Complete Pincode Directory for West Bengal

Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission — Vivekananda's 1898 syncretic complex on the Hooghly's west bank.

1855 Bhavatarini Kali temple on the Hooghly's east bank — Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's spiritual home for 30 years.

2,042-metre hill station — the colonial 'Queen of the Hills', the toy-train Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, and Tiger Hill sunrise over Kanchenjunga.

Cantilever steel bridge over the Hooghly River — Kolkata's iconic 1943 spans linking the city to Howrah Station.

Founded 1814 — the oldest museum in India and Asia-Pacific, holding the Bharhut stupa railings and Egyptian mummies.

One of the 51 Shakti Peethas — the spiritual heart of Bengali Kali worship, where the goddess's right toes are said to have fallen.

Tagore's open-air university in Birbhum — UNESCO-inscribed 2023, founded on his vision of education under trees and the global humanism of 'Visva-Bharati'.

10,000-sq-km mangrove ecosystem at the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta — UNESCO-listed home of the Royal Bengal Tiger and Saltwater Crocodile.

White Makrana-marble memorial to Queen Victoria built between 1906 and 1921 — Kolkata's defining colonial monument.