Prostitution may be a sensitive topic. Indian sex workers are by and enormous within the business thanks to situations beyond their control. India also lays claim to having a number of the world’s largest red-light districts, quite a few of them actually.
Here they are
1. Sonagachi, Kolkata
With the regrettable title of Asia’s largest red-light area, Sonagachi may be a world in itself. It’s inhabited by quite 11,000 sex workers. Watch the Oscar-winning documentary, Born into Brothels, to understand the lives of the youngsters born to prostitutes here. Pretty hard-hitting stuff.
2. Kamathipura, Mumbai
Second largest red-light district houses in India a staggering number of sex workers, most of whom sleep in squalor. The world also features a small beedi rolling industry that’s traveled by women.
3. Budhwar Peth, Pune
The third-largest red in India with around 5000 commercial sex workers. the world is additionally a hub of electronic goods and books.
4. Merging, Allahabad
This red-light district features a notorious reputation for illegal trafficking and made prostitution. It’s also pretty dangerous for visitors, which is quite obvious considering the place sounds shady as hell.
5. G.B. Road, Delhi
Another large red light area, this place is understood for the many brothels along the streets. There are markets for machinery and vehicle parts on the bottom floors and kothas or brothels above them. Strange.
6. Chaturbhujsthan, Muzaffarpur
This old temple area has existed side by side with brothels since the past. Seems strange, but once you believe the high social space concubines occupied within the old days, it all starts to form sense.
7. Itwari, Nagpur
Itwari referred to as Ganga Jamuna may be a hotspot of sex workers, alongside other criminal activity.
8. Shivdaspur, Varanasi
This red light village is another leftover of the traditional times that lost its sheen a short time back. It sits on the sting of Varanasi city and is understood for a budget brothel being run from homes within the village.
