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Calcutta at a Glance

Catch Calcutta at a Glance. The city that was the second best metropolis of the British Raj, a jewel in the crown for the Queen of England, derived its name from the small conglomeration of villages, Kalikata, Sutanuti, Gobindapur that formed modern times Calcutta or Kolkata as it is called now. Calcutta or Kolkata stands on the Eastern Bank of River Ganga.

The tail end of river Ganga flows by the side of Calcutta before it reaches Bay of Bengal about 180 Km. down stream from the City.The Jewel of the East as called by the British Raj, remained the capital till 1911. Calcutta is now the capital of West Bengal.

Location: Calcutta is situated at the longitude of 88º 30'E-22º33'N.

Altitude: Elevation ranging between 1.5 to 9m. From sea level it is 6.4 meters (20 ft). (Mount Everest 8848m.)

Climate: Maximum temperature rises during the summer months of May-June up to 24-42ºC and the minimum temperature falls during winter months of December-January up to 8-26ºC on an average. Climate is humid varying from 85-65 during the summer & exceeding by pleasant in winter. From June to September average rainfall in Calcutta is 158 cm.

Area

Old Calcutta:
Sutanuti- Chitpur, Baghbazar, Sobhabazar & Hatkhola.
Kolkata - Dharmatala, Bowbazar, Simla, Janbazar.
Gobindapur - Hastings, Maidan & Bhowanipur

New Calcutta:
North - Sinthi, Cossipore & Gughudanga
South -Tollygunge, Khidderpore & Behala
East - Salt Lake , Beliaghata & Topsia.
West - Hooghly river.

Greater Calcutta:
Baruipur to Bansberia & Kalyani to BudgeBudge.

Area in kilometers:
1480 sq. km. (London 1580 sq. km.) 185 sq.km. is within Corporation Area

Demographics:

Population: A growing population of 45,80,544 according to 2001 Census. (Mumbai 14.8 million.)

Density of Population: 24.760/sq. km.

Sex Ratio of Population: Male - 1000; Female - 828

Literacy Rate: 80.86%

Percentage of the population speaking languages: Bengali 55%, Hindi 20%, English 10%, Others 15%

2001 census religious sect division of the population: Hindu-77.68%,Muslim-20.27%, Christian-0.88%, Jains-0.75%

Position : 7th biggest city of India in area and population.

Ruling Party: Left

Governor: Gopal Krishna Gandhi

Chief Minister: Buddhadev Bhattacharya

Mayor: Bikash Bhattacharya

Deputy Mayor: Kalyan Mukherjee

Sheriff: Amal Chakraborty

Police Commissioner: Goutam Chakraborty

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