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Encyclopedia > Kolkata District

Kolkata is an administrative district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It contains part of the city of Kolkata and also some parts of the districts of North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas. The area is under the administration of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Its capital, the city of Kolkata one of the largest and important Indian cities. West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Poshchim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... Kolkata (Bangla: কলকাতা; formerly known as Calcutta) is the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... North 24 Parganas is a district of West Bengal, India. ... South 24 Parganas is an important district of West-Bengal. ... Kolkata Municipal Corporation (formerly Calcutta Municipal Corporation)s responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Kolkata. ... Kolkata (Bangla: কলকাতা; formerly known as Calcutta) is the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal. ...


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Districts of West Bengal
Bankura | Bardhaman | Birbhum | Cooch Behar | Darjeeling | North Dinajpur | South Dinajpur | Hooghly | Howrah | Jalpaiguri | Kolkata | Malda | Midnapore East | Midnapore West | Murshidabad | Nadia | North 24 Parganas | South 24 Parganas | Purulia

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Kolkata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4620 words)
The east-to-west dimension of the city is narrow, stretching from the Hooghly River in the west to roughly the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in the east, a span of roughly 5 km to 6 km.
Almost all of Kolkata's daily refuse of 2500 tonnes is transported to the dumping grounds in Dhapa to the east of the town.
According to the 2001 census, 77.68% of the population in Kolkata is Hindu, 20.27% Muslim and 0.88% Christian.
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