Kolkata - Kolkata

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Kolkata (Bengal tili: কলকাতা, Hind: कोलकता) (ilgari Kalkutta) ning poytaxti hisoblanadi G'arbiy Bengal va eng yirik shahar aglomeratsiyalaridan biri Hindiston. Bu Sharqiy Hindistondagi eng katta shahar. Kolkata - bu shubhasiz mehmonni hayratga soladigan va maftun qiladigan "sizning yuzingizda" shahar. Uzoq vaqt davomida Hindistonning madaniy poytaxti sifatida tanilgan va Bengal Uyg'onish davri deb atalmish "Quvonch shahri" (sobriket shaharning qashshoqlik va korrupsiyaga qarshi kurashiga bag'ishlangan shu nomdagi roman nashr etilgandan keyin yanada mashhur bo'ldi Dominik Lapiere; keyinchalik Roland Joffe filmida suratga olingan) shoirlar, yozuvchilar, kinorejissyorlar va Nobel mukofoti sovrindorlarining avlodlarini tug'dirishda davom etmoqda. Agar sizning sayohatingiz Hindistonning bir yoki ikkita metropoliten shaharlariga tashrif buyurishga imkon bersa, unda albatta Kalkuttani marshrutingizga joylashtirish haqida o'ylang. Kolkata, shubhasiz, Hindistonning ijtimoiy, madaniy va siyosiy jihatdan ilg'or shaharlaridan biridir. Uni seving yoki yomon ko'rasiz, albatta "Quvonch shahri" ni unutmaysiz.

Tumanlar

Kolkata tumanlari
 Kolkata / Markaziy Kolkata
Ilgari mustamlaka posh okrugi Oq shahar deb tanilgan, chunki bu erda ko'plab evropaliklar yashagan. U hanuzgacha markaziy biznes va ma'muriy hudud bo'lib, Kolkataning yuragi hisoblanadi. Tuzilgan Esplanade, Chowringhee, Park Street, Mirza Galiib ko'chasi (Bepul maktab ko'chasi), Dalhousie maydoni (B.B.D. Bag), Chandni Chowk, Barra bozori, Sudder ko'chasi, Entally, Sealdah, Maydan va Park Circus. U o'ziga xos tarixiy Kalikata qishlog'ining ayrim hududlarini o'z ichiga oladi, u erdan zamonaviy shahar o'z nomini oldi va rivojlandi.
 Janubiy Kolkata
Shaharning chiroyli va yangi qismi. Balligunge, Gariaxat, Bavanipur, Alipore, Chetla, Yangi Alipor, Xidderpore, Rash Behari, Tollygunge, Jadavpur, Santoshpur, Dakuriya, Behala, Garia, Golf Green, Barisha va boshqalarni qamrab oladi. .
 Janubiy chekkalar
Shaharning janubida tez qo'ziqorinli joylar. Maheshtala, Rajpur Sonarpur, Baripur, Joka, Pailan, Budge Budge, Narendrapur va boshqa yangi ishlanmalarni o'z ichiga oladi. Bu shaharning ancha kengayib borayotgan nisbatan yangi qismi.
 Shimoliy Kolkata
Shaharning qadimgi hududi, tor tumanlar va yuzlab asrlik binolar hukmron bo'lgan maftunkor tuman. Chitpur yo'li, Bagbazar, Belgachhia, Shyam bozori, Shova bozori, Maniktala, Jorasanko va Kollej ko'chasi hududini o'z ichiga oladi. Shuningdek, bu erda Kolkata stantsiyasi. Shimoliy Kolkata inglizlar davrida Qora shahar sifatida tanilgan, chunki u mahalliy aholi yashagan.
 Shimoliy chekkalar
Shaharning shimolidagi yirik sanoat zonasi Nayxati va Barasatga qadar cho'zilgan. Kashipur, Baranagar, Dakshineswar, Dumdum, Belgoriya, Xarda, Panihati, Titagar, Barackporeva Madhyamgram, bu erda bir qator fabrikalar, jumladan jut, qog'oz, paxta, ornament va kimyoviy moddalar mavjud. Dum Dum, shuningdek, ushbu tumanda aeroport, Metro Rail, Circular Rail va yer usti temir yo'llariga ega bo'lgan Kolkata shahrining asosiy aloqa markazidir.
 Sharqiy Kolkata
Tez sur'atlar bilan rivojlanayotgan, ayniqsa IT sohasi va bir nechta savdo markazlarining uyi. Tuzli Leyk Siti (Bidhan Nagar), Chinar bog'i, Rajarxat, Leyk-Taun va E.M. Ushbu hududda ko'plab besh yulduzli mehmonxonalar, istirohat bog'lari, turarjoy massivlari va texnoparklar qurilmoqda.
 Howrah
Bu alohida shahar bo'lsa-da, Xaura juda ko'p Kolkata metropolitanining bir qismidir va Xaura poezd stantsiyasi - siz Kolkata shahrining shimolida, janubida yoki g'arbiy qismida bog'lansangiz, u erga etib borasiz.

Tushuning

Tarix

Rajni eslatuvchi Viktoriya yodgorligi.

Kolkata tarixi 1690 yilda kelgan Britaniya Sharqiy Hindiston kompaniyasi va 1772 yilda Kalkutta poytaxtga aylangan Britaniya Hindistoni bilan chambarchas bog'liq. Job Charnock keng tarqalgan bo'lib Kalkuttaning asoschisi sifatida tanilgan. Sutanuti, Gobindopur va Kalikata nomli 3 ta qishloq bor edi. Keyinchalik Kalikata qishlog'i Kolkata shahriga aylandi. Ammo ba'zi hind tarixchilari bu da'voga qarshi chiqib, Kalkutta ma'lum vaqt ichida Kalighatdagi qadimiy Kali ibodatxonasi va Xidderpordagi portga asoslangan holda rivojlangan deb ta'kidlashmoqda.

Kelib chiqishi qanday bo'lishidan qat'i nazar, Kolkata 19-asrda, Rajning gullab-yashnashi davrida Britaniya Hindistonining poytaxti sifatida gullab-yashnagan. Kalkutta universiteti, bu erda birinchi zamonaviy hind universiteti 1857 yilda tashkil etilgan. Kalkutta hind san'ati va adabiyotining markaziga aylandi va mustaqillik uchun milliy harakat shu erda boshlandi. Biroq, 1911 yilda poytaxt Dehliga ko'chirilishi bilan, 1947 yilda Bengaliyaning bo'linishi, zo'ravon repressiv va feodal davlat mexanizmi, mustaqillikdan keyingi dastlabki yigirma yil davomida faoliyat ko'rsatgan, mafkuraviy motivatsiya bilan maoistik harakat (Naxalbari harakati) o'tgan asrning 70-yillarida, undan keyin marksistik hukmronlik shaharni hozirgi holatiga keltirdi.

Zamonaviy Kolkata

Kolkata sharqiy Hindistonning asosiy biznes, tijorat va moliyaviy markaziga aylandi. 1990-yillarning boshlarida Hindistondagi iqtisodiy liberallashuv 1990-yillarning oxirlarida Kolkata shahriga etib borishi bilan shaharning iqtisodiy boyliklari o'sdi. Kolkata - bu madaniy va kosmopolit shahar bo'lib, uning xilma-xilligi butun Hindiston, shuningdek, evropaliklar (nemislar, armanilar va boshqalarni o'z ichiga oladi) va boshqa osiyoliklar (xitoy, sinhal va tibetlarni o'z ichiga oladi). Kolkata Hindistonning eng yirik Chinatown uyi bo'lganligi bilan ham ajralib turadi, u erda oilalari bir necha avlodlar davomida Hindistonda yashagan ko'plab etnik xitoyliklar yashaydi.

1977 yilda kommunistik va marksistik partiyalarning "Chap front" koalitsiyasi hokimiyatga keldi va davlatni 34 yil davomida boshqarib turdi. Bu shaharning ko'cha nomlari va Lenin Sarani va Xoshimin Sarani kabi ismlar bilan yodgorliklarda aks etadi. Ushbu davrda pasttekis odamlarning turmush darajasini yaxshilashda amalga oshirilgan teng huquqli yondashuvlar shaharga boylik kamomadini bartaraf etish va qashshoqlikni kamaytirishda yordam berdi.

Iqtisodiyot

GK minorasi Camak ko'chasida joylashgan
Jadavpur yaqinida joylashgan "Siti Siti" savdo markazi - Kalkuttadagi eng yirik savdo markazlaridan biri

Kolkata zamonaviy infotech shaharga aylanib bormoqda, bu erda turli xil xususiy sektor kompaniyalari do'konlarini tashkil etmoqda. Shahar landshafti, shuningdek, ko'priklar, bog'lar va bir nechta yangi savdo korxonalari bilan tez o'zgarib turadi. Kolkata shahri Buyuk Kolkata shahridan tortib, uning chekkasiga qadar kengayib bordi Kalyani (Nadiya tumanida) shimoldan to Jaynagar Majilpur janubda (Janubiy 24 Parganas okrugida).

Shaharning boyligi 1990-yillarning boshidan boshlab, Hindiston iqtisodiyotining liberallashuvi davriga to'g'ri keldi. Uning iqtisodiyoti mamlakatda eng jadal rivojlanayotgan mamlakatlar qatoriga kiradi. Yangi metro shahri multiplekslar, teatrlar, klublar, pablar, qahvaxonalar va muzeylar kabi mashhur joylar bilan ajralib turadi.

Kalkutta ko'plab sanoat birliklari, yirik hind korporatsiyalarining uylari bo'lib, ularning assortimenti turlicha bo'lib, ular tarkibiga muhandislik mahsulotlari, elektronika, elektr jihozlari, kabellar, po'lat, charm, to'qimachilik, zargarlik buyumlari, fregatlar, avtomobillar, temir yo'l vagonlari va vagonlar kiradi.

Taratala, Uluberiya, Dankuni, Kasba va Xovra kabi bir qancha sanoat massivlari shahar aglomeratsiyasiga tarqaldi. Bantolada ulkan charm kompleksi paydo bo'ldi. Falta shahrida eksportni qayta ishlash zonasi tashkil etildi. Mamlakatdagi birinchi O'yinchoqlar bog'i va toshlar va zargarlik buyumlari parki kabi ixtisoslashtirilgan qurilmalar ham tashkil etildi.

Kolkata shuningdek, IT (Axborot texnologiyalari) sohasi uchun yirik markazga aylana boshlaydi. Rajarxatda Yangi shahar tashkil topishi va Tuz ko'li Sektori-V kengaytirilishi bilan Kolkata tez sur'atlar bilan IT-shaharga aylanmoqda.

Geografiya

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Kolkata Hindistonning sharqiy qismida joylashgan va Xogli daryosi bo'yida tarqalgan.

Kolkata munitsipal korporatsiyasi 185 km² maydonga ega. Shaharni Tereza Sarani (inglizlar hukmronligi davrida Park Street deb nom olgan) bo'ylab ikki qismga bo'lish mumkin. Park ko'chasining shimolida shaharning eng zich joylashgan qismi joylashgan. Park ko'chasining janubi shaharning biroz yaxshiroq rejalashtirilgan qismidir. Kolkata janubi kengroq yo'llar va qonun va tartibni saqlash uchun yaxshi jihozlangan politsiya bilan rejalashtirilgan. Janubiy Kalkutada yaxshiroq rejalashtirish, chunki u ancha keyin qurilgan. Shimol haqiqiy, eski Kolkata va eng qadimgi oilalar va binolarning aksariyati u erda joylashgan. So'nggi bir necha yil ichida shahar janubga va sharqqa kengayib bordi.

Qadimgi Markaziy Biznes Tuman (CBD) G'arbiy Bengal hukumati joylashgan joy va boshqa ko'plab davlat idoralari. B.B.D atrofida bir nechta banklarning korporativ yoki mintaqaviy shtab-kvartiralari mavjud. Bagh hududi (G'arbiy Bengaliyadagi Raj hukumatining epitsentri bo'lgan Yozuvchi binosiga majburan kirib kelgan inqilobchilar Binoy, Badol va Dinesh nomi bilan atalgan. Kalkuttaning ko'plab eski biznes guruhlari bu erda o'zlarining asosiy ofislariga ega. Hudud bu erda juda ko'p qavatli ofis bloklari va mustamlaka binolari.

Yangi CBD Park Street, Camac Street va AJC Bose Road janubida. Chatterjee International Center, Tata Center, Everest House, Industry House, CGO Building kabi Kolkataning eng baland savdo binolari, shu jumladan bir necha baland qavatli ofis bloklari joylashgan. Endi Tuz ko'li va aeroport o'rtasida joylashgan Rajarhat (Newtown) hududida yangi CBD o'rnatilmoqda.

Maydan (ochiq maydonni nazarda tutadi) Gang daryosi va J.L.Neru yo'li (yoki Chowringhi) o'rtasida joylashgan. Bu Kolkataning o'pkasi deb aytilgan. Yam-yashil o'tloqda shuningdek, Viktoriya yodgorligi, Eden bog'lari va bir nechta sport klublari joylashgan. Kolkatanlar shunchaki Maydonda sayr qilishni yaxshi ko'radilar.

Asosiy shahardagi tirbandlikni bartaraf etish maqsadida ko'plab hukumat idoralari Bidhan Nagar (Tuz ko'li) markaziy bog'i yonida joylashgan ko'p qavatli ofis binolariga o'tdilar.

Uy-joy binolari asosan kam qavatli bo'lib, eski mustamlaka binolari va ko'plab yangi to'rt qavatli uylardan iborat. Kolkata janubida 10 dan 12 qavatli ko'p qavatli uylar paydo bo'ldi. Shahar ko'p qavatli qurilish qoidalarini yumshatdi va 20 qavatli binolar odatiy holga aylanib bormoqda. Sharqiy Hindistonning eng baland turar joy minoralari, Janubiy Siti shahrining 35 qavatli to'rtta minorasi shahzoda Anvar Shoh yo'lida.

Sharqiy Metropolitan Bypassasi bo'ylab og'ir qurilish ishlari shahar qiyofasini o'zgartirmoqda. Hashamatli mehmonxonalar, anjumanlar markazi, ixtisoslashtirilgan shifoxonalar, kondominyum majmualari, savdo markazlari va multiplekslar tez sur'atlarda rivojlanmoqda. Shaharning sharqiy qismida kengayishiga, yaxshi rejalashtirilgan Bidhan Nagarga tutash bo'lgan "Yangi shahar" deb nomlangan katta shahar qurilishi boshlandi. Rajarxat shahrida joylashgan bu Hindistondagi eng yirik rejalashtirilgan shahar qurilishlaridan biridir. Shahar aglomeratsiyasining e'tiborsiz qolgan g'arbiy tomoni Indoneziyaning Kolkata G'arbiy Xalqaro Siti (KWIC) ni qurish bo'yicha Chiputra kompaniyasi bilan shartnoma imzolanishi bilan faollashdi. Yana bir ulkan yangi shaharcha Dankuni shahridagi taklif holatida.

Kambag'al uylar va eskirgan inshootlar shaharning ko'plab cho'ntaklarida mavjud va shahar aholisining 25 foizidan ko'prog'ini o'z ichiga oladi (Aholini ro'yxatga olish 2001). Kambag'allarni qayta qurish sxemalari hayot sharoitlarini biroz yaxshilanishiga yordam berdi, ammo bu sohada yaxshilanish uchun juda katta imkoniyatlar mavjud. Kambag'al shahar aholisini yangi ishlanmalarga o'tkazish harakatlari ko'pincha qarshilik va muvaffaqiyatsizlikka uchragan, chunki ko'pchilik uy-joylar shaharning eng yaxshi joylarida joylashgan va mahallaning ijtimoiy tuzilmasiga qo'shilib ketgan uy-joy aholisi o'zgarishni istamaydi.

Kolkata shahridagi ko'plab yo'llarda ikkita nom mavjud: mahalliy aholi tomonidan keng qo'llaniladigan eski mustamlaka nomi va mustaqillikdan keyin rasmiy yangi nom, uni xaritalarda va yo'l belgilarida ko'rasiz.

Iqlim

Kolkata ustidagi musson bulutlari.

Kolkata uchta asosiy faslga ega: yoz, musson va qish. Yoz, mart-may oylarida, issiq va nam, harorat 38-42 ° S ga teng. Musson iyun oyida boshlanadi va sentyabr yoki oktyabrgacha davom etadi. Bu paytlarda kuchli yomg'irlar ba'zida bir nechta joylarda suv bosishiga olib keladi. Qish noyabrdan fevralgacha. Bu shaharga tashrif buyurish uchun eng yaxshi mavsum, chunki havo harorati 8 dan 20 ° gacha o'zgarib turadi.

Vaqt

Kolkata GMT soat 5:30 da joylashgan.

Chiqinglar

Samolyotda

Kolkata aeroportining integral terminalining Skyview
  • 1 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose xalqaro aeroporti (CCU IATA, Dum Dum aeroporti, hk. সুভাষচন্দ্র বসু আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর), Jessor yo'li (shahar markazidan taxminan 18 km uzoqlikda. Bor oldindan to'lanadigan taksi variant (₹ 150-250). Shaharga kirish uchun davlat konditsioner avtobuslari mavjud. Arzonroq va muammosiz, va sizni oxirgi manzilingizga etkazish uchun shahar markazining istalgan joyida taksida yurishingiz mumkin, siz xavotirlanishga hojat yo'q. Ammo, agar siz band bo'lgan soatlarda kelayotgan bo'lsangiz, sizni to'g'ridan-to'g'ri manzilingizga olib boradigan oldindan to'langan taksini olganingiz ma'qul. Bundan tashqari, aeroportdan Ola va Uber kabi dasturiy ta'minot xizmatlari mavjud. Avtobuslar ichki terminalning kirish eshigi tashqarisida to'xtab turishgan. Xalqaro sayohatchilar o'z terminallaridan 800 m masofada pastga tushishlari kerak edi. Xalqaro terminaldan chiqishda chapga buriling va ichki terminal tomon yurishda davom eting. Sizni avtobuslar endi yurmaydi, deb ishontirib aytadigan taksilarning takliflariga yo'l qo'ymang.), 91 33 2511 8036, faks: 91 33 2511 9266, . Xalqaro terminalda aeroportdagi xizmatlar: gazeta do'koni, Duty Free do'koni, kiyim-kechak do'koni, kofe do'koni va musiqiy do'kon. Ichki terminalda: bir nechta hunarmandchilik do'konlari, gazeta do'koni, tibbiy do'kon, shirinliklar do'koni, florist. Yo'lovchilar uchun qulayliklar: vagonlar, qo'riqlash joyidagi telefon, nogironlar aravachasi, tibbiy ko'rik xonasi, bolalar parvarishi xonasi, jismoniy imkoniyati cheklanganlarga yordam berish, terminallararo avtobus xizmati, aeroport pochtasi. telefon 91 33 2511 8787, 91 33 39874987 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (Q388535) on Wikidata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Wikipedia

Poyezdda

Hoogli daryosidan ko'rinib turganidek, Howrah stantsiyasi

Kolkata temir yo'l orqali Hindistonning deyarli barcha yirik stantsiyalari bilan yaxshi bog'langan va shu bilan birga eshik sifatida xizmat qiladi Shimoliy-Sharqiy Hindiston. Bundan tashqari, ikkita xalqaro poezd bor Bangladesh, Maitree Express Kalkutani poytaxt bilan bog'laydi Dakka haftasiga uch marta va Bandhan Express dan ishlaydi Xulna haftasiga bir marta. Poezd vaqtini va chiptalarni tekshiring Hindiston temir yo'llari.

  • 2 Howrah Junction temir yo'l stantsiyasi (হাওড়া জংশন রেলওয়ে স্টেশন) (Hooghly daryosi bo'ylab Esplanade tuman.). Bu Kolkata shahrida emas, balki unga qo'shni shaharda Howrah, Hooghly daryosining g'arbiy qirg'og'ida. Howrah - Hindistondagi eng katta temir yo'l majmuasi, kuniga 600 dan ortiq poezdlar keladi. Howrah stantsiyasida 26 ta platforma mavjud. Sharqiy temir yo'lning mahalliy poezdlari asosan 1-9 platformaga, Janubiy Sharqiy temir yo'l mahalliy poezdlari 17-23 platformalariga etib kelishadi, qolgan platformalar uzoq masofali poyezdlar uchun ishlatiladi. 17 dan 26 gacha bo'lgan platformalar asl binoning janubida joylashgan yangi majmuada joylashgan. Yo'lovchilar uchun asosiy kompleks va platformalar o'rtasida ulkan yopiq kutish maydoni mavjud. Bundan tashqari yotoqxona, bitta xonali va ikki kishilik xonali Yatri Nivas (temir yo'l sayohatchilar turar joyi) mavjud. Platformalar bo'ylab harakatlanadigan qatnov qismlari yo'lovchilarni temir yo'l bo'linmalari yoniga tushirishga imkon beradi - bu mamlakatning eng yirik stantsiyalari orasida noyob inshootdir. To'g'ridan-to'g'ri Xovrahga qarab paromlar (₹ 5) sizni daryoning narigi tomoniga Babu Ghat yoki Fairlie Place ga olib borishi mumkin. Esplanade bu erdan siz taksidan tortib jamoat avtobuslariga va rikshavlarga qadar boshqa transport vositalarini tashkillashtirishingiz mumkin. Howrah Junction railway station (Q986105) on Wikidata Howrah Junction railway station on Wikipedia

Mahalliy poezdlar

  • Sharqiy temir yo'l Hasnabad, Bongaon, Gede, Krishnanagar, Budge Budge, Konservalash, Diamond Harbor, Namxana, Tarakeswar, Katwa, Bardxaman Markaziy, Shimoliy va Shimoliy-Sharqiy Hindistonga ko'plab oraliq stantsiyalar va pochta / tezyurar poezdlar.
  • Janubi-Sharqiy temir yo'l Amta, Mecheda, Panskura, Tamluk, Xaldiya, Kanti, Medinipur va Xaragpur; Markaziy, G'arbiy va Janubiy Hindistonga pochta / tezyurar poezdlar.

Boshqa temir yo'l stantsiyalari

Sealdah stantsiyasida DEMU poezdi
  • 3 Sealdah temir yo'l stantsiyasi, Bepin Behari Ganguli ko'chasi, Sealdah. Nogironlar / nogironlar uchun kirish. 19 ta platforma mavjud. Hech qachon yaqin taksistondagi taksini yollamang, chunki ular taksiga yuqori narxlarni so'rashadi. Shaharga kirish uchun oldindan to'langan taksilar mavjud. Oldindan to'lanadigan taksi bekati asosiy kirish eshigi yonida. Hisoblagich qalay ombori ostida. Sealdah Junction railway station (Q3347406) on Wikidata Sealdah railway station on Wikipedia
  • 4 Kolkata temir yo'l stantsiyasi (Kolkata Chitpur temir yo'l terminusi, Bengali: চিতপুর), Belgachi (Avtobuslar: K1 (Kolkata stantsiyasi -Ultadanga - Yangi shahar -unitech) taxminan o'n daqiqa oralig'ida; 007 (Makrampur - Kolkata stantsiyasi Temata, Sonarpur stantsiyasi, Kamalgazi, Garia, Patuli, Hiland bog'i, Mukundapur, Kalikapur, Ruby kasalxonasi, Science City, Chingrighata, E.M. Bypass, Ultadanga, Khanna, Shyambazar); JM2 (Malancha - Harinavi, Rajpur, Kamalgazi, Dhalai ko'prigi, Patuli, Xiland bog'i, Mukundapur, Kalikapur, Rubi kasalxonasi, Science City, Chingrighata, E.M. Bypass, Ultadanga, Khanna, Shyambazar orqali Kolkata stantsiyasi); agar siz atigi 8 daqiqadan 10 daqiqagacha yuradigan RG Kar Tibbiyot kolleji va Hopital yaqiniga etib borsangiz, sizga turli marshrutlar bo'ylab minglab avtobuslar qatnaydi.). Sealda stantsiyasida to'xtagan bir qator poezdlarni qabul qiladi. Stantsiya Sealdah-Ranaghat liniyasi bilan bog'langan va Sharqiy temir yo'l tomonidan Bandel, Kalyani Simanta, Gede, Shantipur, Krishnanagar, Dankuni, Kolkata aeroporti, Bongaon, Hasnabad va boshqalarga boradigan poezdlar uchun xizmat ko'rsatiladi. Shahar atrofidagi poezdlar soni shaharlararo poyezdlarga qaraganda kamroq. Ushbu stantsiya ko'plab uzoq masofali tezyurar poezdlarni, shu jumladan ikki juft Garibrat ekspresini va bitta uzoq masofali yo'lovchi poezdini - Lalgola Passengerni boshqaradi. Vokzalda Xalqaro poezd ham bor. The Maitree Express, Kolkata bilan to'g'ridan-to'g'ri aloqani ta'minlaydi Dakka, poytaxti Bangladesh. Beshta platforma mavjud, ular orasida 1 & 2 platformasidan faqat shahar atrofi poezdlari, 3, 4 va 5 platformalaridan esa uzoq masofali poyezdlar foydalanadilar. Xizmatlar: Poezdlarni ulashni kutayotgan yo'lovchilar foydalanishi uchun kutish xonalari va pensiya xonalari mavjud. Bundan tashqari, stantsiya tashqarisida taksi stantsiyasi va avtobus bekati mavjud. Kolkata railway station (Q6427323) on Wikidata Kolkata railway station on Wikipedia
  • 5 Santragachi temir yo'l stantsiyasi, Santragachi Station Rd, Santragachi, Howrah (taksi stantsiyalari va avtobus stendlari mavjud va ushbu hududni Netaji Subhash Chandra xalqaro aeroportiga ulash uchun Volvo avtobus xizmati mavjud.). Oltita platforma mavjud. Xizmat qiladi mahalliy poezdlar Amta, Mexeda, Panskura, Xaldiya, Kanti, Medinipur va Xaragpurga. Santragachi stantsiyasidan Ajmer, Porbandar va Nandedagacha bir nechta poezdlar va Santalagachidan boshlab Mangalore Central tomon harakatlanadigan Vivek Express. Bu erda asosan Howrah / Shalimar yo'nalishidagi ekspress / pochta poezdlari to'xtaydi.
  • Shalimar temir yo'l stantsiyasi : Bu Kolkata tashqarisida kichik EMU poezdlari va ozgina Ekspress poezdlarini boshqaradigan kichik temir yo'l stantsiyasi (Howrah stantsiyasiga nisbatan).
  • 6 Eden bog'lari temir yo'l stantsiyasi, Strand Rd, Kolkata-700001 (Pier 'Outram Ghat', 100 m - Babughat avtobus terminusi 200 m - Esplanade metro stantsiyasi 1,3 km). Kolkata shahar atrofi temir yo'lining Kolkata Riverview yo'nalishida Xidderpore, Nayxati, Chitpur, Majerxat va boshqalar bilan to'g'ridan-to'g'ri bog'lanishni ta'minlaydi va faqat mahalliy DAÜ xizmatlarini taqdim etadi. Eden Gardens railway station (Q5336850) on Wikidata Eden Gardens railway station on Wikipedia

Avtobusda

Esplanade avtovokzali

Bangladeshdan, Kolkata va ko'plab avtobus variantlari mavjud Bangladesh. Eng keng tarqalgan usul - bu qulay avtobuslar Dakka orqali Kalkutaga Xaridaspur / Benapol chegara posti. Xususiy avtobus kompaniyalari Shohagh, Yashil chiziq,Shyamoli va boshqalar ushbu yo'nalishda kunlik avtobus qatnovlarini amalga oshiradilar. Hukumat. avtobuslar davlat hukumati yorlig'i ostida ishlaydi. West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation Limited (WBSTCL) va Bangladesh avtotransport korporatsiyasi (BRTC). WBSTCL va BRTC avtobuslari Kalkuttadan har seshanba, payshanba va shanba kunlari soat 5:30 va 8:30 va 12:30 da, Dakadan esa dushanba, chorshanba va juma kunlari soat 7:00 va 7:30 da jo'naydilar. Oddiy sayohat vaqti 12 soat atrofida bo'lib, bir tomonga harakatlanish narxi 550 yoki 600-800 ga teng Bangladesh takasi. Agar siz faqat yo'l olgan bo'lsangiz Xaridaspur tarif narxi ₹ 86 (2½ soat). The Shyamoli Paribahan chiptaxona Marquis St 6/1 (Sudder ko'chasiga parallel va undan bir blok janubda, va Mirza G'olib ko'chasining g'arbiy qismida, DHL yonida), 2252 0693. Ushbu hudud atrofidagi bir nechta sayyohlik agentliklari ham ushbu avtobuslarga chiptalarni sotishadi, lekin juda oshirilgan narxlarda. Chegarada Hindiston tomonida pulni almashtirish yaxshidir, lekin uni yaxshilab hisoblang va kalkulyatoridagi matematikani qayta tekshiring. Bangladesh tomonida chegara orqasida bir nechta avtobus stendlari mavjud yoki siz oldinga sayohat qilish uchun avtobus stantsiyasiga 2 km masofani bosib o'tishingiz uchun 5 taka uchun tekis karavotli velosiped-rikshovni qo'lga kiritishingiz mumkin, yoki kutishingiz mumkin hech bo'lmaganda yarim yo'lni kuzatib borishga umidvor bo'lgan riksha-vallahlar.

Bangladesh orqali Sharqiy Hindistondan. Bangladesh orqali Sharqiy Hindistondagi ba'zi nuqtalarga avtobus qatnovi tezroq (Bangladeshga kirish uchun, shuningdek, Hindistonga qayta kirish uchun vizalar talab qilinadi). Agar siz Sharqiy Hindistondagi (masalan, Tripura) Bangladeshdan tashqaridagi punktlarga boradigan bo'lsangiz, unda muntazam avtobus qatnovi mavjud Dakka va Agartala, Hindiston poytaxti Tripura davlat. Ikkita BRTC avtobusi har kuni Dakadan jo'nab ketmoqda va Tripura Road Transport Corporation transport vositalari bilan bog'lanib, haftasiga olti kun qatnaydigan yo'l haqi bilan 600 taka. Faqat bitta to'xtash mavjud Ashuganj sayohat paytida Bangladeshda. Qo'ng'iroq qiling 880 2 8360241 jadval uchun. Bangladesh orqali Shimoliy-Sharqiy Hindistonga boshqa kirish joylari Xili, Chilaxati / Xaldibari va Banglaband Shimoliy Bangladesh orqali chegara postlari va Tamabil / Dawki orasidagi marshrut uchun chegara posti Shillong (Megaleya) va Sylhet shimoliy-sharqiy Bangladeshda va boshqa ba'zi birlari shimoliy-sharqiy Hindiston mintaqalaridan kamroq ma'lum bo'lgan yo'nalishlarga ega. Shillong / Meghalaya-ga Kolkata-dan Dakka orqali avtobus qatnovlari mavjud bo'lmasligi mumkin bo'lsa-da, siz Sylhet orqali o'tadigan quruqlik yo'llari orqali, keyin Tamabil / Dawki chegara postlariga borishingiz mumkin. Tafsilotlar uchun avtobus xizmati peshtaxtalaridan so'rang.

  • 7 Esplanade avtobus terminusi, Rashmoniy shoh ko'chasi (Esplanade metro stantsiyasining yonida).

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Kolkata xaritasi

Taksida

Kolkata sariq elchi taksilari

Kolkata o'z yo'llarida ketayotgan sariq elchi taksilarining ko'pligi bo'lmasa, xuddi shunday ko'rinishga ega bo'lmaydi. Ular osongina mavjud, nisbatan arzon va hech bo'lmaganda nazariy jihatdan hisoblagichlardan foydalanadilar.

Biroq, Kolkata taksilari ba'zida uzoqroq joylarga borishdan bosh tortishadi (masalan, Behala, Bansdroni, Xovrah), ular qaytib kelayotganda yo'lovchilarni olmagan. Agar ular rozi bo'lsa, ular yuqori ish haqini talab qilishadi; bunday vaziyatga tayyor bo'ling. "Taksilar rad etilmaydi" deb nomlangan yangi taksilar paydo bo'ldi, ammo afsuski, bu taksilar ham farq qilmaydi. Ba'zi yangi taksilar konditsioner; odatda, ularning ustiga "Xuddi shu tarif" belgisi qo'yiladi. Bunday taksilarda konditsioner yoqilishini xohlasangiz, 25% qo'shimcha to'lov olinadi. Kalkuttada taksilarning ma'lum bir manzilga borishni so'rashdan bosh tortishi jinoyat hisoblanadi va ular jarimaga tortilishi mumkin, ammo agar siz haydovchiga politsiyaga shikoyat bilan tahdid qilsangiz, ular shunchaki shikoyat qilishingizni so'rashadi.

Uber va Ola kabi ilova asosida ishlaydigan xizmatlarning avtomashinalari osongina mavjud (tunu-kun), o'rtacha narxlari, qulayligi va fuqarolar tomonidan qabul qilingan.

Metro orqali

Kolkata metrosi - Hindistondagi eng qadimgi metro temir yo'lidir.

Kolkata's Metro temir yo'li Hindistondagi birinchi er osti temir yo'li edi. Bu Kolkata taqdim etadigan barcha transport vositalaridan eng tezkor, eng toza, eng ishonchli, kam odam bo'lgan (ammo hali ham olomon) va eng samarali transport vositasidir. Poyezdlar har 6-15 daqiqada harakatlanadi. Ular dushanbadan shanbagacha 7:00 dan 9:45 gacha va 10:00 dan 9:45 gacha ishlaydi. Yakshanba kuni. 1-chiziq shaharning shimoliy va janubini, Noaparadan (Baranagar) Yangi Gariyaga bog'laydi. Sharqiy-G'arbiy metro koridoriga kelsak, 1-bosqich Tuz ko'lining V sektoridan Tuzli-Leyk stadioniga Karunamoyee, Central Park, City Center, Bengal Chemicals orqali 20 daqiqada ishlaydi. Phool Bagan metro stantsiyasi 2020 yil oktyabr oyida ochilgan. Card-I yangi sayyohlik uchun aqlli kartalar taqdim etiladi. bir kunlik cheksiz sayohat uchun amal qiladi, Card-II. uch kun davomida. Bular haqida ko'proq ma'lumotni o'qing bu erda sharoit.

Tramvay orqali

"Kalkutta tramvay yo'llari" - bu butun Hindistondagi yagona tramvay xizmati va Osiyodagi eng qadimgi elektr tramvay tarmog'i. Shaharning ba'zi qismida ishdan chiqarilgan bo'lsa-da, elektr tramvaylar hali ham shahar ichidagi bir necha joylar orasida sayohat qilish vositalaridan biridir. Ular tiqilib qolgan ko'chalarda yotqizilgan yo'llarda sekin harakatlanadilar, ammo ular ekologik jihatdan qulay (ko'chada chiqindilar chiqmaydi, faqat energiya ishlab chiqarish manbasida). Tarmoq o'z ichiga oladi 25 ta tramvay yo'nalishi

Poyezdda

SER va ER elektrlashtirilgan shahar atrofi temir yo'l tarmog'i keng va aylana temir yo'lni o'z ichiga oladi. Marshrutga qarab, "mahalliy" poezdlar juda gavjum bo'lishi mumkin.

Xususiy kabinalar yoki taksilarga qaraganda poezdda sayohat qilish arzonroq. Erkaklarga "Xonimlar" xonasida o'tirmaslik tavsiya etiladi.

Avtobusda

Shahar keng avtobus tarmog'iga ega (ehtimol butun Hindistonda eng to'liq) va bu eng arzon, ammo har doim ham eng qulay transport vositasidir. Marshrutlar barcha rang-barang avtobuslarga Bengaliyada, shuningdek ingliz tilida yozilgan. Konduktorlar u harakatlanayotgan har bir kishiga o'zlarining manzillarini chaqirishadi va siz hamma joyda avtobusda silkitib qo'ysangiz kifoya, va to'xtab qolishi mumkin, ba'zida uning orqasida boshqa mashinalarning kichik navbati paydo bo'ladi.

Shahar ko'chalarida qatnaydigan avtobuslar orasida CSTC (Kalkutta davlat transport korporatsiyasi), CTC (Kalkutta tramvaylar kompaniyasi), JNNURM (Javaharlal Neru milliy shaharni yangilash missiyasi) va WBSTC (West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation) tomonidan boshqariladigan lyuks avtobuslar bo'lishi mumkin. yaxshiroq variant. A / C avtobuslari (VOLVO), shuningdek, ko'plab yo'nalishlarda mavjud.

Avtomatik rickshaw tomonidan

Kolkatada umumiy avtoulovlar mavjud, ya'ni avtoulovlar faqat bitta odamga emas, balki bir vaqtning o'zida to'rt kishiga parom berib yuborishadi. Narxlar avtoulovlar uyushmalari tomonidan belgilanadiganligi sababli, tariflar metr bilan belgilanmaydi. Avtomatik rikshalar belgilangan yo'nalishga ega va ushbu yo'nalishdagi transport vositasi faqat shu yo'nalishda harakatlanadi.

Biroq taksilardan farqli o'laroq, ular yo'lovchilarni rad etishmaydi. Avtomatik rikshaning narxi taksiga qaraganda ancha past (masalan, ₹ 7-10). To'liq tariflarni berishga tayyor bo'ling, chunki ular o'zgarishlarni berishni juda xohlamaydilar.

Riksha tomonidan

Odam tomonidan tortilgan riksha

Kalkutada rikshalarning ikki turi mavjud: odam tortadigan rikshalar va velosiped-rikshalar. Biroq, odam tomonidan tortib olinadigan rikshalar Gariahat va Ballygunj mintaqalarida cheklanib qolishadi va velosiped rikshalaridan ko'ra ko'proq yo'l haqini olishadi.

Velosiped-riksha Kolkata shahrida transportning eng qulay vositasidir. Bu juda arzon va ikkita kattalarni sig'dira oladi. Tegishli riksha uyushmasi tomonidan yo'l haqi metr bilan belgilanmaydi. Avtomatik rikshalardan farqli o'laroq, ular ma'lum bir mintaqaning istalgan joyiga borishadi.

Biroq, 22.00 dan keyin rikshav haydovchilari juda katta haq talab qilishlari mumkin va xuddi shu narsa tabiiy ofatlar paytida, masalan, kuchli yog'ingarchilik paytida ham qo'llaniladi.

Paromda

Daryo kamroq gavjum, ammo sekin harakatlanish vositasini taklif etadi. Daryo bo'yida bir necha punktlar (xalq orasida Gats va iskala deb nomlangan) parom xizmatining bir necha doimiy marshrutlariga chiqishingiz mumkin. Feribotlar kichik motorli qayiqlarga juda katta uchish bo'lishi mumkin. Agar siz o'zingiz kabi ekzotik qo'lda qayiq olmasangiz ham Varanasi, shaharning daryo transporti shaharning dekadent daryosi oldida qo'shimcha chiziqcha bilan muammosiz ravishda bank yaqinidagi bir necha eski joylarga borishga imkon beradi.

Avtomobilni yollash

Shaxsiy ijaraga olingan avtoulov joylari shahar bo'ylab mavjud. Narxlar avtomobilning markasi, modeli, hajmi va qulaylik darajasiga bog'liq. Shartnomalar egiluvchan, masalan, mashinalarni bir soatlik stavka bo'yicha hatto ikki soatga ijaraga olish mumkin. Ijaraga olingan avtoulovlarning aksariyati lizing agentligining haydovchisi bilan birga keladi.

Gapir

Kirish G'arbiy Bengal, Kolkata aholisining ona tili Bengal tili. Biroq, yuqori sinf aholisining aksariyati ham gapirishadi Hind va ingliz. Ko'plab do'kon egalari va taksi haydovchilari buzilgan ingliz tilida muloqot qilish imkoniyatiga ega va davlat idoralarida odatda ingliz tilida so'zlashadigan xodimlar navbatchilik qiladi. Garchi odatda ingliz tilini o'rganish qiyin emas bo'lsa-da, ba'zi bengal tilini o'rganish sayohatingizni ancha yumshoq qiladi.

Qarang

Shahar Hooghly daryosining sharqiy qirg'og'i bo'ylab tarqalib, Gang daryosining bir bo'lagi bo'lib, uni g'arbiy sohilidagi Xovrahdan ajratib turadi. Sayohatchilar uchun Kalkutaning eng dolzarb qismlari Xaurah ko'prigidan janubda joylashgan BBD Bagh va Chowringhee.

  • Chowringhi yo'li bo'ylab sayr qilish ushbu shaharning noyob go'zalligini ochish uchun ketayotganingizda tezlikni belgilaydi. Yo'l bo'ylab ulkan, yam-yashil, ochiq maydonchani supurib tashlaydi Maydan, atrofida markazlashtirish Fort Uilyam1773 yilda qurilgan ulkan va yutib bo'lmaydigan ingliz qal'asi. Qal'a hanuzgacha foydalanilmoqda va o'zining yaxshi muhofazalangan ulug'vorligini saqlab qoldi. Tashrif buyuruvchilarga faqat maxsus ruxsat bilan kirish mumkin.
Hind muzeyi 1814 yilda qurilgan va Hindistondagi eng qadimgi muzeylardan biridir
  • Javahar Shishu Bxavan (Bolalar muzeyi), J.L.Neru yo'li (Rabindra Sadan metro stantsiyasi).
  • Maydan, Maydan. Uzunligi 3 km va kengligi 1 km dan ortiq, bu shov-shuvli yashil "Kolkata o'pkasi". Rangli maid klublari joylashgan bu hudud turli xil faoliyat markazidir.

Ma'naviy

  • Arman cherkovi, Kalkuttadagi eng qadimgi nasroniylar ibodat joyi. Muqaddas Nosira cherkovi 1764 yilda qurilgan bo'lib, boshqa cherkovlar orasida Avliyo Endryu cherkovi ham bor. Eski missiya cherkovi va yunon pravoslav cherkovi.
  • Dakshineswar Kali ibodatxonasi va Belur matematikasi, 1847 yilda Kalkutta shimolidagi Xogli qirg'og'ida qurilgan ma'bad Britaniya Rajsi davrida hinduizmni qayta tiklagan XIX asrning eklektik avliyosi Shri Ramakrishna bilan bog'liq. Daryo bo'ylab Ramurishna Missiyasining shtab-kvartirasi Belur Matematik joylashgan. Monastir tinchlik va diniy totuvlik maskani.
  • Yaponiya buddistlar ibodatxonasi, Rabindra Sarovar bo'yida.
  • Yahudiy ibodatxonalari, yahudiylar ibodatxonasi ko'chasidagi Maghen David ibodatxonasi va Pollock ko'chasidagi BETHEL juda qadimgi ibodat uylari va shaharning kosmopolit tabiatini eslatib turadi.
  • Kalighat, afsonaga ko'ra, Lord Shivaning rafiqasi Parvatining jasadi kesilganda, uning bir barmog'i shu erga tushgan. 1809 yilda qayta qurilgan bu hindu Shakti ibodatining muhim ma'badi. Ma'bad shaharning janubiy qismida joylashgan.
  • Noxoda masjidiSikbaradagi Akbar qabridan maketlangan qizil qumtosh masjid balandligi 46 m bo'lgan ikkita minora, yorqin bo'yalgan piyoz shaklidagi gumbaz va 10 000 kishini sig'dira oladi. 1926 yilda Chitpur yo'lida qurilgan.
  • Pareshnath Jain ibodatxonasi, bezakli nometall massasi, rangli toshlar va shisha mozaika va chiroyli bog'ga qaraydi. Bu Maniktala yaqinidagi Gauri Bari shahrida.
  • Parsi yong'in ibodatxonalari, Kalkuttaning taniqli Parsiy jamoatining diniy ehtiyojlarini qondirish. Metkalf ko'chasida va Beliagatada joylashgan.
  • Ramakrishna Madaniyat instituti, Shri Ramakrishna Paramaxansaning tug'ilgan kunining 100 yilligini nishonlaydi. Bu erda xalqaro olimlar o'rtasida diniy suhbatlar va madaniy almashinuvlar o'tkaziladi. Institut Golparkda joylashgan.
  • Sent-Jon cherkovi, Yunoniston ustunlari bilan 1787 yilda qurilgan. Qabristonda Kalkutta asoschisi Job Charnock maqbarasi mavjud. Raj Bxavanning shimoli-g'arbiy qismida.
  • Aziz Pol sobori : Constructed between 1839 and 1847 in Gothic style with stained glass windows and two Florentine frescoes, the cathedral is the largest in the city and next to the Birla Planetarium. St Paul's was conscerated in 1874.

Qil

  • Oling walk along the river. There is a good promenade near Eden Garden.
  • Oling stroll down memory lane at Princep ghat.
  • Oling boat cruise in small boats under the starlit sky at Outram Ghat.
  • Take an Auto Rickshaw / Tuk Tuk ride from Chandni Chowk to Lohapool, the driver will take you through some back alleys and narrow roads of Kolkata, sit tight and keep faith on the driver.
  • Several modern cinemas are dotted around the city, including INOX with several locations, Fame at Metropolis Mall in Highland Park, and RDB Adlabs at RDB Boulevard, Near Infinity Building in Sector 5, Saltlake, all showing Indian and American blockbusters.
  • Nandan, 1/1 AJC Bose Rd (east of Rabindra Sadan metro station), 91 33 2223 1210. The symbol of art and culture in the city and the site of the Kolkata Film Festival every November.
  • Unlike most of cricket-obsessed India, football (soccer) reigns supreme in Kolkata, with the local clubs Mohun Bagan Athletic Club va East Bengal Club being the most successful in India. They contest the Kolkata Derby biannually, which is considered by many to be the oldest and most intense football rivalry in all of Asia.
  • Indian Premier League. It is the main club kriket league in India. It is one of the most widely attended sporting events in the world, and if you are in Kolkata during the season (April–May), consider going to watch the home team (Kolkata Knight Riders) play at Eden Gardens.
  • The Kolkata Book Fair takes place from the last week of January to the first week of February. This is the largest book fair in Asia and is a major event in the city.
  • Durga Puja, a festival honouring the Hindu goddess Durga, takes place in October. The biggest festival for Hindus in Bengal and Eastern India, Kolkata takes on an almost carnival like ambiance. Streets shut down for the construction of pandals, large stands that depict events from the Ramayana and crowds flock to the biggest and best ones. A good time to visit, unless you have a fear of crowds.

Ish

Volunteering is a real option here with several opportunities.

  • Brother Xavier's New Hope. Home for orphans of Kolkata's red light district. A much smaller mission than Mother Teresa's which one man built from the ground up. Brother Xavier and the children always need volunteers and funds.
  • Human Wave, 103, Tentultala Lane,Mankundu, Hooghly, 91 26 854904, . NGO that helps children, women and communities in cities around Kolkata. Visit their website for more info on their 2 weeks to 12 months volunteering opportunities.
  • Mother Teresa's Mission accepts volunteers to help in its multiple projects around the city. Enquire at the motherhouse.

Sotib oling

Traditionally Kolkata had certain shopping areas or districts. The New Market area was considered the core of fashionable marketing. That was the market place for the British and later patronised by the more sophisticated Indians. There were large markets in Burrabazar, Hatibagan-Shyambazar, Gariahat and Bhawanipur. There were several specialised markets: electrical goods at Chandni Chowk, jewellery at Bow Bazar, books at College Street, fish at Maniktala, flowers at Jagannanth Ghat, the Maidan market for sports goods and so on.

The malls are a more recent addition. The South City Mall, supposed to be the biggest in the city, is in Kolkata/Southern fringes. East Kolkata, the area that has come up, has large number of malls. New malls are being added. One has come up at Park Circus, an old neighbourhood in South Kolkata, in 2013. All the district pages list malls and markets in the district. Where there are border-line cases, the mall is listed in one district with a link in the other.

Yemoq

Roshogolla, sweet dumplings made out of Chenna(Indian cottage cheese) and semolina dough.

Kolkata has old traditions about eating out. Wilson's Hotel (it later became Great Eastern Hotel) is credited to have been the first western-style hotel/restaurant in Kolkata, serving what was then forbidden food for Indians, particularly Hindus. One could be treated as an out-caste if caught eating there, but the idea caught on and others followed. Many of the restaurants that line the streets in the Esplanade area have been around for more than a hundred years.

The joy of food in Kolkata is in its Indian foods. Nizam's (at 23-24 Hogg Street), close to New Market, is credited with the invention of the famous Kati Kebab roll and still serves up the best of the best. For Mughlai dishes there are several places to eat in the Park Circus area, and there are others all over the city.

Bengali food is centred around fish. Macher jhol, fish in curry gravy, is a watery fish curry available everywhere and goes well with rice, but Bengalis everywhere swear by the hilsa fish (a variant of shad). Hilsa, lightly marinaded in mustard and steamed is up there with the best fish dishes in the world. There are a number of restaurants serving Bengali cuisine in all the districts.

Bengali sweets are famous all over India. Roshogolla (cheese balls dipped in a sugary syrup), Panthua, a fried variant of the same, Roshomalai, the same cheeseballs dipped in creamy sweetened milk, Mishti Doi (sweet yogurt), Shondhesh (another type of milk-based sweet, available in several variations).

Kolkata is also the home of Indian Chinese food. Chinese restaurants are everywhere so try the Indian variant of hot and sour soup and the famous Indian Chinese dish of chilli chicken. The best place to have Chinese is to visit China Town near Tangra: EM Bypass. It serves the best of the Chinese dishes and you will find plenty of large, small & medium restaurants. There are some restaurants serving Thai, Mediterranean or Italian food.

Kolkata also has many excellent vegetarian restaurants ranging from budget to expensive ones. There are two types: those serving North Indian and those serving South Indian food.

For those looking for vegetarian street foods, one can find ubiquitous Jhal Muri (somewhat similar to bhel puri of Mumbai) a concoction of puffed rice mixed with various spices, vegetables & other ingredients available at street vendors all over Kolkata.

Street vendors selling egg rolls/chicken rolls abound and their freshly prepared kati rolls are safe to eat. Mughali Paratha (earlier it was a paratha stuffed with minced meat, but now the minced meat has been replaced by cheaper but tasty alternatives) is a Kolkata speciality. Fuchka, the Kolkata version of paani-puri, but very different than the ones found in Delhi, is available on the streets but be wary of the tamarind water. It never troubles the local people and outsiders can safely taste this delicacy as long as they don't take too much.

Earlier, the restaurants were standalone entities. A cluster of restaurants in a single mall is a comparatively new idea and has become popular.

(See district pages for restaurant listings.)

Ichish

There are plenty of places to buy alcohol around the city. Kolkata has many pubs and bars, which are frequented by the youngsters as well as its older residents. Some pubs have live concerts or DJs. Ular quyidagilarni o'z ichiga oladi:

  • Irish House (Quest Mall Park Circus)
  • Someplace Else (The Park)
  • Roxy (The Park)
  • Aqua (The Park)
  • The Myx (Park Street)
  • Olypub (Park Street), famous for the beer and the beef steak
  • Mocha (AJC Bose Road)
  • Underground (HHI, AJC Bose Road)
  • Nocturne (Theatre Road)
  • Shisha Bar Stock Exchange, The Factory Outlet (22 Camac Street)
  • Villa 19 (Ballygunge)
  • Chili's (Quest Mall, South City Mall, Acropolis Mall Kasba)
  • Cafe Mezzuna (Forum Mall Elgin Road, South City Mall)
  • Hoppipola (Acropolis Mall)
  • Afraa Lounge (City Centre Salt Lake)
  • Fairlawns (Sudder Street)
  • Big Ben (The Kenilworth, Little Russel Street)

All pubs are supposed to shut shop by midnight or 1AM. So go early if you want to enjoy in club.

Uyqu

Kolkata has long had a concentration of budget backpacker hotels in the Sudder Street area and many of these are colonial era gems, albeit decaying ones. Sudder Street is centrally located and is well connected by public transport. Both the major railway stations at Howrah va Sealdah have many hotels around them. Most of them might be only licensed to accommodate Indian citizens. Be sure to not walk with a local "friend" or guide, unless you want to have higher prices. There are some hotels in Gariahat. Hotels have come up around hospital facilities as for example at Mukundapur and Panchasayar. The growth of the IT Sector in the East Kolkata has lead to development of hotels in that area.

There are numerous big budget deluxe 5-star & 4-star hotels around town.

British-era clubs such as Tollygunge Club, Calcutta Club (AJC Bose Rd), Saturday Club (Theatre Rd), and Bengal Club (Russel St) have lavish rooms for rent. However, they only accept bookings through members.

For individual hotel listings, please see the various district pages.

Ulanmoq

Public call booths can be found easily throughout the city from where local, national, and international calls can be made. Else local sim card can be used for connectivity.Cell phone coverage is excellent with all major mobile service providers offering their services in the city.

The area dialing code for Kolkata is 33. From overseas dial 91 33 XXXX XXXX, from within India dial 033 XXXX XXXX. For mobile phones, dial 91 XXXXX XXXXX. Kolkata has only one area code (033).

Internet cafes are also available in plenty and charges ₹10-25/hour. You need to show your identity card to use internet in those cafes.

Emergency

Police Stations

Tez yordam

  • North Kolkata
  • Central Kolkata
  • South Kolkata

Blood Bank

Hospitals

Xavfsiz bo'ling

Kolkata is the safest metropolitan city in India, and the people are friendly and helpful, unlike in most of India's other large cities. One noted problem is the drug dealers around Sudder Street. However, as the dealers obviously do not want to draw undue attention to their activity, they are not persistent and rarely a threat. There have been rare incidents of chain, bag and mobile snatching in railway stations and empty roads. Places like Watgunge and Garden Reach might not be safe for foreigners and should be avoided at night. The air pollution levels in certain parts of EM Bypass (due to road expansion and construction of elevated Metro railway tracks) has risen in the last few years.

Cope

Konsulliklar

  • Bangladesh3 Bangladesh, Circus Ave (Just E of AJC Bose Rd), 91 33 2290 5208, 91 33 2290 5209, 91 33 2288 6536 (After hours), faks: 91 33-2288-1616. Issues 15-day visas. Applications are received at window #4 M-F from 9-11AM, and visas are generally ready the next afternoon. Bring 3 passport photos. As of December 2018, there seems to be a new policy: the application should be first filled online as directed on their website. You can use the payed services of the stands in front of the High Commission to fill the forms for you, just bring one or two passport photos. Beware that at least in some cases, the Kolkata office can be reluctant to issue visa for non-Indians, and the process requires assertiveness and patience.
  • Xitoy4 Xitoy, EC-72, Sector I, Salt Lake City, 91 33 4004 8169, faks: 91 33 4004 8168, . M-F 10AM-12:30PM.
  • Frantsiya5 Frantsiya, 26 Park Mansions, Park St.
  • Germany6 Germany, 1 Hastings Park Rd, Alipore, 91 33 2479 1141, 91 33 2479 1142, 91 33 2479 2150, 91 33 2439 8906, faks: 91 33 4004 8168. The origins of the German consulate in Kolkata can be traced to before the existence of Germany itself, to the establishment of the consulate of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1851 and the Consulate of Prussia in 1854.
  • Italiya7 Italiya, Alipore (3, Raja Santosh Road), 91 33-24792414 - 24792426, 91 98312-12216, faks: 91 33-24793892, . M-F 10AM-noon.
  • Yaponiya8 Yaponiya, 55, M. N. Sen Lane, Tollygunge, 91 33 2421-1970, faks: 91 33 2421-1971.
  • Birlashgan Qirollik9 Birlashgan Qirollik, 1A Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 91 33 2288 5173, 91 33 2288 6536 (After hours), faks: 91 33 2288-1616.
  • Qo'shma Shtatlar10 Qo'shma Shtatlar, 5/1, Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 91 33 3984 2400, faks: 91 33-2282 2335, . It is the oldest diplomatic post of the U.S. in India, and the second oldest in the world (the oldest being in London). Benjamin Joy was appointed the first American Consul to Kolkata by George Washington in 1792, upon the express recommendation of then- Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson. (Note that the ironic address was the result of a diplomatic snub by the then Marxist Bengal government during the period of the U.S. war in Indochina.)

Keyingisi

Sunderban
  • Bangladesh. Tickets for buses running to the border and Dakka can be reserved at Shyamoli Yatri Paribahan, 6/1 Marquis St (parallel to and one block south of Sudder Street, and just west of Mirza Ghalib St, next door to DHL), 91 33 2252 0693. 2-3 buses per day leave this office on Tu, Th and Sa, usually at 5:30AM, 8:30AM and 12:30PM. The fare is ₹86 to the Haridaspur border post (about 2½ hr). All the way to Dhaka (with a bus change at the border) will cost ₹550 (about 12 hr). Beware that several travel agencies around this area also sell tickets for these buses, but at very inflated prices. At the border it's best to change money on the Indian side, but count it carefully and double-check the maths on their calculator. On the Bangladesh side there are some bus stands just behind the border, or you can catch a flat-bed cycle-rickshaw for Tk5 for the 2 km trip to the bus stand for onward travel, or you can walk, but expect the hopeful rickshaw-wallahs to follow you at least half way.
  • Butan - Tucked away in the corner of the bus station is a small Bhutan Government kiosk selling tickets for buses running to the Bhutanese border town of Phuentsholing. Buses depart Tu Th Sa at 9PM, and the 18-hr journey costs ₹300.
  • Vishnupur - famous for terracotta temples, clay sculptures and silk sarees.
  • Digha - a beach town in the southern part of the state. Buses from Esplanade Bus Station.
  • Shimoliy Bengal - a mountainous region home to Darjeeling, Lava, and the bustling city of Siliguri, and, further south on the Gangetic plains, the historic districts of Malda va Murshidabad.
  • Samukpota - about 10 km from Kolkata is the village of is a "Green Mall," which offers an extensive collection of palm trees plus other plants, gardening tools, yoga instruction, and South Indian food.
  • Santiniketan - famous for the Ashramik School, and university founded by Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. The town is also known for its handmade leather crafts and kantha stitch sarees.
  • Sundarbans milliy bog'i - part of the largest littoral mangrove in the world, and home to the famous Bengal Tigers.
Ushbu shahar sayohati uchun qo'llanma Kolkata a foydalanish mumkin maqola. Unda u erga qanday borish va restoranlar va mehmonxonalar haqida ma'lumot mavjud. Sarguzasht odam ushbu maqoladan foydalanishi mumkin, ammo iltimos, sahifani tahrirlash orqali uni yaxshilang.