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[http://www.ndita.org/egovernance/ ndita.org/egovernance/]
[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>
'''Bidhannagar''' is a city and a municipal corporation of the [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is in [[Kolkata metropolitan area|Greater Kolkata]] region and also a part of the area covered by the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA). It consists of sub areas like Rajarhat and Salt lake, which was planned and developed between 1958 and 1965 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==
==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>
At the 2011 census, Bidhannagar Municipality 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 Salt Lake 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 Municipality 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]
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>


==Geography==
==Geography==
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===Present===
===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>
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 Municipality 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 Municipality 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>
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>
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==Economy==
==Economy==
[[File: Infinity Business Center, Kolkata.jpg|right|thumb|Infinity Business Centre, Salt Lake Sector V, Kolkata]]
[[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}}
Salt Lake City and [[New Town, Kolkata|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==
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