Jatra (theatre)">Jatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_in_Bengali_culture" title="Ghosts in Bengali culture">Ghosts in Bengali culture</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geographical_indication" title="Geographical indication">GI products</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baluchari_sari" title="Baluchari sari">Baluchari sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasgulla" title="Rasgulla">Banglar Rosogolla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslin" title="Muslin">Banglar Muslin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_horse" title="Bankura horse">Bankura horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattachitra" title="Pattachitra">Bengal Patachitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhau_mask" title="Chhau mask">Chhau mask</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_tea" title="Darjeeling tea">Darjeeling tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaniakhali_Sari" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhaniakhali Sari">Dhaniakhali Sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhokra" title="Dhokra">Dhokra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazli_(mango)" title="Fazli (mango)">Fazli (mango)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garad_Saree" class="mw-redirect" title="Garad Saree">Garad Saree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobindobhog" title="Gobindobhog">Gobindobhog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himsagar" title="Himsagar">Himsagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagarer_Moa" title="Jaynagarer Moa">Jaynagarer Moa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madurkathi" title="Madurkathi">Madurkathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasa_chali" title="Manasa chali">Manasa chali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihidana" title="Mihidana">Mihidana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakshi_kantha" title="Nakshi kantha">Nakshi kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santiniketan_Leather_Goods" title="Santiniketan Leather Goods">Santiniketan Leather Goods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantipuri_sari" title="Shantipuri sari">Shantipuri sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitabhog" title="Sitabhog">Sitabhog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarban_Honey" title="Sundarban Honey">Sundarban Honey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangail_Saree_(West_Bengal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tangail Saree (West Bengal)">Tangail Saree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulaipanji" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulaipanji">Tulaipanji</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengali people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biharis" title="Biharis">Bihari people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_West_Bengal" title="Economy of West Bengal">Economy of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Gorkha" title="Indian Gorkha">Gurkha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi">Adivasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajbanshi_people" title="Rajbanshi people">Rajbanshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian_people" title="Anglo-Indian people">Anglo-Indian people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_communities_in_Kolkata" title="Ethnic communities in Kolkata">Ethnic communities in Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_West_Bengal_districts_ranked_by_literacy_rate" title="List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate">List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discrimination_against_Bengalis_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Discrimination against Bengalis in India">Discrimination against Bengalis in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_West_Bengal" title="List of people from West Bengal">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam">Kazi Nazrul Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumar_Gain" title="Anil Kumar Gain">Anil Kumar Gain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritwik_Ghatak" title="Ritwik Ghatak">Ritwik Ghatak</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Satyendranath_Tagore" title="Satyendranath Tagore">Satyendranath Tagore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyendranath_Dutta" title="Satyendranath Dutta">Satyendranath Dutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Ram_Mohan_Roy" title="Raja Ram Mohan Roy">Raja Ram Mohan Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishwar_Chandra_Vidyasagar" title="Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar">Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rani_Rashmoni" title="Rani Rashmoni">Rani Rashmoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna" title="Ramakrishna">Ramakrishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda" title="Swami Vivekananda">Swami Vivekananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarada_Devi" title="Sarada Devi">Sarada Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarkanath_Tagore" title="Dwarkanath Tagore">Dwarkanath Tagore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukumar_Ray" title="Sukumar Ray">Sukumar Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upendrakishore_Ray_Chowdhury" title="Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury">Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Madhusudan_Dutt" title="Michael Madhusudan Dutt">Michael Madhusudan Dutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarat_Chandra_Chattopadhyay" title="Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay">Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sister_Nivedita" title="Sister Nivedita">Sister Nivedita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amartya_Sen" title="Amartya Sen">Amartya Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibhutibhushan_Bandyopadhyay" title="Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay">Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nihar_Ranjan_Gupta" title="Nihar Ranjan Gupta">Nihar Ranjan Gupta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:West_Bengal" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:West Bengal">Image gallery at Wikimedia Commons</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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title="Calcutta High Court">Calcutta High Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currency_Building" title="Currency Building">Currency Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankshall_Court" title="Bankshall Court">Bankshall Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble_Palace_(Kolkata)" title="Marble Palace (Kolkata)">Marble Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_India" title="National Library of India">National Library of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netaji_Bhawan" title="Netaji Bhawan">Netaji Bhawan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bhavan,_Kolkata" title="Raj Bhavan, Kolkata">Raj Bhavan, Kolkata</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabarna_Sangrahashala" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabarna Sangrahashala">Sabarna Sangrahashala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaheed_Minar,_Kolkata" title="Shaheed Minar, Kolkata">Shaheed Minar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Memorial,_Kolkata" title="Victoria Memorial, Kolkata">Victoria Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Kolkata" title="St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata">St. Paul's Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metcalfe_Hall" title="Metcalfe Hall">Metcalfe Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Writers%27_Building" title="Writers' Building">Writers' Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Building_(Kolkata)" title="Metropolitan Building (Kolkata)">Metropolitan Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Hotel_(Kolkata)" title="Grand Hotel (Kolkata)">Grand Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobhabazar_Rajbari" title="Shobhabazar Rajbari">Shobhabazar Rajbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esplanade_Mansions,_Kolkata" title="Esplanade Mansions, Kolkata">Esplanade Mansions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Kolkata" title="List of tallest buildings in Kolkata">High<br />rises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Chatterjee_International_Center" title="Chatterjee International Center">Chatterjee International Center</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/South_City" title="South City">South City</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tata_Centre" title="Tata Centre">Tata Centre</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Industry_House_(Kolkata)" class="mw-redirect" title="Industry House (Kolkata)">Industry House</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Everest_House_(Kolkata)" title="Everest House (Kolkata)">Everest House</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jeevan_Sudha" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeevan Sudha">Jeevan Sudha</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India_Building" title="Government of India Building">Government of India Building</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hiland_Park,_Kolkata" title="Hiland Park, Kolkata">Hiland Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_42_(Kolkata)" title="The 42 (Kolkata)">The 42</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Kolkata" class="mw-redirect" title="Urbana, Kolkata">Urbana</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Uniworld_City" title="Uniworld City">Uniworld City</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kolkata" title="Education in Kolkata">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secondary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_College_(Kolkata)" title="Armenian College (Kolkata)">Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._T._Road_Government_Sponsored_H._S._School" title="B. T. Road Government Sponsored H. S. School">B. T. Road Government Sponsored H. S. School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Boys%27_School" title="Calcutta Boys' School">Calcutta Boys' School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Girls%27_High_School" title="Calcutta Girls' High School">Calcutta Girls' High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Bosco_School,_Park_Circus" title="Don Bosco School, Park Circus">Don Bosco School, Park Circus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hare_School" title="Hare School">Hare School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_School,_Kolkata" title="Hindu School, Kolkata">Hindu School, Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendriya_Vidyalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kendriya Vidyalaya">Kendriya Vidyalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Martiniere_Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="La Martiniere Calcutta">La Martiniere Calcutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loreto_Schools,_Kolkata" title="Loreto Schools, Kolkata">Loreto Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranagore_Ramakrishna_Mission_Ashrama_High_School" title="Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School">Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Mission_Vidyalaya,_Narendrapur" title="Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur">Ramakrishna, Narendrapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Church_Collegiate_School" title="Scottish Church Collegiate School">Scottish Church Collegiate School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Point_School" title="South Point School">South Point School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Xavier%27s_Collegiate_School" title="St. Xavier's Collegiate School">St. Xavier's Collegiate School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._James%27_School_(Kolkata)" title="St. James' School (Kolkata)">St. James' School (Kolkata)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Higher</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aliah_University" title="Aliah University">Aliah University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Asiatic_Society" title="The Asiatic Society">Asiatic Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asutosh_College" title="Asutosh College">Asutosh College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Engineering_and_Research_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Engineering and Research Institute">Marine Engineering and Research Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethune_College" title="Bethune College">Bethune College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_College_of_Engineering_and_Ceramic_Technology" title="Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology">Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_College_of_Art_%26_Craft" title="Government College of Art & Craft">Government College of Art & Craft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_College_and_Hospital,_Kolkata" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata">Medical College and Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_National_Medical_College" title="Calcutta National Medical College">Calcutta National Medical College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Engineering_Science_and_Technology,_Shibpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur">Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Management_Calcutta" title="Indian Institute of Management Calcutta">IIM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research,_Kolkata" title="Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata">IISER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Social_Welfare_and_Business_Management" title="Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management">Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Statistical_Institute" title="Indian Statistical Institute">Indian Statistical Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jadavpur_University" title="Jadavpur University">Jadavpur University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Azad_College" title="Maulana Azad College">Maulana Azad College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad_Institute_of_Asian_Studies" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad_University_of_Technology" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netaji_Subhas_Open_University" title="Netaji Subhas Open University">Netaji Subhas Open University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_for_Research_in_Bacterial_Infections" title="National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections">National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_University,_Kolkata" title="Presidency University, Kolkata">Presidency University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Bharati_University" title="Rabindra Bharati University">Rabindra Bharati University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saha_Institute_of_Nuclear_Physics" title="Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics">Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_School_of_Tropical_Medicine" title="Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine">School of Tropical Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Church_College" title="Scottish Church College">Scottish Church College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Xavier%27s_College,_Kolkata" title="St. Xavier's College, Kolkata">St. Xavier's College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Calcutta" title="University of Calcutta">University of Calcutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_University_of_Health_Sciences" title="West Bengal University of Health Sciences">West Bengal University of Health Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_National_University_of_Juridical_Sciences" title="West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences">West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_School_of_Music" title="Calcutta School of Music">Calcutta School of Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narula_Institute_of_Technology" title="Narula Institute of Technology">Narula Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray_Film_and_Television_Institute" title="Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute">Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivek_Tirtha" title="Vivek Tirtha">Vivek Tirtha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Industry and<br /><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kolkata" title="Economy of Kolkata">economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABP_Group" title="ABP Group">ABP Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allahabad_Bank" title="Allahabad Bank">Allahabad Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMRI_Hospitals" title="AMRI Hospitals">AMRI Hospitals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Yule_and_Company" title="Andrew Yule and Company">Andrew Yule and Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baidyanath_Group" title="Baidyanath Group">Baidyanath Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balmer_Lawrie" title="Balmer Lawrie">Balmer Lawrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batanagar" title="Batanagar">Batanagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Chemicals_and_Pharmaceuticals" title="Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals">Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berger_Paints" title="Berger Paints">Berger Paints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Bhari_Udyog_Nigam" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam">Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biecco_Lawrie" title="Biecco Lawrie">Biecco Lawrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birds_Jute_and_Export" title="Birds Jute and Export">Birds Jute and Export</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birla_Corporation" title="Birla Corporation">Birla Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braithwaite_%26_Co." title="Braithwaite & Co.">Braithwaite & Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braithwaite,_Burn_%26_Jessop_Construction_Company" title="Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company">Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_and_Roof_Company_(India)" title="Bridge and Roof Company (India)">Bridge and Roof Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britannia_Industries" title="Britannia Industries">Britannia Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burn_%26_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Burn & Company">Burn & Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnpur" title="Burnpur">Burnpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burn_Standard_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Burn Standard Company">Burn Standard Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CESC_Limited" title="CESC Limited">Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Stock_Exchange" title="Calcutta Stock Exchange">Calcutta Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dendrite_(adhesive)#Production_Company" title="Dendrite (adhesive)">Chandras' Chemical Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_India" title="Coal India">Coal India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_Valley_Corporation" title="Damodar Valley Corporation">Damodar Valley Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emami" title="Emami">Emami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exide_Industries" title="Exide Industries">Exide Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Reach_Shipbuilders_%26_Engineers" title="Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers">Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GKB_Opticals" title="GKB Opticals">GKB Opticals</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hawkers_in_Kolkata" title="Hawkers in Kolkata">Hawkers</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hind_Motor" class="mw-redirect" title="Hind Motor">Hind Motor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Ambassador" title="Hindustan Ambassador">Hindustan Ambassador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IISCO_Steel_Plant" title="IISCO Steel Plant">IISCO Steel Plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_Government_Mint,_Kolkata" title="India Government Mint, Kolkata">India Government Mint, Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITC_Limited" title="ITC Limited">ITC Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jai_Balaji_group" title="Jai Balaji group">Jai Balaji group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessop_%26_Company" title="Jessop & Company">Jessop & Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Port_Trust" class="mw-redirect" title="Kolkata Port Trust">Kolkata Port Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexulous" title="Lexulous">Lexulous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limtex" title="Limtex">Limtex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lux_Industries" title="Lux Industries">Lux Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magma_Fincorp" class="mw-redirect" title="Magma Fincorp">Magma Fincorp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Insurance_Company" title="National Insurance Company">National Insurance Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peerless_Group" title="Peerless Group">Peerless Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saregama" title="Saregama">Saregama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinclairs_Hotels_Limited" title="Sinclairs Hotels Limited">Sinclairs Hotels Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tata_Global_Beverages" class="mw-redirect" title="Tata Global Beverages">Tata Global Beverages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Park_Hotels" title="The Park Hotels">The Park Hotels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCO_Bank" title="UCO Bank">UCO Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Bank_of_India" title="United Bank of India">United Bank of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VISA_Steel" title="VISA Steel">VISA Steel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Kolkata" title="Transport in Kolkata">Transportation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Road</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Tramways_Company" title="Calcutta Tramways Company">Calcutta Tramways Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_State_Transport_Corporation" title="Calcutta State Transport Corporation">Calcutta State Transport Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyani_Expressway" title="Kalyani Expressway">Kalyani Expressway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Bus_Rapid_Transit_System" title="Kolkata Bus Rapid Transit System">Kolkata Bus Rapid Transit System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Transport_Corporation" title="West Bengal Transport Corporation">West Bengal Transport Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bengal_State_Transport_Corporation" title="South Bengal State Transport Corporation">South Bengal State Transport Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_Bridge" title="Howrah Bridge">Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belghoria_Expressway" title="Belghoria Expressway">Belghoria Expressway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidyasagar_Setu" title="Vidyasagar Setu">Vidyasagar Setu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivekananda_Setu" title="Vivekananda Setu">Vivekananda Setu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nivedita_Setu" title="Nivedita Setu">Nivedita Setu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Quadrilateral" title="Golden Quadrilateral">Golden Quadrilateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycle_rickshaw" title="Cycle rickshaw">Rickshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulled_rickshaw#India" title="Pulled rickshaw">Hand-pulled rickshaw</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rail</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Metro" title="Kolkata Metro">Kolkata Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Suburban_Railway" title="Kolkata Suburban Railway">Kolkata Suburban Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Railway_zone" title="Eastern Railway zone">Eastern Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_zone" title="South Eastern Railway zone">South Eastern Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Kolkata" title="Trams in Kolkata">Trams in Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Light_Rail_Transit" title="Kolkata Light Rail Transit">Kolkata LRTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_railway_station" title="Howrah railway station">Howrah railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_railway_station" title="Kolkata railway station">Kolkata railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sealdah_railway_station" title="Sealdah railway station">Sealdah railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shalimar_railway_station" title="Shalimar railway station">Shalimar railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Monorail" title="Kolkata Monorail">Kolkata Monorail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Kolkata" title="Port of Kolkata">Port of Kolkata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Netaji_Subhas_Chandra_Bose_International_Airport" title="Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport">Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Kolkata_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of airports in the Kolkata metropolitan area">List of airports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kolkata" title="Culture of Kolkata">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Book_Fair" title="Kolkata Book Fair">Kolkata Book Fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Rainbow_Pride_Walk" title="Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk">Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Youth_Choir" title="Calcutta Youth Choir">Calcutta Youth Choir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Street_Coffee_House" title="College Street Coffee House">Coffee House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarkin" title="Dwarkin">Dwarkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festivals_in_Kolkata" title="Festivals in Kolkata">Festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_International_Film_Festival" title="Kolkata International Film Festival">Kolkata International Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover_Lane_Music_Conference" title="Dover Lane Music Conference">Dover Lane Music Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_in_the_media" title="Kolkata in the media">Kolkata in the media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bengal" title="Music of Bengal">Music of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandan_(Kolkata)" title="Nandan (Kolkata)">Nandan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priya_Cinema_(Kolkata)" title="Priya Cinema (Kolkata)">Priya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Nritya_Natya" title="Rabindra Nritya Natya">Rabindra Nritya Natya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Sangeet" title="Rabindra Sangeet">Rabindra Sangeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritwik_Ghatak" title="Ritwik Ghatak">Ritwik Ghatak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byomkesh_Bakshi" title="Byomkesh Bakshi">Byomkesh Bakshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanada" title="Ghanada">Ghanada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Kolkata" title="Prostitution in Kolkata">Prostitution in Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenida" title="Tenida">Tenida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_West_Bengal" title="Cinema of West Bengal">Tollywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_in_Bengali_culture" title="Ghosts in Bengali culture">Ghosts in Bengali culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adda_(South_Asian)" title="Adda (South Asian)">Adda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Tirtha" title="Rabindra Tirtha">Rabindra Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazrul_Tirtha" title="Nazrul Tirtha">Nazrul Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mishti_Hub" title="Mishti Hub">Mishti Hub</a></li> <li><a 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Temple">Dakshineswar Kali Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalighat" title="Kalighat">Kalighat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kripamayee_Kali_Temple" title="Kripamayee Kali Temple">Kripamayee Kali Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranagar_Math" title="Baranagar Math">Baranagar Math</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alambazar_Math" title="Alambazar Math">Alambazar Math</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Christian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Kolkata" title="St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata">St. Paul's Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Rosary_Cathedral,_Kolkata" title="Holy Rosary Cathedral, Kolkata">Holy Rosary Cathedral (Portuguese Church)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Church,_Kolkata" title="St. John's Church, Kolkata">St. John's Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_Jain_Temple" title="Calcutta Jain Temple">Parasnath Temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nakhoda_Masjid" class="mw-redirect" title="Nakhoda Masjid">Nakhoda Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipu_Sultan_Mosque" title="Tipu Sultan Mosque">Tipu Sultan Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_temples_in_Kolkata" title="Chinese temples in Kolkata">Chinese temples in Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magen_David_Synagogue_(Kolkata)" title="Magen David Synagogue (Kolkata)">Magen David Synagogue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kolkata_metropolitan_region&params=22.5411_N_88.3378_E_source:wikidata"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">22°32′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">88°20′16″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">22.5411°N 88.3378°E</span><span 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