Local businesses in Howrah
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 134
- Roll It Out; Russell Punjabi Dhaba; Sabir's hotel; Wow! China Diner; AB's Absolute Barbeques; Kasturi; Lille; Magnolia Gondhoraj; MamaGoto; Radhuni Restaurant
- Hotels and lodges: 73
- OYO Novus Guest House; The Peerless Inn; Astoria Hotel; Downing Hall; Floatel; Hostel 11; Hostel 13; Hostel 14; Hostel 15; Hostel 7
- Attractions and museums: 22
- Chinese Alms House; Jorasanko Thakur Bari; Tagore's House; Howrah Junction Railway Station; Banking Museum; Black Hole of Calcutta; Kolkata Police Museum; Marble Palace; Old Jewish Girls’ School; Bank of Bengal Historic Building
- Cinemas and theatres: 8
- Mayapuri Cinema Hall; HIND INOX; Chaplin Theatre; Moonlight Cinema; Paradise Cinema; THE REGAL; Mahajati Sadan Auditorium
- Places of worship: 67
- Ram Mondir; Subodh Mullick Square; Ahiritola 20 Pally; Anadamoyee Ashram; Beth-el Synagogue; Chorbagan Sarbojanin; Dakshinpara Durga Mandir; Dharmaraj Mandir; Dinanta Ashar Kali Mandir; Lokenath Baba Mandir
- Parks and stadiums: 138
- Jatadhari Park; Sailen Manna Stadium; Sibaji Sanjha park; Dumurjola Eco Park; Khelaghar; Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Park; Alamohon Das Indor Stadium; Alamohon Das Playground; Apu Durga Park; Arati Coton Mill Playground
- Hospitals: 36
- 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; D.B. Eye Foundation
- Schools: 15
- Pajnanananda Vidyalaya Ground; Tiny Tots Kindergarten School; Harrow Hall; Shree Vishudhanand Saraswati Vidyalay school; Md Jan Higher Secondary School; Jewish Girls' School; Hare School; Loreto School; St.Augustine's Day School; Saint Anthony's High School
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.
- Getting there
- Howrah has many rail and road links, and bridges connect it to Kolkata across the Hooghly river.
- History
- The name Howrah comes from haor, a Bengali word for a swampy lake.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.