Bidhannagar or Salt Lake City as it is popularly called, is a planned satellite town in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was developed between 1958 and 1965 to accommodate the burgeoning population of Kolkata.
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Demographics
At the 2011 census, Bidhannagar had a population of 218,323 (Males 111,363; Females 106,960). Bidhannagar has an average literacy rate of 90.44% (higher than the national average of 74%), with male literacy of 93.08% and female literacy of 87.69%.
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Geography
Bidhannagar is located at 22.58°N 88.42°E / 22.58; 88.42. It has an average elevation of 11 metres (49 ft). Demographically this is the most enriched part of Kolkata as it is very near to the airport. Many of the fast-growing IT companies are located in this area.
Administration
Bidhannagar was originally developed and built under the direct administration of the Irrigation and Waterways Department of the Government of West Bengal. Originally, it came under the Public Works (Metropolitan Development) Department. It then came under the wings of Metropolitan Development Department which was renamed the Urban Development Department in 1991. In 1989, a Notified Area Authority had been set up to administer the area. Ultimately in 1995, Bidhannagar got its own elected body called Bidhannagar Municipality consisting of 23 wards (later increased to 25 wards). All the plots of land in Bidhanannagar are leasehold plots and the Urban Development Department (the Lessor) directly manages the land matters. The Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate is responsible for law enforcement in the city. The proposal for merger of Bidhannagar corporation with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation was mooted for some times. Air Port, Rajarhat, Gopalpur, Baguiati, Kestopur, Salt Lake, Lake Town already 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 and Rajarhat Gopalpur Municipality and the panchayat area of Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat.
Colleges
- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (Second campus)
- Aliah University
- 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
- 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's second campus
- University of Calcutta's technology campus
- Unitedworld School of Business
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
- West Bengal University of Technology
- West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
Schools
Schools in Bidhannagar include the Hariyana Vidya Mandir, Bidhannagar Government High School, Bidhannagar Municipal School, a combined 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 & K.V. No. 2 Salt Lake.
Catholic schools include Our Lady Queen of the Missions School and St. Francis Xavier School.
References
External links
- Kolkata/East travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
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