Kolkata district

Kolkata district

Kolkata is an administrative district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It contains the center part of the city of Kolkata. The jurisdiction of the KolkataCollector, that is, of the district, is within the areas covered by the Kolkata Police and by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, but it does not cover the entire area covered by either of them. See Civic administration of Kolkata.

As regards civic infrastructure (water, sewage, etc.), the area of Kolkata District is under the administration of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. But other parts of the city's (that is, the KMC's) area, and of the city's suburban areas, belong to the districts of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia.

Kolkata District is bordered by Howrah District, North 24 Parganas Districtand South 24 Parganas District.

The office of the Kolkata Collector is in B.B.D. Bag, north of the General Post Office.

ee also

*Kolkata metropolitan area

External links

* [http://www.wbgov.com/E-gov/English/MapOfState/Districtmaps/Kolkata.html Map of Kolkata district]


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