Tollygunge is served by Mahanayak Uttam Kumar and Netaji stations on Kolkata Metro's Blue Line (opened 1984, India's first metro), with Rabindra Sarobar station and a Kolkata Suburban Railway halt (Budge Budge branch) close by. A historic tram depot and dense bus/auto-rickshaw network link it to Garia, Jadavpur, Behala and Howrah.

The metro station is slated to become a Blue-Purple Line interchange once the Joka-Esplanade Purple Line extension (under construction, targeted 2028-29) reaches central Kolkata.

Tollygunge has a dense cluster of established schools such as Narmada High School, Bangur High School, Naktala High School and G.D. Birla Centre for Education, plus technical institutes including Calcutta Institute of Engineering & Management and the Industrial Training Institute, Tollygunge.

The Institute of Mass Communication, Film and Television Studies and the ITC Sangeet Research Academy add specialised media and classical-music training, while Jadavpur University lies in the neighbouring locality of Jadavpur.

Tollygunge's defining economic identity is as the historic heart of Bengali cinema ('Tollywood'), hosting long-running production facilities such as Technicians' Studio and Indrapuri (Star) Studio. Beyond media, the local economy centres on healthcare - anchored by M.R.

Bangur Hospital, a major state super-speciality/district hospital - plus retail trade through established markets like Lake Market and Charu Chandra Market. It functions more as a mature residential-services economy than an office or IT corridor.

Highlights include the 1895-founded Tollygunge Club, a heritage country club with a golf course among India's oldest; the nearby Kalighat Kali Temple, one of Hinduism's Shakti Peethas and a West Bengal Tourism-recognised heritage site about 3 km away; and Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake), a landscaped lake with a Japanese Buddhist temple, rowing clubs and a Durga-idol museum.

The area's film-studio legacy also draws Tollywood-related visitor interest.

Entertainment centres on the Lake Mall, a multi-storey shopping-and-multiplex development, alongside long-running film/TV studios that make the area synonymous with Bengali entertainment. The Tollygunge Club offers golf, tennis, swimming and social events, while Rabindra Sarobar's parks, rowing clubs and open-air Mukta Mancha theatre host public cultural programmes.

The nearby ITC Sangeet Research Academy anchors a classical-music cultural scene.

Tollygunge has been part of Kolkata Municipal Corporation since 1953 and today spans several KMC wards (including 94, 95, 97, 98 and 100), having received early-20th-century upgrades to roads, sewerage and water supply. Civic assets include M.R.

Bangur Hospital, tram and bus depots, and established markets. Being a dense, century-old locality, some interior lanes see monsoon waterlogging and peak-hour congestion near commercial nodes like Lake Mall; the under-construction Purple Line extension should ease pressure once complete.