Local businesses in Kolkata
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- Hospitals: 73
- North City Hospital Emergency Unit; Institute of Neurosciences OPD Building; Islamia Medical Institute; North City Hospital; SVS Marwari Hospital; ESI HOSPITAL, SEALDAH; Lady Dufferin Victoria Hospital, Kolkata; Belle Vue Clinic; Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital; Priyamvada Birla Aravind Eye Hospital
- Clinics: 39
- Divine Nursing Home; MP Birla Eye Clinic; Park Clinic, Kolkata; Ramkrishna Medical Complex Nursing Home; Sunflower Nursing Home, Kolkata; Capitol Nursing Home; Circular Nursing Home; Don View Nursing Home; Emily Nursing Home; Federation Nursing Home
- Pharmacies: 25
- Dr Majumder Homoeo World; Prime minister jan Aushadhi Kendra (pmbi); Charitable Dispensary Ramakrishna Yogodyan mission; Goodwill Pharmacy; Plaza Medico; Utshab Medical; choudhury medical shop; APT Parmacy; Aastha; Das Pharmacy
- Medical supply and optical shops: 8
- Lenskart.com at Kankurgachi; Park Medicals; Spectacles repair shop; The Eye Factor; Lawrence & Mayo; Lenskart
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)
- History
- Kolkata comes from Kolikata, one of three villages that existed before the British arrived; the other two were Sutanuti and Govindapur.
- Geography
- Kolkata lies on the east bank of the Hooghly river in the lower Ganges delta, about 75 km from the Bangladesh border, at only 1.5 to 9 m above sea level.
- Getting there
- Public transport includes the suburban railway, the Kolkata Metro, trams, rickshaws, taxis and buses.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.