Tiriti Bazaar
Tiriti Bazaar
蒂雷塔集市 টিরিটি বাজার Tiretta Bazaar, Old Chinatown, Kolkata Chinatown, Tereti Bazaar | |
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Chinese New Year celebrations in Tiriti Bazaar in 2014 | |
| Coordinates: 22°34′26″N 88°21′18″E / 22.57389°N 88.35500°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| District | Kolkata |
| Metro Station | Central and Mahakaran |
| Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| KMC ward | 44 |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | For population see linked KMC ward pages |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700073 |
| Area code | +91 33 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Uttar |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Chowranghee |
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| Traditional Chinese | 蒂雷塔集市 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒂雷塔集市 | ||||||||||
| Hakka | Di luiˇ tabˋ xib sii | ||||||||||
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| Old China Market | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 舊中國市場 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 旧中国市场 | ||||||||||
| Hakka | Kiu zungˊ guedˋ sii congˇ | ||||||||||
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Tiriti Bazaar, also known as Chinatown, & also spelled as Tiretta Bazaar is a neighborhood near Lalbazar in Central Kolkata. It is usually called Old China Market. The locality was once home to 20,000 ethnic Chinese Indian nationals, but now the population has dropped to approximately 2,000. Most of the Hakka Chinese people in the area moved closer to Tangra. The traditional occupation of the Chinese Indian community in Kolkata had been working in the nearby tanning industry as well as in Chinese restaurants. The area is still noted for the Chinese restaurants where many people flock to taste traditional Chinese and Indian Chinese cuisine.