Howrah Station side
Howrah Bridge
The cantilever bridge over the Hooghly, and the city's best known landmark.
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Discover Howrah
Your local guide to places, food, businesses, services and useful information in Howrah.
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Belur, Bally
Belur Math
Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission, on a calm stretch of the riverbank.
Shibpur
Indian Botanic Garden
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, home to the Great Banyan.
Santragachi
Santragachi Jheel
A large lake that draws thousands of migratory birds each winter.
Near Howrah Station
Railway Museum, Howrah
Vintage locomotives, coaches and railway memorabilia beside India's busiest station.
Andul
Andul Rajbari
A weathered zamindar palace with colonnaded verandas and a Durga dalan.
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Neighbourhoods
Explore Howrah by area
Howrah reads like a map of neighbourhoods. Start from the river and wander inland.
- ShibpurRiverfront · Botanic Garden & IIEST
- Bally & BelurNorth · Belur Math, Bally Khal
- SantragachiCentral · Junction & jheel
- SalkiaNorth city · Old markets
- AndulSouth · Rajbari & Kona expressway
- BagnanRural Howrah · Along NH-16
- DomjurWest · Jewellery cluster
- UluberiaSouth · Subdivision headquarters
Useful Howrah information
District
Howrah
West Bengal, on the west bank of the Hooghly.
Rail
Howrah Jn
23 platforms; also Santragachi & Shalimar.
Pin codes
711 1xx
Howrah city; 711 3xx for Bally & Belur.
Language
Bengali
Hindi and English widely understood.
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