Is Kolkata Safe for Solo Female Travelers?

Family travel

I would recommend to go to Kolkata 100%. It's one of the safest place where you can go and enjoy yourself at fullest. I recommend to go to different places cuz the list is never ending. It may be little costly but it's all worth it.

Solo travel

Kolkata was definitely the worst place I have been in my life. Accommodation is much more expensive if you want to find something fairly decent, and I had trouble finding good places to eat compared to the rest of India.

Solo travel

I went to Kolkata for 3 days and had a great time. The traffic and noise were crazy. The city has many wonderful sights and flavors to experience. Besides regular tourist spots such as the Victoria Memorial, Howrah Bridge, etc, I loved visiting the potter's colony called Kumartuli and the Jorasanko Thakurbari museum. The food in Kolkata was a real pleasure.

Group travel

Things to do: I volunteered at Mother Teresa House while I was there. Incredible experience. Food: The street food was amazing. So good and cheap. I never got sick from it. Some sit down street places have real dishes. Ask for paper plates. Safety: I felt safe but was never out past 8pm by myself. When we went on bus to volunteer was with groups locals were so helpful telling us our stop was next. They are used to volunteers there. Uber very unreliable. Would accept your request but not show up if short trip ie small fare. Dress apprpropruate or you may get attention you don't want. Accommodation: Affordable places to stay on Suder street. Busy area with many places to eat and little shops. I stayed at Baptist Missionary Society guesthouse. Very cheap private and shared rooms. Meals served onsite. Gated with security to let guests in.

Kolkata is fairly safe overall, other than extremely shady places of courses. Has there been crime and assault cases? yes. But they're unfortunately everywhere, so keeping that in mind, Kolkata isn't too bad. People are mostly friendly and happy to help with food, directions, travel. Also compared to other cities, Kolkata doesn't have that much of a night life and a lot of areas are gonna be fairly empty by 11pm, which might be scary. Local transport is very cheap here and safe enough.

It is safe for groups. After the rgkar incident one cannot feel completely safe but the people of Kolkata try their best to help strangers, make everyone feel at home. And there are police and other help available. Only worries: political party feuds, unemployed people,eveteasers (rare) . Good people are more than the bad people here. Horrific crimes rarely happen, if ever. It's a beautiful city.