Kolkata AI Report

Date: January 27, 2026

Kolkata city, located in West Bengal, has 4.8% of the state's population. It produces 5.6% of State's Rice production and 3.4% of State's Potatoes production. Some famous historical and cultural landmarks include Fort William and Indian Museum, Kolkata, established in 1814, is the oldest and the largest[2] museum in Asia. It has a collection of 22,00,000 plus artifacts.[3]. The city has famous religious sites Birla Mandir, Basri Shah Mosque, and Bauddha Dharmankur Sabha, Kolkata are some of the religious sites. The city has an airport named Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, located 8 Km away.

Kolkata is the 8th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Kolkata District in West Bengal State. Kolkata District is ranked 79th in population and 744th in area across India.

Kolkata # of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)   में 768 शहरों/जिलों में से 1st सर्वश्रेष्ठ रैंक पर है। This implies that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

The average Bengali Script   of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 13153. Kolkata is the 1st highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts.This indicates a high pool of literate bengali population compared to other cities.

Kolkata # of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)   में 768 शहरों/जिलों में से 2nd सर्वश्रेष्ठ रैंक पर है। This implies that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021) # of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)
Bengali Script Bengali Script
# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021) # of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)

Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022) Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)
City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025) City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)
No  of Nurses No of Nurses
Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022) Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)

The Average Number of Missing Persons (NO, NCRB 2022)   of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 285. Kolkata is the 1st worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

Kolkata, City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)   में 768 शहरों/जिलों में से 609th सबसे खराब रैंक पर है। This indicates lower facebook IDs in FB Advertising module for this town vis a vis other towns.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Kolkata is the 512th worst ranked in No of Nurses   . This implies that the health infrastructure in this district is inferior to that of other districts.

Kolkata, Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)   में 768 शहरों/जिलों में से 430th सबसे खराब रैंक पर है। This implies lower literate district population in comparison to other districts.


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LANGUAGES
City (District Capitals)/DHQ

नोट:

  • 1. Bengali   :   2,763,291
  • 2. Hindi   :   1,027,137
  • 3. Urdu   :   586,234

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 3

Reach-o-Meter

BASIC DETAILS

City (District Capitals)/DHQ
Population   :
:
4,496,694
City (District Capitals)/DHQ
Population (Rank)  
:
8th
District
Area (km2)  
:
206
District
Area (Rank)
:
744th
No.of Towns  
in District
: 1
No. of Villages  
in District
: 0