Kolkata metropolitan area

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kolkata metropolitan area (KMA)
| other_name = Calcutta metropolitan area
| native_name =
| settlement_type = [[Urban area]]
| image_skyline = Howrah Pano 3.jpg
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| seat_type = [[Core city]]
| seat = [[Kolkata]]
| parts_type = [[List of districts of West Bengal|Districts]]
| parts = [[Kolkata district]] [[North 24 Parganas]] [[South 24 Parganas]] [[Nadia District|Nadia]] [[Howrah District|Howrah]] [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
| population_metro = 14,112,536
| population_as_of = 2011 Census
| area_metro_km2 = 1886.67
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| population_footnotes = <ref>http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/india2/Million_Plus_UAs_Cities_2011.pdf</ref>
| population_density_urban_km2 =
| population_density_metro_km2 = 7,480
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| timezone = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +5.30
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'''Kolkata Metropolitan Area''', also known as '''Greater Kolkata''', is the [[urban agglomeration]] of the city of [[Kolkata]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is the third most populous [[List of most populous metropolitan areas in India|metropolitan area]] in India after [[Delhi]] and [[Mumbai]]. The area is administered by the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA). The area covers four municipal corporations along with 37 municipalities.<ref name="Kolkata">[http://www.metropolis.org/sites/default/files/metropolitan_regions/438_007_kolkata_eng.pdf ''Kolkata''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308102346/http://www.metropolis.org/sites/default/files/metropolitan_regions/438_007_kolkata_eng.pdf |date= 8 March 2012 }}. Metropolis.org.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chapter II – The Vision _ Evolution of Kolkata Metropolitan Area|url=http://jnnurmmis.nic.in/toolkit/KolkataCdp/CH-II.pdf|website=jnnurmmis.nic.in}}</ref> Kolkata metropolitan district was legally defined in the schedule of the ''Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area (Use and Development of Land) Control Act, 1965'' (West Bengal Act XIV of 1965),<ref>[https://sarthac.gov.in/view-act-file?file_id=1711 CMPA Act, 1965 from SARTHAC, Calcutta High Court]</ref> and, after repeal of that Act, redefined as Kolkata metropolitan area in the first schedule of ''West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979'' (West Bengal Act XIII of 1979).<ref>[https://sarthac.gov.in/view-act-file?file_id=602 WBTC Act, 1979 from SARTHAC, Calcutta High Court]</ref>

==Jurisdiction==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:200pt,"
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align: center," |Jurisdiction
|-
! style="text-align: center," |Settlements
! style="text-align: center," |Name
! style="text-align: center," |Total
|-
! Municipal Corporations
| [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation|Kolkata]], [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation|Bidhannagar]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality merges with Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/NDITA-merger-with-Bidhannagar-corporation-soon/articleshow/29126946.cms}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BMC|url=http://www.bmcwbgov.in/}}</ref> [[Howrah Municipal Corporation|Howrah]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Bally Municipality is merged with Howrah Corporation|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/district/howrah-hoogly/bally-municipality-is-merged-with-howrah-corporation-1.132582}}</ref> [[Chandernagore Municipal Corporation|Chandannagar]] || 4
|-
! Municipalities
|
;1. [[North 24 Parganas district]] : [[Baranagar]], [[Barasat]], [[Barrackpore]], [[Bhatpara]], [[Dum Dum]], [[Garulia]], [[Halisahar]], [[Kamarhati]], [[Kanchrapara]], [[Khardah]], [[Madhyamgram]], [[Naihati]], [[New Barrackpore]], [[North Barrackpur]], [[North Dumdum]], [[Panihati]], [[South Dumdum]], [[Titagarh]]

;2. [[South 24 Parganas district]] : [[Baruipur]], [[Budge Budge]], [[Jaynagar Majilpur]], [[Maheshtala]], [[Pujali]], [[Rajpur Sonarpur]]

;3. [[Howrah district]] : [[Uluberia]]

;4. [[Nadia district]] : [[Gayespur]], [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]]

;5. [[Hooghly district]] : [[Baidyabati Municipality|Baidyabati]], [[Bhadreswar Municipality|Bhadreswar]], [[Bansberia Municipality|Bansberia]], [[Champdany Municipality|Champdani]], [[Dankuni Municipality|Dankuni]], [[Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality|Hooghly-Chinsurah]], [[Konnagar Municipality|Konnagar]], [[Rishra Municipality|Rishra]], [[Serampore Municipality|Serampore]], [[Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality|Uttarpara Kotrung]]
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|}
[[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] is under [[West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation]] (HIDCO).

==Demographics==
According to the 2011 census data, the total population of the Kolkata metropolitan area was 14,112,536. KMDA report states the total area is 1,886.67 km², making the population density 7,480 per km².

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region|Mumbai metropolitan area]]
* [[Chennai metropolitan area]]
* [[National Capital Region (India)|Delhi metropolitan area]]
* [[List of metropolitan areas in Asia by population]]

==References==
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