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Local businesses in Howrah
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 5
- Communist Party Of India; CESC LTD; The Hindusthan Buildings( LIC Eastern Zonal Office); American Center; American Center,
- Government offices: 16
- Nabanna; BSNL Customer Service Centre - Burrabazar; BSNL Telephone Exchange Terreti Bazar; Gillander House; Assembly House; Kolkata Improvement Trust; Paribahan Bhavan - West Bengal Transport Corporation; AG West Bengal; Receving section 1st floor; WB Income Tax Department (erstwhile Spence’s Hotel)
- Coworking spaces: 1
- My Cube
- Colleges and universities: 8
- Bijay Krishna Girls College; Armenian College; University of Calcutta, College Street Campus; Loreto House School & College; West Bengal Urdu Academy
- Workshops and craft businesses: 7
- Munna Photographer; Prince Photo Pedia; ASUS Service Centre; JBL Service Centre By Harman; Middya Brothers; Saville Row
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 2
- Z. Sanwarwala & Co; Life insurance corporation of india
- Hospitals: 36
- Netra Sevasram; SMI Pvt Ltd; Sankara Nethralaya; Smt. Sarla Pahwa Memorial Eye Centre; South Howrah State General Hospital; Asharam Bhiwaniwala Hospital; Belur Sramajibi Swasthya Prakalpa Samity; Chokher Aloy; D.B. Eye Foundation; Dristi Eye Foundation
- Banks: 41
- ICICI Bank Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Kolkata-Branch; Old Reserve Bank of India Building; SBM Bank; Induslnd bank; SBI ATM; HSBC; Citibank; Punjab & Sind Bank; DCB Bank; South Indian Bank
- Hotels and lodges: 73
- Astoria Hotel; Downing Hall; Floatel; Hostel 11; Hostel 13; Hostel 14; Hostel 15; Hostel 7; Hostel 8; Hostel 9
Howrah facts
- District
- Howrah district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 10,77,075 (10,07,532 in 2001)
- Area
- about 63.55 sq km, about 9 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 711101 (Howrah R.S), 711106 (Howrah Loco Depot), 711107 (Howrah Vic.Cot.Mill)
- Places nearby
- St. Thomas' Church School (school, 1 km), Rail Museum (rail Museum, 1 km), Millennium Park (Kolkata) (public park, 2 km), State Bank Archives and Museum (museum and archive, 2 km)
- Education
- IIEST Shibpur, an institute of national importance, is the fourth oldest engineering institution in India and is in Howrah.
- History
- The name Howrah comes from haor, a Bengali word for a swampy lake.
- Getting there
- Howrah has many rail and road links, and bridges connect it to Kolkata across the Hooghly river.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.