Kolkata City

Kolkata City

Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located o the bank of the Hooghly River. It is the principal, commercial, cultural and education center of east India. While the port of Kolkata is India’s oldest operating port as well as its sole major river rine port. Kolkata confronts substantial urban pollution, traffic congestion, poverty, overpopulation and other logistics and socioeconomic problems. In the late 17th century, the three village that predated Kolkata were ruled by the Nawab of the Bengal under suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the east India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by the company into an increasinghly fortified mercantile base. As an nucleus of the 19th and early 20th centuary Bengal Renaissance and religiously and ethnically diverse center of culture in Bengal and India, Kolkata has establish local traditions in drama, art, film, theatre, and literature that have gained wide audiences, Many people from Kolkata – among them several Nobel laureates have contributed to the arts , the science and other area, while Kolkata culture features idiosyncrasies the include distinctively close kint neighborhoods and free style intellectual exchanges. West Bengal's share of the Bengali film industry is based in the city, which also hosts venerable cultural institutions of national importance, such as the Academy of Fine Arts, the Victoria Memorial, the Asiatic Society, the Indian Museum and the National Library of India. Among professional scientific institutions, Kolkata hosts the Agri Horticultural Society of India, the Geological Survey of India, the Botanical Survey of India, the Calcutta Mathematical Society, the Indian Science Congress Association, the Zoological Survey of India, the Institution of Engineers, the Anthropological Survey of India and the Indian Public Health Association. Though home to major cricketing venues and franchises, Kolkata differs from other Indian cities by giving importance to association football and other sports.

 

 

 

 

 

Distance from Kolkata

 

 

 

Delhi           :- 1465 km

 

 

 

Patna          :-  584 km

 

 

 

Chennai        :- 1670 km

 

 

 

Mumbai         :- 2002 km

 

 

 

 

 

How to reach

 

 

 

By Air  :- Kolkata is well connected by airways, to all the major countries in the world as well as to the key Indian cities. There are regular flights from all the major cities of India, like Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai, to the place. Even international destinations, in France, Britain, Holland, Bangladesh, Japan, Singapore, Nepal, Jordan and Thailand, are connected to the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport of Kolkata. This airport is located at Dumdum, about 15 km away from the main township.

 

 

 

By Rail :- The rail connectivity of Calcutta is also very good. Trains connect the city with all the major cities of India. Super fast trains like Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express ply between Kolkata and Delhi and other nearby places. Kolkata has two major railway stations; one is located in Howrah and the other is at Sealdah, with the former being the stop for majority of the interstate trains.

 

 

 

By Road :- The road connectivity of Kolkata to adjoining areas is also wisely planned. The Esplanade Terminus is the main bus terminal that lies in the heart of the city. From here, you can easily get a bus as well as taxi for traveling to the cities within West Bengal as well as in the neighboring states.

 

 

 

 

 

Education in Kolkata

 

 

 

University of Calcutta

 

 

 

Bengal Engineering and Science University

 

 

 

Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata

 

 

 

West Bengal National University of Juridical science

 

 

 

Indian Statistical Institute

 

 

 

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate in Kolkata

 

 

 

Kolkata is capital of West Bengal and was the first to introduce the metro rail system. The city was expanded with the salt lake city and more recently Rajarhat, the new town - two meticulously planned urban developments. Big names in IT, BPO and ITES sectors have bought real estate and opened up development centers in Kolkata. The city pages contain a wealth of information useful while buying, selling or renting a property. It is convenient for those on transfer or relocation as the property rates or market rates of various localities, areas and locations are listed mostly on "Rate per sq. ft." basis. Know more about the history of Kolkata, its population, housing and commercial space demand, property prices, how it is divided into various zones and sectors. There is a lot of information and data on hotels, boarding and lodging facilities, restaurants and eateries, banks and important telephone numbers of civic utilities like police, electricity service, hospitals and 24 hour chemist shops. Movers, packers, move management firms and companies too can offer their corporate clients a total package deal with property and property related information as well as relocation information like schools and admissions.