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Geographical Location : Kolkata, located at 22°30´ North latitude, 88°30´ East longitude, is the main port entry in North Eastern India. It is 120 kmfrom the Bay of Bengal and stands on the eastern bank of river Hooghly (Ganga)
Area : 206.08 sq km
Climate :  Humid during summer and pleasant in winter
Maximum Temperature :  40°C
Minimum Temperature :  10°C
Average Rainfall : 1400-1600 mm per year
Population :  more than 4.5 million
Floating Population :  60,00,000 per day
Density :  24,252 per sq. km.
Buildings :  1 million, out of which 79.23% are reinforced, cement concrete structures
Language :  Majority of the citizens speak Bengali
Official Language :  Bengali
Business Language :  English
Vehicular Population :  1.05 million
Total Road Length :  4636 km(main throughfare 1850 km)
No. of Boroughs : 16
No. of Wards :  144
No. of Employees of KMC :  20463 (as on 01.04.2019)
Total Length of Sewer Lines : brick sewer length 200 km piped sewer length about 1784 km
Total Length of Open Drains :  953 km
Water Supply :  437 MGD
Hand Tube-wells :  12,000
Large Tube-wells :  350
Solid Waste Generation and Disposal per day :  4,500 MT per day
Primary Schools under KMC :  256
No. of KMC Parks :  700
No. of immersion ghats(River front) :  17
No. of Electric Crematoria :  8
No. of Crematoria :  8
No. of Burial Ghats :  7(KMC managed)
No. of KMC Registered Markets :  47
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