Dharmatala

Dharmatala
Bentinck Street in Dharmatala
Location of Dharmatala in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°33′36″N 88°21′09″E / 22.560055°N 88.352540°E / 22.560055; 88.352540
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
CityKolkata
Municipal CorporationKolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC wards46, 47
Elevation
36 ft (11 m)
Population
  Total
For population see linked KMC ward pages
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700013, 700069
Area code+91 33
Lok Sabha constituencyKolkata Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituencyChowranghee
Kolkata Metro stationChandni Chowk, Esplanade
Tram stopDharmatala, Esplanade
Bus stopDharmatala

Dharmatala (archaic spelling Dharmotola) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dharmatala Street has been renamed after Lenin as Lenin Sarani but the neighbourhood up to Wellington Square continues to be referred as Dharmatala. It is a busy commercial area that had come up with the growth of Calcutta during the British Raj and is thus one of the repositories of history in the city.