Bidhannagar

Bidhannagar
State :	India
State :	West Bengal
District :	Uttar 24 Pargana
Location :	22 ° 35 ′  N , 88 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 22 ° 35 ′  N , 88 ° 25 ′  E
Height :	11 m
Area :	61.5 km²
Residents :	615,000 (2011)
Population density :	10,000 inhabitants / km²
Website :	http://bidhannagarmunicipality.org/

Bidhannagar (including Salt Lake City English for "Salt Lake City") is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal .

Bidhannagar emerged in the early 1960s as a planned city and satellite city in the Uttar 24 Pargana district in the east of the Kolkata metropolitan area .

The city was named after the politician and Chief Minister of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Roy . Originally there was a salt lake in the area, but it has been filled. The population pressure in the metropolis of Calcutta, also due to immigration from neighboring Bangladesh , led to the decision to create new living space here. The city emerged in several stages. Several companies from the IT sector have settled in one district. It became a Notified Area in 1989 and a Municipality in 1995 . Finally, on June 18, 2015 , the newly created Municipal Corporation was created by merging the towns of Bidhannagar (215,000 inhabitants, 33.5 km²) and Rajarhat Gopalpur (400,000 inhabitants, 28 km²) .

Web links

Commons : Bidhannagar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (City Council)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ census2011.co.in
2. ↑ changekolkata.org: Bidhannagar Municipality ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ changekolkata.org: ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Govt nod to new police posts, civic bodies' merger . Indian Express. February 28, 2015.