Chinese community in Kolkata
The Chinese of Kolkata in West Bengal, India are a community of immigrants and their descendants that emigrated from China starting in the late 1700s. Unofficial estimates put the number of Chinese in Kolkata anywhere from 5,000 to 200,000, most of whom live in or near Chinatown in Tangra.[1][2]
The ethnic Chinese have contributed to many areas of the social and economic life of India, and Kolkata in particular, in a manner arguably disproportionate to their numbers. Today a majority are engaged in business with a major segment involved in the manufacturing and trade of leather products. A sizeable number are also owners and workers in Chinese restaurants. [1] Kolkata is the only city in India to have a Chinatown