The region is part of the world's largest deltaic zone at the mouths of the river Ganges. The famous Sunderban mangrove forests are to the south of the city.

A city which has completed three hundred years of its establishment. Kolkata has adopted to the modern trends and techniques of the world but has not shed the easy life style and the peaceful which it has accumulate since ages. A city which till few years ago was the most densely populated city in the world. Calcutta has the country's first Metro railway and also retains some of the building which is more than hundred year old. It is a city of enduring charm.