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
- Gatha; Ms. Lal Fashions; SACHI SAREES; Sulemon & sons; Appu puppu; WNW; Adi Mohini Mohan Kanjilal; Essence; New Benarashi House; Sasha
- 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
- Electronics and mobile shops: 13
- INDEPENDENT INDIA; Apple service center kolkata; Philips Arena; MJ Infotech; RG Cellulars; Gitaanshi Communications; Kirti Electronics; Mi Home; Optima Infotech; Terreti Market
- Car and motorcycle dealers: 10
- Eastern Honda; OSL Bajaj; Camac Car Bazar; Skoda Showroon; Bengal Hyundai; Celica; Topsel Toyota; Maruti Suzuki; maruti suzuki
- Hardware shops: 1
- SINGER INDIA
- Furniture shops: 4
- Damro Furniture Kankurgachi; Vedanta furniture store; PLY CORNER; Pragjyotika
- Bakeries and sweet shops: 3
- Kathleen; Mio Amore; Pâtisserie
- Book and stationery shops: 9
- Chuckervertty Chatterjee & Co Ltd; Rupa Book Centre; Oxbridge; Bahrisons Booksellers Kolkata; Earthcare Bookstore; Bingsha Shatabdi; Diaries Exhibition; Pencentre; Oxford Bookstore
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)
- 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.
- 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.
- Education
- Schools in Kolkata teach mainly in Bengali and English, with Urdu and Hindi also used in central Kolkata.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.