Neighbourhoods in Kolkata
Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, has many densely populated towns and districts on its outskirts.
Greater Kolkata consists of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and parts of the North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts and - arguably - parts of Howrah and Hooghly.
But the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) also consists of some areas of Nadia District like Kalyani, etc.
The major municipal areas which are a part of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority or KMDA Kolkata conurbation are:
Nadia district
North 24 Parganas district
- Kanchrapara Municipality
- Halisahar Municipality
- Naihati Municipality
- Bhatpara Municipality
- Garulia Municipality'
- North Barrackpore Municipality
- Barrackpore Municipality
- Titagarh Municipality
- Khardah Municipality
- Panihati Municipality
- New Barrackpore Municipality
- Barasat Municipality
- Madhyamgram Municipality
- North Dum Dum Municipality
- Dum Dum Municipality
- South Dum Dum Municipality
- Kamarhati Municipality
- Baranagore Municipality
- Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality
- Bidhannagar Municipality (Salt Lake City)
South 24 Parganas district
- Maheshtala Municipality
- Budge Budge Municipality
- Pujali Municipality
- Rajpur-Sonarpur Municipality
- Baruipur Municipality
Hoogly district
- Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
- Bhadreshwar Municipality
- Champdani Municipality
- Hugli-Chuchura Municipality
- Bansberia Municipality
- Baidyabati Municipality
- Serampore Municipality
- Rishra Municipality
- Konnagar Municipality
- Uttarpara Municipality
- Dankuni Municipality
Howrah district
Kolkata district
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Many towns in Greater Kolkata are being incorporated within the Kolkata postal area, with their postal PIN codes being changed so that these areas can be identified with the larger metropolitan area.