Local businesses in Howrah
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Hospitals: 36
- Abinash Dutta Maternity Home; People Meditreat Pvt Ltd; 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
- Clinics: 25
- Watkins Nursing Home; Arcadia Nursing Home [Pvt.] Ltd.; Care and Cure Polyclinic Cum Nursing Home; Dr Hari Har Roy Clinic; Howrah Nursing Home; M.B. Nursing Home; Palview Nursing Home; Susrut Eye Foundation & Research Centre; Bivek Nursing Home; Hare krishna Nursing Home
- Pharmacies: 9
- Saha Pharmacy; Ross Healthcare; JP Medico Private Limited; Modern Pharmacy; Park Medico; Lifeline; Royd Pharmacy
- Dental clinics: 2
- Dr. Partha Sarathi Sahana Dentist in Howrah
- Medical supply and optical shops: 4
- Spectacles repair shop; The Eye Factor; Lenskart
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.
- Geography
- Howrah has a tropical wet-and-dry climate, with about 1,744 mm of rain a year and an average temperature of 26 °C.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.