Kolkata: Climate

Climate Kolkata lies in the tropic zone and hence the climate in Kolkata is also tropical. Tropical regions are the areas of the Earth where the sun reaches a point directly overhead at least once a year. During summer season the climate becomes very hot and humid. The city’s annual mean temperature is 26.8 °C and monthly mean temperatures varies from 19 °C to 30 °C. The maximum temperature of the city during summer (April-June) exceeds 40°C while minimum temperature during winter (December and January) reaches 12°C. The highest temperature recorded is 43°C and the lowest is 5°C.

The city experiences the southern monsoon between June and September during which heavy rains lash the city. This is the season when the city gets most of its annual rainfall. Kolkata is among the most polluted cities of the world with high level of Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) in the atmosphere creating a major health hazard.

The best time to visit the city is between September and March. During this period the skies are clear and the climatic condition is favorable for the tourists.

Kolkata: Connectivity

Connectivity Kolkata being one of the important cities of India is well connected by air, rail and road. By Air Kolkata has an international airport known as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport which is located at Dum Dum. The airport operates both domestic and international flights. Major cities of the world are connected to Kolkata with regular flights.Major Indian cities are also connected to Kolkata with domestic air carriers like Air

By Rail

Kolkata has a well maintained railway network connecting major parts of the country. The city is the headquarters of both the railway divisions – the Eastern Railways and the South Eastern Railways. The city has two major railway stations; the Howrah Station for south eastern rail network and the Sealdah Station for eastern rail network.

Since Howrah and Sealdah are under separate rail networks, do remember to check which station you need you board your train from, while buying your ticket. Local trains are also available from both the stations for traveling to different parts of West Bengal.

By Road

Traveling by bus in Kolkata is not comfortable. However buses from Orissa and Bihar ply regularly to Kolkata. Buses are also available to nearby towns, especially if you wish to visit Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri on your trip to Kolkata. Bus stands at Chowringhee Road and Babu Ghat near Fort William are the main junctions where buses run to different destinations. The road transportation will be more convenient as the four lane express highway will be connected soon with Chennai.

Kolkata: Natural Resources

Natural Resources Rivers Hooghly is the only river in Kolkata which is a tributary of the Ganges River. It splits from the Ganges near the city of Baharampur, and runs south through the Indian state of West Bengal, past the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah and falls into the Bay of Bengal. Damodar and Rupnarayan are two tributaries of the river Hooghly.Hooghly is a lifeline for the people of Kolkata.The river is a source for drinking water for the people of the city. Fishing in the river provides a source of income

the people of the city. Fishing in the river provides a source of income for the local people. Due to the passing of industrial sewage into the river, it has now become a major concern for the government to control the water pollution. The river also provides the facility of transportation for the dwellers.

Forests

Cities are basically away from natural resource like forests. But Kolkata is an exception as it is not far from the dense forest covers of the Sundarbans which is a world heritage site. The Sunderbans is a dwelling place for large numbers of flora and fauna and also a place of tourist’s delight. It provides a source of income to the rural poor as well to the government for its importance in tourism.

Road distance of some important places from Kolkata

Road distance of some important places from Kolkata

City	Distance in km	City	Distance in km	City	Distancein km
Agartala	1680	Gurgaon	1426	Panaji	2187
Agra	1258	Guwahati	1081	Paradwip	515
Ahmedabad	1924	Gwalior	1248	Pathankot	1884
Aizawl	1547	Haldia	128	Patna	556
Ajmer	1589	Hassan	2068	Pondicherry	1841
Akola	1374	Hissar	1597	Porbandar	2318
Aligarh	1273	Hubli	1934	Pune	2004
Allahabad	805	Hyderabad	1516	Purulia	328
Ambala	1600	Imphal	1565	Rajpur	846
Amritsar	1855	Indore	1570	Rajkot	2140
Asansol	222	Jabalpur	1120	Rajeswaram	2268
Aurangabad	1628	Jaipur	1462	Ranchi	409
Bakhtiyarpur	545	Jaisalmer	2032	Ranippettai	1788
Bangalore	1881	Jalandhar	1772	Raurkela	529
Barauni	549	Jammu	1991	Rohtak	1532
Barddhaman	119	Jamnagar	2226	Sagar	1250
Bareilly	1239	Jamshedpur	295	Saharanpur	1527
Belgaum	2028	Jhansi	1192	Salem	2002
Bellary	1724	Jodhpur	1793	Sambalpur	590
Bhagalpur	575	Jorhat	1384	Shahjahanpur	1148
Bhavnagar	2111	Kakinada	1028	Siliguri	606
Bhopal	1356	Kandla	2289	Shillong	1181
Bhubaneshwar	441	Kanniyakumari	2359	Shimla	1751
Bikaner	1810	Kanpur	1000	Shivpuri	1292
Bilaspur	856	Kochi	2360	Silchar	1407
Chandigarh	1646	Kohima	1420	Solapur	1788
Chennai	1676	Kolhapur	2035	Srinagar	2284
Chitradurga	1852	Kota	1516	Surat	2035
Coimbatore	2167	Kozhikode	2236	Thane	1944
Cuttack	416	Krishnagiri	1938	Thanjavur	2018
Dehra Dun	1562	Kurnool	1567	Trivandrum	2384
Delhi	1461	Lucknow	980	Thrissur	2281
Dhanbad	281	Ludhiana	1713	Tiruchchirappalli	1992
Dhule	1651	Madurai	2120	Tirunelveli	2274
Dibrugarh	1520	Mangalore	2148	Tirupati	1634
Dimapur	1355	Meerut	1405	Tuticorin	2255
Dindigul	2071	Moradabad	1335	Udaipur	1867
Durgapur	182	Motihari	736	Ujjain	1544
Ganganagar	1841	Kolkata	1987	Ulhasnagar	1942
Gangtok	720	Muzaffarnagar	1456	Vadodara	1893
Gaya	489	Muzaffarpur	652	Varanasi	680
Ghaziabad	1389	Mysore	2020	Vijayawada	1248
Ghazipur	676	Nagpur	1124	Vishakhapatnam	866
Gorakhpur	816	Nanded	1502	Warangal	1376
Gulbarga	1729	Nashik	1802
Guntur	1280	Nellore	1504

Kolkata's Facts nd Figures

Facts and Figures

State	West Bengal
Metropolitan Area	1480 sq. km
Official Language	Bengali
Latitude	22º 33' N
Longitude	88º 30'E
Altitude	9m from sea level
Total Population	45, 80,544 (2001 Census)
Population Density	24,760/ sq. km
Population Growth	Annual rate of 1.79 (1991)
Literacy Rate	81.31%
Temperature	24-42º C in summer; 8-26ºC in Winters
Time Zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Languages spoken	Bengali 55%, Hindi 20%, English 10%, others 15%
Average Rainfall	1605mm
STD Code	033
Postal Code	700 xxx
Vehicle Code	WB-01 to WB-04
Vehicular Population	1.05 million
Total Road Length	1850 km
Religion	Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh
No. of Boroughs	15
No. of Wards	141
Water Supply	300 million gallons per day
No. of KMC Parks	300
No. of Ghats	8
No. of Electric Crematoria	19
No. of Burial Ghats	20
KMC Registered Markets	23

Pin Codes of Kolkata

Pin Code Kolkata

Here is the list of all Pin Codes of Kolkata as per areas and places which comes under every post office. PinCodes of Kolkata starts from 001 and the main Kolkata Head Office has zip code of 700001. Here is the full list of all codes -

700001 Kolkata G.P.O.
700002 Cossipore
700003 Bagbazar
700004 Shyambazar
700005 Hatkhola
700006 Beadon Street
700007 Burrabazar
700008 Barisha
700009 Amherst Street
700010 Beleghata
700011 Narkeldanga
700012 Bowbazar
700013 Dharmatala
700014 Entally
700015 Tangra
700016 Park Street
700017 Circus Avenue
700018 Bartala
700019 Ballygunge
700020 Elgin Road
700021 Fort William
700022 Hastings
700023 Kidderpore
700024 Garden Reach
700025 Bhowanipore
700026 Kalighat
700027 Alipore
700028 Dum Dum
700029 Sarat Bose Road
700030 Ghughudanga
700031 Dhakuria
700032 Jadavpur University
700033 Tollygunge
700034 Behala
700035 Alambazar
700036 Baranagore
700037 Belgachia
700038 Sahapur
700039 Tiljala
700040 Regent Park
700041 Paschim Putiary
700042 Kasba
700043 South Eastern Railway
700044 Badartala
700045 Lake Gardens
700046 Gobinda Khatik Road
700047 Naktala
700048 Shreebhumi
700049 Nimta
700050 Sinthee
700051 Birati
700052 Calcutta Airport
700053 New Alipore
700054 Kankurgachi
700055 Bangur Avenue
700056 Belghoria
700057 Ariadaha
700058 Kamarhati
700059 Deshbandhu Nagar
700060 Parnasree Pally
700061 Sarsoona
700062 W.B. Governor's Camp
700063 Thakurpukur
700064 Salt Lake
700065 Rabindranagar
700066 Bidhangarh
700067 Ultadanga Main Road
700068 Jodhpur Park
700069 Esplanade
700070 Bansdroni
700071 Middleton Row
700072 Prinsep Street
700073 Chittaranjan Avenue
700074 Motijheel
700075 Santoshpur
700076 Dakshineshwar
700077 Bediapara
700078 Haltu
700079 Italgacha
700080 Mall Road
700081 Rajbari Colony
700082 Haridebpur
700083 Nandan Nagar
700084 Garia
700085 K G Bose Sarani
700086 Bagha Jatin
700087 New Market
700088 Brace Bridge
700089 Lake Town
700090 Nawpara
700091 Sech Bhavan
700092 Regent Estate
700093 Purba Putiary
700094 Panchasayar
700095 Golf Green
700096 Brahmapur
700097 Duttabad Cluster
700098 S.A.I. Complex (Salt Lake)
700099 Kalikapur
700100 V.I.P. Nagar
700101 Prafulla Kanan
700102 Krishnapur
700103 Narendrapur
700104 Joka
700105 Dhapa
700106 Bidhannager IB Market
700107 East Kolkata Township
700108 Indian Statistical Institute
700109 Agarpara
700110 Sodepur
700111 Ghola Bazar
700112 Pansila
700113 Natagarh
700114 Panihati
700115 Sukchar
700116 Balaram Dharma Sopan
700117 Khardah
700118 Rahara
700119 Titagarh
700120 Barrackpore H.O
700121 Nilgunj Bazar
700122 Nona Chandanpukur
700123 Talpukur
700124 Barasat H.O
700125 Noapara
700126 Navapally
700127 Hridaypur
700128 Badu
700129 Madhyamgram
700130 Madhyamgram Bazar
700131 New Barrackpore
700132 Ganganagar
700133 Michael Nagar
700134 Nilachal
700135 Rajarhat
700136 Rajarhat Gopalpur
700137 Budge Budge
700138 Pujali
700139 Vivekananda Pally
700140 Batanagar
700141 Maheshtala
700142 Santoshpur (Maheshtala)
700143 Sarkarpool
700144 Baruipur H.O
700145 Malancha Mahinagar
700146 Kodalia
700147 Subhasgram
700148 Harinavi
700149 Rajpur
700150 Sonarpur
700151 Dakshin Jagatdal
700152 Panchpota
700153 Laskarpur
700154 Boral
700155 Abdalpur
700156 New Town Rajarhat
700157 Hatiara