Jorasanko | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
 Jorasanko Thakur Bari, the ancestral house of Rabindranath Tagore, now a campus of Rabindra Bharati University (RBU). | |
  Jorasanko Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°35′08″N 88°21′24″E / 22.5855°N 88.3568°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| District | Kolkata |
| Metro Station | Girish Park |
| Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| KMC wards | 23, 25, 41 |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700007 |
| Area code | +91 33 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Uttar |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Jorasanko |
Jorasanko is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It is so called because of the two (jora) wooden or bamboo bridges (sanko) that spanned a small stream at this point.