college street is a ~1.5 km long street in central kolkata in the indian state of west bengal. it stretches (approximately) from ganesh chandra avenue crossing in bowbazar area to mahatma gandhi road crossing. its name derives from the presence of many colleges (presidency university,the sanskrit college and university, city college of commerce & business administration to name a few). housing many centres of intellectual activity especially the indian coffee house, a café that has attracted the city's intelligentsia for decades.kolkata’s historic college street is india’s largest book market, lending it the endearing nickname "boi para"–”book town.”