Head to head
Kolkata vs Howrah
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kolkata is the larger of the two, with 4,631,392 people to 1,027,672 in Howrah. 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 Kolkata is the larger of the two, with 4,631,392 people to 1,027,672 in Howrah. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kolkata nor Howrah has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
India| Metric | Kolkata | Howrah |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,631,392 | 1,027,672 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 7th largest | 51st largest |
| Country | India | India |
| Region | West Bengal | West Bengal |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:22 AM · UTC+05:30 | 4:22 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
5 km apartKolkata and Howrah are 5 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in India. Howrah keeps time the same time as Kolkata.
Kolkata has 3,603,720 more people — 4.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kolkata or Howrah?
- Kolkata is the larger city by population, with 4,631,392 people to 1,027,672 in Howrah — a difference of 3,603,720. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kolkata and Howrah?
- 5 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in India. Howrah keeps time the same time as Kolkata.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kolkata or Howrah?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kolkata is the larger of the two, with 4,631,392 people to 1,027,672 in Howrah. 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 Kolkata and Howrah both currently sit at $0.
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