Local businesses in Kolkata
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3 km of the city centre.
- 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
- Government offices: 22
- Ambedkar Bhawan - Cultural Research Institute; Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Customer Service Center (bsnl); Kolkata Municipal Corporation; Cardiological Society of India; Ho Chi Min Sarani; Wann Hostel; Duff Hostel; Susmita Bhattacharya Chatterjee, Councillor for Ward 63; BSNL Customer Service Centre - Burrabazar; BSNL Telephone Exchange Terreti Bazar
- Coworking spaces: 1
- My Cube
- Colleges and universities: 24
- Saint Xavier's College (Autonomous); Bose Institute research; Bethune College; Calcutta National Medical College; Satyapriya Roy College of Education; Govt College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology; Scottish Church College; GURUDAS COLLEGE GROUND; SCC - Main Building; Bangabhashi College
- Workshops and craft businesses: 6
- 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
- Hospitals: 73
- 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; Calcutta Pavlov Hospital
- Banks: 78
- ICICI Bank Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Kolkata-Branch; Deutsche Bank; Old Reserve Bank of India Building; SBM Bank; Induslnd Bank; Induslnd bank; HSBC; Citibank; Punjab & Sind Bank; DCB Bank
- Hotels and lodges: 87
- GALLERY INN; Barsana Boutique Hotel; Park Guest House; Red Arrow Residency; Tulip Inn Kolkata - Park Street; Hotel Gallery 67; JW Marriot Kolkata; OYO 3380 Gallery Inn; Radhe Krishna Banquets; Park Royale
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.
- Getting there
- Public transport includes the suburban railway, the Kolkata Metro, trams, rickshaws, taxis and buses.
- 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.