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
- 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); Bureau of investigation (finance)
- 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
- Banks: 41
- UCO Bank and SnT building; 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
- 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
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.
- Local economy
- Howrah is called the Sheffield of the East and is known for light engineering. Small engineering firms are spread across the city, particularly around Belilios Road near Howrah station, and there are many foundries in the Liluah area, although these businesses have declined this century.
- 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.