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| name = Bidhannagar
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kolkata metropolitan area|Greater Kolkata]]
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| founder = [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
| named_for = [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 700064, 700091, 700097, 700098, 700105, 700106, 700059, 700101, 700102
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| area_code = +91 33
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bidhannagar]]
| website = [http://www.bmcwbgov.in bmcwbgov.in],
[http://www.ndita.org/egovernance/ ndita.org/egovernance/]
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'''Bidhannagar''' is a city and a municipal corporation of the [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is adjacent to [[Kolkata]] and also a part of the area covered by the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA). It was developed between 1958 and 1965 as a planned [[satellite city]] ('''Salt Lake City''') to accommodate the burgeoning population of [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bmcwbgov.in|title=Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation|access-date=7 January 2021|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920095154/http://bmcwbgov.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
At the 2011 census, Bidhannagar City had a population of 218,323 (males 111,363; females 106,960) in an area of approximately 13.16 square km with a density of about 16,590 persons per square kilometre.<ref name="medium.com">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@anjan.chatterjee/an-overview-the-drainage-aspect-of-bidhannagar-municipal-corporation-area-bidhannagar-kolkata-fe0982c8060|title=An overview — the drainage aspect of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area, Bidhannagar, Kolkata|first=Anjan|last=Chatterjee|date=5 April 2016|website=Medium}}</ref> However, the area of Bidhannagar Municipality was 33.50 square km (much bigger than Bidhannagar City) because it includes [[East Kolkata Wetlands]] area, where very few floating people live.<ref>{{cite web|title=North 24 Parganas Overview|url=http://wbplan.gov.in:80/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgs%20north.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205044900/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgs%20north.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2018|access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="medium.com" /> Bidhannagar has an average literacy rate of 90.44% (higher than the national average of 74%),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Final%20PPT%202011_chapter6.pdf|title=6. State of Literacy|publisher=Census of India 2011|page=98|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref> with male literacy of 93.08% and female literacy of 87.69%.<ref name=census>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|title=Cities having population 1 lakh and above|year=2011|publisher=Census of India|page=7|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref>

The city has the second-highest proportion of graduates in the country (30.6 per cent), only after Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, also known as [[Mohali]], which has 34.4 per cent of its population as graduates.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=B. S. |title=Chennai tops literacy ranking among populous cities |url=http://wap.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/chennai-tops-literacy-ranking-among-populous-cities-115121000064_1.html |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=Business Standard India |date=10 December 2015}}</ref>[http://wap.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/chennai-tops-literacy-ranking-among-populous-cities-115121000064_1.html Chennai tops literacy ranking among populous cities]

==Geography==
[[File: Nalban - West Bengal 7792.JPG|thumb|An example of the many wetlands and lakes that still surround Bidhannagar]]
[[File: Swimming Pool Building - Bidhannagar Municipal Sports Academy - Central Park - Salt Lake City - Kolkata 2017-04-29 1705.JPG|thumb|Bidhannagar Municipal Sports Academy - Swimming Pool Building]]

Bidhannagar is located at {{Coord|22.58|N|88.42|E|}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Salt_Lake_City.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Salt Lake City, India|website=www.fallingrain.com}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 11 [[metre]]s (49 ft).

==Administration==

===History of civic administration===
Bidhannagar was originally developed and built under the direct [[public administration|administration]] of the [[Irrigation]] and Waterways Department of the [[Forms of government|Government]] of [[West Bengal]]. Initially, this planned city was under the [[South Dum Dum]] Municipality, then it came under the wings of the Public Works (Metropolitan Development) Department, which was renamed as the [[Urban Development]] Department in 1991. The whole area was divided into 5 sectors - Sector - I, Sector - II, Sector - III and Sector - IV as Residential Townships and Sector - V as Industrial Area.<ref name="medium.com"/> An administrator was also appointed to control all the municipal activities there.

===Present===
Ultimately in 1995, Bidhannagar got its own elected body called Bidhannagar Municipality consisting of 23 wards (later increased to 25 wards).<ref>{{cite news |title=Writing on the civic body wall |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/writing-on-the-civic-body-wall/cid/1469106 |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=1 May 2015}}</ref> All the plots of land in Bidhanannagar are leasehold plots and the Urban Development Department (the Lessor) directly manages the land matters. [[East Kolkata Wetlands]] area is also included in Bidhannagar Municipality. The proposal for the merger of Bidhannagar Municipality with the [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]] has been periodically mooted since 2011, but never realised due to different custodian of land and property tax-structures.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakraborti |first1=Suman |title=Will Bidhannagar be merged with KMC? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Will-Bidhannagar-be-merged-with-KMC/articleshow/36017019.cms |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=4 June 2014 |language=en}}</ref> [[Kolkata Airport]], [[Rajarhat|Rajarhat-Gopalpur]] ([[Kaikhali]], [[Teghoria]], [[Baguiati]], [[Hatiara]], [[Kestopur]]), parts of [[South Dum Dum]] ([[Dum Dum Park]], [[Bangur Avenue]], [[Lake Town, Kolkata|Lake Town]]) and Bidhannagar are already brought together under the jurisdiction of the [[Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate]]. On 18 June 2015, [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]] (BMC) was constituted by merging the existing municipal areas of Bidhannagar Municipality, Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality and the panchayat area of Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/govt-nod-to-new-police-posts-civic-bodies-merger/|title=Govt nod to new police posts, civic bodies' merger|access-date=26 March 2021|work=Indian Express|date=28 February 2015}}</ref> Now Bidhannagar has 14 wards (ward no. 28 to 41) under [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bmcwbgov.in|title=BMC|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920095154/http://bmcwbgov.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) was created in January 2006. It supplies water; maintains sewerage, roads, street signals; furnishes important buildings and collects property tax and fees in Sector - V (excluded from the jurisdiction of [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndita.org/egovernance/|title=NDITA Overview}}</ref>

===Police===
The [[Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate]] is responsible for law enforcement in the city.

==Transport==
[[File: Box Bridge - Major Arterial Road - Rajarhat 2016-07-30 5516.JPG|thumb|Box Bridge connects Bidhannagar/Salt Lake with [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] along [[Biswa Bangla Sarani|Major Arterial Road]] over Kestopur Canal]]

The modes of transportation like other parts of [[Kolkata]] includes air conditioned/non-ac government/private buses, taxi and other popular options like [[auto rickshaw]] and e-rickshaws. The [[Howrah Maidan metro station|Howrah Maidan]] - Salt Lake Sector V - [[Teghoria]] (Haldiram) Line ([[Kolkata Metro Line 2|Line 2]]) of the [[Kolkata Metro]] is in operation since 14 February 2020 between Salt Lake Sector V and [[Salt Lake Stadium]]. The [[New Garia]] – [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport|Dum Dum Airport]] Line ([[Kolkata Metro Line 6|Line 6]]) of the [[Kolkata Metro]], which passes through the Salt Lake Bypass, is under-construction with cost inflation and delays<ref>{{cite news|title=Rail set to take over East-West|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|access-date=26 September 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=8 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hidco clears route for Garia-airport Metro|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-25/kolkata/30200059_1_hidco-official-east-west-metro-metro-route|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928221024/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-25/kolkata/30200059_1_hidco-official-east-west-metro-metro-route|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 September 2012|access-date=26 September 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 September 2011}}</ref>

==Colleges==
*[[All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health]] (Second campus)
*[[Bidhannagar College]]
*[[Bose Institute]]
*[[Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology]]
*[[Indian Institute of Foreign Trade]], Kolkata
*[[Institute of Engineering and Management]]
*[[International School of Business and Media]]
*[[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology]]
*[[National Institute of Fashion Technology]]
*[[National Institute of Homoeopathy]]
*[[National Council of Science Museums]]
*[[Rabindra Bharati University]]
*[[Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics]]
*[[S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences]]
*[[Techno India University]]
*[[Jadavpur University|Jadavpur University's]] Second Campus
*[[University of Calcutta]]'s Technology Campus
*[[Unitedworld School of Business]]
*[[Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre]]
*[[West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences]]

==Economy==
[[File: Infinity Business Center, Kolkata.jpg|right|thumb|Infinity Business Centre, Salt Lake Sector V, Kolkata]]
Salt Lake City and [[New Town, Kolkata|Rajarhat Newtown]] are emerging as one of the largest IT destinations in India.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} IT companies like [[Tata Consultancy Services|TCS]], [[Cognizant]], [[Wipro]], [[CDAC Kolkata]] etc. have their campuses here.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

==Schools==
Schools in Bidhannagar include the Hariyana Vidya Mandir, [[Bidhannagar Government High School]], [[Bidhannagar Municipal School]], a combined [[primary school|primary]] and [[high school]] and a branch of [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]], named [[Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir]], [[Salt Lake School]], Mother International School, [[Sri Aurobindo Institute of Education]], [[Laban Hrad Vidyapith]]. Also, there are two Kendriya Vidyalaya in Salt Lake viz. K.V. No. 1 Salt Lake and [[Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, Salt Lake|K.V. No. 2 Salt Lake]].

Catholic schools include St. Joan's School, [[Our Lady Queen of the Missions School]] and [[St. Francis Xavier School, Kolkata|St. Francis Xavier School]].

==See also==
* [[Satellite city]]
* [[Salt Lake Stadium]]
* [[Nicco Park]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Bidhannagar}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/East}}
*[http://www.bmcwbgov.in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920095154/http://bmcwbgov.in/ |date=20 September 2020 }}

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