Tala, Kolkata
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Tala | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
 Tala Water Tank | |
  Tala Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°36′43″N 88°22′54″E / 22.611889°N 88.381694°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| District | Kolkata |
| Metro Station | Shyambazar and Belgachia |
| Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| KMC ward | 5 |
| Population | |
• Total | For population see linked KMC ward pages |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700037 |
| Area code | +91 33 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Uttar |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kashipur-Belgachhia |
Tala is a neighbourhood in North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across the Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as Dihi Panchannagram and Tala was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the Maratha Ditch.[1][2][3]
