Local businesses in Kolkata
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- Malls and department stores: 9
- jio mart ultadanga; Skipper Furnishings- Kankurgachi; Vardan; Uttarapan Shopping Complex; Camac Square; Bhagya lakshmi; E-mall; Simpark Mall; Pantaloons
- Supermarkets: 11
- Sealdah Market; Maniktala Fish Market; Sealdah Flower Market; Happy Birthday Wishes; Burrabazar Wholesale Market; more. Supermarket; Big Bazaar Supermarket; Nature's Basket; Reliance Smart Bazaar; More
- Clothing shops: 33
- SACHI SAREES; Sulemon & sons; Appu puppu; WNW; Adi Mohini Mohan Kanjilal; Essence; New Benarashi House; Sasha; Krishna Fashions; Sood
- Jewellers: 10
- PC Chandra Jewellers; M. P. Jewellers; B SIRKAR JOHUREE; Manik Chand Jewellers; Mittal Gold and Silvers; Nemichand Bamalwa & Sons (J) Park Street; Chandrani Pearls; Bengal jewelry; Giva; Tanishq
- IT and company offices: 13
- CESC; Heritage Walk Calcutta; Jasmin Tower US Embassy; EXIDE; GTPL KCBPL OFFICE; SAHARA INDIA SADAN; TMC party office; Wish net internet provider office; Communist Party Of India; CESC LTD
Kolkata facts
- District
- Kolkata district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 44,96,694 (45,80,544 in 2001)
- Area
- about 206.08 sq km, about 9 m above sea level
- People
- 899 females per 1,000 males; 87.14% literacy
- PIN codes
- 700052 (Kolkata Airport Po), 700002 (Kolkata Armed Police), 700053 (Kolkata Mint), 700073 (Kolkata University)
- Places nearby
- Asutosh Museum of Indian Art (museum, 1 km), Osmond Memorial Church (church, 1 km), Fatima Church (church, 2 km), St. James' Church (church, 2 km)
- Local economy
- Kolkata is the commercial and financial hub of East and Northeast India and home to the Calcutta Stock Exchange. It is also a major commercial port.
- Education
- Schools in Kolkata teach mainly in Bengali and English, with Urdu and Hindi also used in central Kolkata.
- Culture and food
- Kolkata is known for its literary, artistic and revolutionary heritage, and as the former capital of India it was the birthplace of modern Indian literary and artistic thought. Hindus are about three quarters of the population and Muslims about a fifth.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.