College Street (Kolkata)
College Street (Bengali: কলেজ স্ট্রিট) is a 900 metre long street in Central Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. Also known as Boi Para (Bengali: বইপাড়া; lit. Book Town), it stretches from Bidhan Sarani road up to Bowbazar (before Nirmal Chandra Street) via MG Road crossing and Surya Sen Street crossing. Its name derives from the presence of numerous colleges and universities like University of Calcutta, Calcutta Medical College, Presidency University, The Sanskrit College and University, City College of Commerce and Business Administration etc. The road houses many centres of intellectual activity especially the Indian Coffee House, a café that has attracted the city's intelligentsia for decades. College Street is the largest book market in India as well as Asia and the largest secondhand book market in the whole world.
| Boi Para (Books Neighborhood) | |
Book stores and tram tracks along College Street | |
| Native name | কলেজ স্ট্রিট (Bengali) |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| Length | 0.9 km (0.56 mi) |
| Location | Kolkata, India |
| Postal code | 700012, 700073 |
| Nearest Kolkata Metro station | MG Road, Central and Sealdah |
| Coordinates | 22.575514°N 88.363354°E |
| North end | Bidhan Sarani |
| South end | Bowbazar |