Head to head
Chennai vs Kolkata
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chennai is the larger of the two, with 4,681,087 people to 4,631,392 in Kolkata. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chennai is the larger of the two, with 4,681,087 people to 4,631,392 in Kolkata. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Chennai nor Kolkata has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
India| Metric | Chennai | Kolkata |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,681,087 | 4,631,392 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 6th largest | 7th largest |
| Country | India | India |
| Region | Tamil Nadu | West Bengal |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:18 AM · UTC+05:30 | 1:18 AM · UTC+05:30 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
1,356 km apartChennai and Kolkata are 1,356 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in India. Kolkata keeps time the same time as Chennai.
Chennai has 49,695 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Chennai or Kolkata?
- Chennai is the larger city by population, with 4,681,087 people to 4,631,392 in Kolkata — a difference of 49,695. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Chennai and Kolkata?
- 1,356 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in India. Kolkata keeps time the same time as Chennai.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Chennai or Kolkata?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chennai is the larger of the two, with 4,681,087 people to 4,631,392 in Kolkata. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Chennai and Kolkata both currently sit at $0.
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