Sekudlule iminyaka emingaki idolobha laseCalcutta laqanjwa kabusha ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi iKolkata?
Context:IKalkata eyaziwa nangokuthi iCalcutta (igama elisemthethweni kuze kube ngu-2001) iyinhloko-dolobha yezwe laseNdiya iWest Bengal, ogwini olusempumalanga loMfula iHooghly 80 km (50 mi) entshonalanga komngcele neBangladesh. Liyisikhungo esiyinhloko sebhizinisi, sokuhweba, kanye nesomnotho saseMpumalanga yeNdiya kanye netheku eliyinhloko lokuxhumana leNyakatho-mpumalanga yeNdiya. Ngokubalwa kwabantu baseNdiya ngo-2011, iKolkata iyidolobha lesikhombisa elinabantu abaningi eNdiya, elinabantu abangama-45 lakh (izigidi ezingama-4.5) abahlala edolobheni. Kuyingxenye yeKolkata Metropolitan Area (noma eyaziwa ngokuthi iGreater Kolkata) enabantu abangaphezu kuka-1.41 crore (14.1 million) abahlala lapho okwenza kube yindawo yesithathu enabantu abaningi emadolobheni amakhulu eNdiya. Ngo-2021, iKolkata metropolitan area yeqe inani labavoti ababhalisiwe abayizigidi eziyi-1,5 (15 million). Itheku laseKolkata liyitheku elidala kunawo wonke aseNdiya futhi liyitheku lalo lomfula elikhulu kuphela. IKalkata ibhekwa njengenhloko - dolobha yamasiko aseNdiya. IKolkata iyidolobha lesibili ngobukhulu elikhuluma isiBengali ngemva kweDhaka. Linenani eliphakeme kunawo wonke lamalobel laureates phakathi kwawo wonke amadolobha aseNdiya.
Sekuphele iminyaka engu-22 iCalcutta yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi iKolkata.