Kalyani, West Bengal Kalyani, West Bengal Kalyani is a city and a municipality of Nadia district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is located around from Kolkata — the capital of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Kalyani is the administrative headquarters of Kalyani subdivision. Situated on the banks of Hooghly River, the city is spread over an area of . According to the 2011 census, Kalyani had a population of 100,620. During the period of World War II, Kalyani was site of an American Airbase, known by the name of
Tourism in West Bengal which is 13.38% of the state's geographical area, compared to the national average of 21.02%. Part of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, is located in southern West Bengal. The southern part of West Bengal can be divided into two regions: the Gangetic plain and the littoral mangrove forests of the Sundarbans. The coastal region of Purba Medinipur exhibits coastal vegetation. A notable tree from the Sundarbans is the ubiquitous "sundari" ("Heritiera fomes"), from which the forest gets its name. The distribution of vegetation in northern West Bengal is dictated by elevation and precipitation. For example, the foothills of