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According to the 2011 Census of India, Gangasagar had a total population of 10,340, of which 5,228 (51%) were males and 5,112 (49%) were females. There were 1,440 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Gangasagar was 7,437 (83.56% of the population over 6 years). [9]
Bus services in Kolkata(then known as Calcutta) started in the year 1920 but were unorganised. The organized road transport in the public sector was given shape on 31 July 1948 with the creation of State Transport Services under the Directorate of Transportation, Government of West Bengal.
Kolkata was the first city in South Asia to have an underground railway system that started operating in 1984. Kolkata Metro is the only metro system in India owned by the Indian Railways. It is operated by 2 subsidiaries of Indian Railways, the Metro Railway, Kolkata and Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation.
Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage; Official website for line 1 (archived 20 August 2007) UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations. "Mahatma Gandhi Road station" (Map). Google Maps
Sagar Island is an island in the Ganges delta, lying on the continental shelf of Bay of Bengal about 100 km (54 nautical miles) south of Kolkata.This island forms the Sagar CD Block in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage; Kolkata/Southern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage; Official Website for line 1; UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations. "Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station" (Map). Google Maps
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An illustration of the Kolkata Metropolitan Region. The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third most populous metropolitan area in India after Delhi and Mumbai.