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Kolkata · India

Car hire and driving in Kolkata

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In India traffic drives on the left. Picking up at CCU means 13 km (8 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648793 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648794.

Drives from Kolkata

Car rental from Kolkata: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Kolkata to BaidyabātiIndia25 km (16 mi)about 23 min
Kolkata to UluberiyaIndia29 km (18 mi)about 26 min
Kolkata to BhadreswarIndia29 km (18 mi)about 27 min
Kolkata to ShyamnagarIndia30 km (19 mi)about 28 min
Kolkata to ChandannagarIndia33 km (21 mi)about 30 min
Kolkata to BhātpāraIndia34 km (21 mi)about 31 min
Kolkata to NaihātiIndia37 km (23 mi)about 34 min
Kolkata to HugliIndia39 km (24 mi)about 35 min
Kolkata to HālīsaharIndia41 km (26 mi)about 38 min
Kolkata to HābraIndia43 km (27 mi)about 40 min
Kolkata to BānsbāriaIndia44 km (27 mi)about 40 min
Kolkata to Ashoknagar KalyangarhIndia44 km (27 mi)about 40 min
Kolkata to MumbaiIndia1,654 km (1,028 mi)about 25 h 14 min
Kolkata to DelhiIndia1,304 km (811 mi)about 19 h 54 min
Kolkata to DhakaBangladesh245 km (152 mi)about 3 h 44 min
Kolkata to BengaluruIndia1,560 km (969 mi)about 23 h 47 min
Kolkata to HyderabadIndia1,184 km (736 mi)about 18 h 3 min
Kolkata to AhmedabadIndia1,617 km (1,005 mi)about 24 h 40 min
Kolkata to ChennaiIndia1,356 km (843 mi)about 20 h 41 min
Kolkata to SuratIndia1,609 km (1,000 mi)about 24 h 32 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Kolkata?

The left, as everywhere in India.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.