Kolkata
India
- Population, 2025
- 22.6 million
- Projected, 2050
- 23.8 million+5.4%
- World rank
- #92000: #5 → 2050: #10
- Urban area
- 2,329 km²
- Density
- 9,682people/km²
- Built-up area per resident
- 15 m²
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30Asia/Kolkata · +1.5 h vs Tbilisi
- Distance from Tbilisi
- 4,554 km
Weather in Kolkata
Kolkata
24°
Clear
Today: ↑31° ↓23°
Pressure 1010 hPaVisibility 7.4 km
24-hour forecast
Air quality
94
Bad
- PM2.5
- 123.9µg/m³
- PM10
- 130.4µg/m³
- NO₂
- 23.4µg/m³
- O₃
- 84µg/m³
7-day forecast
- Today23°31°0%
- Sun23°31°0%
- Mon22°32°4%
- Tue24°35°49%, 3.3 mm
- Wed24°31°77%, 13.8 mm
- Thu24°25°91%, 33.6 mm
- Fri24°29°80%, 13.2 mm
Feels like
27°Humidity
77%Wind
5km/h349° Ngust 10 km/hUV index
7HighPrecipitation
0%Sunrise
05:37Sunrise 05:37Sunset 17:04
Updated 02:45 · Open-Meteo
Population 1975–2050
Thousands of people; 2030–2050 are UN projections.
- 197510,528
- 198011,830
- 198513,235
- 199014,841
- 199516,321
- 200018,355
- 200519,462
- 201020,487
- 201521,295
- 202022,049
- 202522,550
- 203023,033
- 203523,450
- 204023,645
- 204523,787
- 205023,768
Getting around
57 metro stations inside the urban area (OpenStreetMap).
- Kolkata Metro: 2 lines, 39 km, opened 1984.
Airports
CCU · 13 km
Currency: INR (₹)
- 1 INR = 0.0274 GEL
- 1 USD = 94.94 INR
Official National Bank of Georgia rate.
Landmarks in Kolkata
Most notable first, from OpenStreetMap.
- Howrah Bridge
- ভিক্টোরিয়া মেমোরিয়াল হল · Queen's Way 1
- Birla Industrial & Technological Museum · Gurusaday Datta Road ballygaunge 19A beck bagan
- Centre for International Modern Art
- Furfura Sharif
- Indian Museum · Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Park Street 27
- Jorasanko Thakur Bari · Rabindra Sarani 246D
- Mother's Wax Museum · Biswa Bangla Sarani
- Netaji Bhavan
- Science City · J.B.S. Haldane Avenue
- St. Olav's Danish Church
- The Great Banyan Tree
- Abanindranath Tagore's Baganbari · Grand Trunk Road 62/A
- Carey Museum
- Job Charnock’s Mausoleum
- Kolkata Police Museum
- Lascar War Memorial
- Museum of Bengal Modern Arts
- Raja Rammohun Roy Memorial Museum
- Shaheed Minar
- Ahuja Museum for Arts · Lee ROad (OC Ganguly Street) 26
- Banking Museum
- Black Hole of Calcutta
- Chinese Alms House
- Harrington Street Arts Centre
- Howrah Junction Railway Station
- Komagata Maru Shaheed Ganj
- Large palm houss
- Old Jewish Girls’ School
- Vijay Durg
- Achipur Chinese Temple
- Amar Mishtanna Bhandar
- Ashapurna Devi's Ancestral House, Gupta Bari Begampur · Gupta Bari
- Bank of Bengal Historic Building
- Bengal Village
- Bishnuram Chakraborty’s 18th C. Temples
- Clock tower · CIT Road 1914e
- Datta Ancestral Home - Birthplace of Vivekananda
- Durga Museum (Maa Phire Elo) · Lake Garden Road
- Eastern Railway Museum
- Film Memorabilia Display Museum চলচ্চিত্র সংগ্রহ প্রদর্শন কে
- Gallery Sanskriti
- Gandhi Bhawan
- Greek Orthodox Cemetery
- Guard house
- House of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- Indira Gandhi Statue
- Khadi Pratishtan
- Lake Town Clock Tower
Metro stations
Nearest to the centre first.
Mahakaran · Central · Chandni Chowk · Howrah · Mahatma Gandhi Road · Esplanade (Line 1) · Girish Park · Howrah Maidan · Park Street · Sealdah · Shobhabazar Sutanuti · Maidan · Shyambazar · Rabindra Sadan · Phoolbagan · Netaji Bhavan · Belgachia · Bengal Chemical · Salt Lake Stadium · Jatin Das Park · City Centre · Barun Sengupta · Beleghata · Kalighat · Dum Dum · Ritwik Ghatak · Majerhat · Central Park · Nalban Metro Station · VIP Bazar · Karunamoyee · Rabindra Sarobar · Salt Lake Sector V · Taratala · Noapara (Yellow Line) · Hemanta Mukhopadhyay · Dakshineshwar · Mahanayak Uttam Kumar · Baranagar · Behala Bazar · Dum Dum Cantonment · Kavi Sukanta · Jyotirindra Nandi · Behala Chowrasta · Netaji · Jessore Road · Satyajit Roy · Masterda Surya Sen · Sakher Bazar · Jai Hind · Gitanjali · Kavi Subhash (Orange Line) · Kavi Nazrul · mothers wax museum · Shahid Khudiram · Thakurpukur · Joka
FAQ
What is the population of Kolkata?
Kolkata has 22.6 million people in its urban area in 2025 — #9 in the world. The UN projects 23.8 million by 2050.
What time zone is Kolkata in?
Asia/Kolkata, UTC+5:30. +1.5 h vs Tbilisi.
Does Kolkata have a metro?
57 metro stations inside the urban area (OpenStreetMap). Kolkata Metro: 2 lines, 39 km, opened 1984.
What landmarks are in Kolkata?
Landmarks mapped in OpenStreetMap include Howrah Bridge, ভিক্টোরিয়া মেমোরিয়াল হল, Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Centre for International Modern Art, Furfura Sharif, Indian Museum, Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Mother's Wax Museum, Netaji Bhavan, Science City.
How far is Kolkata from Tbilisi?
About 4,554 km in a straight line (great-circle distance).