Chowringhee

Chowringhee
Metropolitan Building near Chowringhee
Metropolitan Building near Chowringhee
Location of Chowringhee in Kolkata
Location of Chowringhee in Kolkata
Coordinates: 23°48′N 88°15′E / 23.8°N 88.25°E / 23.8; 88.25
Country India
StateWest Bengal
CityKolkata
DistrictKolkata
KMC wards46, 63
Metro StationEsplanade, Park Street, Maidan and Rabindra Sadan
Kolkata Suburban RailwayEden Gardens, Sealdah, Park Circus
Elevation
36 ft (11 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
159,917
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700013, 700016, 700071, 700087
Area code+91 33
Lok Sabha constituencyKolkata Uttar and Kolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituencyChowranghee and Bhabanipur

Chowringhee (also Chourangi) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Chowringhee Road (officially Jawaharlal Nehru Road) runs on its western side. A neighbourhood steeped in history, it is a business district,[1] as well as a shopper's destination and entertainment-hotel centre. The area lies exactly at the centre of the city.

  1. ^ "Tax lawyer is CPM candidate for Chowringhee seat". The Hindu Business Line, 18 February 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2008.