Map of Canning, India

Canning is a city in West Bengal, India, with a population of about 42,132. It lies at 22.3140°N, 88.6651°E, about 6 m above sea level. Canning is about 1,345 km (836 mi) southeast of New Delhi, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Gosāba, 22 km to the southeast.

Canning at a glance

Where is Canning?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 46 min on the shortest day to 13 h 30 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Canning

• Gosāba — 22 km southeast
• Baruipur — 25 km west
• Rajpur Sonarpur — 28 km northwest
• Tāki — 41 km northeast
• Kolkata — 42 km northwest
• Dam Dam — 43 km northwest
• Hāora — 46 km northwest
• Madhyamgram — 47 km northwest
• Maheshtala — 48 km northwest
• Bārāsat — 49 km northwest

Largest cities in West Bengal

• Kolkata — 4,631,392
• Hāora — 1,027,672
• Durgapur — 518,872
• Siliguri — 515,574
• Āsansol — 504,271
• Bhātpāra — 483,129
• Maheshtala — 448,317
• Shyamnagar — 441,956
• Rajpur Sonarpur — 424,368
• Pānihāti — 378,705

Largest cities in India

• Mumbai — 12,691,836
• Delhi — 11,034,555
• Bengaluru — 8,495,492
• Hyderābād — 6,993,262
• Ahmedabad — 6,357,693
• Chennai — 4,681,087
• Kolkata — 4,631,392
• Surat — 4,591,246
• Pune — 3,124,458
• Jaipur — 3,046,163

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.