2 ensp 0183 ensp Kolkata k ɒ l ˈ k ɑː t ə or k ɒ l ˈ k ʌ t ə Bengali also rendered Calcutta k 230 l ˈ k ʌ t ə the official name until 2001 is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal According to the 2011 Indian census it is the seventh most populous city in India the city had a population of 4 5 million while the suburb population brought the total to 14 1 million …