Thursday, March 29, 2007

Maps of Kolkata

Calcutta or Kolkata (the official name for the past five years), with a population in the metro area of about 13 million people, is the third largest city in India, behind Mumbai (Bombay) and Delhi. The city straddles the Hoogli (also sometimes spelled Hugle) River between the Bay of Bengal and India's sacred Ganges River.

Calcutta Web has a series of good street maps of the city available online:

· North Calcutta

· NE Calcutta

· North Central Calcutta (Entali to Bagbazar)

· South Calcutta (Tollygunge to Park Street)

· South Calcutta (Garia to Jodhpur Park)

· Far South Calcutta (the Jadavpur area)

· Far South Calcutta (Behala, Thakurpukur)

· East Calcutta (Kasba, Tiljala, Kankurgachi)

· West Calcutta (Khidderpore)

· Howrah

· Salt Lake (Bidhan Nagar)

Some other good maps of the various West Bengal District:

· 24 Parganas (South)

· 24 Parganas (North)

· Bankura

· Bardhaman

· Birbhum

· Cooch Behar

· Darjeeling

· Dakshin Dinajpur (South)

· Uttar Dinajpur (North)

· Hoogli

· Howrah

· Jalpaiguri

· Maldah

· Medinipur

· Murshidabad

· Nadia

· Purulia

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