Bidhannagar

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title: "Bidhannagar" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-west-bengal", "planned-cities-in-west-bengal", "neighbourhoods-in-kolkata", "populated-places-established-in-1962", "high-technology-business-districts-in-india", "central-business-districts-in-india", "1962-establishments-in-west-bengal", "kolkata-metropolitan-area", "bidhannagar"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidhannagar" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Bidhannagar
native_name	বিধাননগর
native_name_lang	bn
other_name	Salt Lake City
সল্ট লেক শহর
settlement_type	City
image_skyline	{{multiple image
border	infobox
total_width	275
perrow	1/2/2/1
image1	Kolkata, Salt Lake, Sector-5 skyline (modified).jpg
caption1	Sector-5 skyline
image5	SaltLakeSectorV_KolkataSkyline_Bidhannagar.jpg
caption5	Salt Lake Sector-V
image4	Nicco Park Salt lake.jpg
caption4	Nicco Park
image2	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata.jpg
caption2	Salt Lake Stadium, largest football stadium in India
image3	Omega & Infinity Benchmark.jpg
caption3	Omega and Infinity Benchmark office buildings
image6	New Town Skyline captured from Bengal Intelligent Park, Saltlake, Kolkata (2 of 2 photos).jpg
caption6	View of Mahishbathan
pushpin_map	India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India
pushpin_map_caption	Location in West Bengal, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png West Bengal
subdivision_type2	Division
subdivision_name2	Presidency
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	North 24 Parganas
established_title
founder	Bidhan Chandra Roy
Dobrivoje Toskovic (Master Planner and Chief Architect)
named_for	Bidhan Chandra Roy
government_type	Municipal Corporation
governing_body	Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Krishna Chakraborty
leader_title1	Deputy Mayor
leader_name1	Anita Mondal
leader_title2	Chairperson
leader_name2	Sabyasachi Dutta
leader_title3	Police Commissioner
leader_name3	Shri Mukesh, IPS
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
area_rank	5th (in West Bengal)
area_total_km2	55.51
elevation_m	11
population_total	6,34,107
population_as_of	2011
population_rank	4th (in West Bengal)
population_density_km2	auto
population_footnotes
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Bengali, English
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	700064, 700091, 700097, 700098, 700105, 700106, 700059, 700091, 700101, 700135, 700102, 700157, 700159
area_code_type	Telephone code
area_code	+91 33
registration_plate	WB
blank1_name_sec1	Lok Sabha constituency
blank1_info_sec1	Barasat, Dum Dum
blank2_name_sec1	Vidhan Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1	Bidhannagar, Rajarhat Gopalpur
website
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::callout[type=note] a city in West Bengal, India ::

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Bidhannagar, also known as Salt Lake City, is a city and a municipal corporation of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Bidhannagar subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) and is located on the north-eastern side of Kolkata.

Bidhannagar's Salt lake is a planned region of Kolkata. It was planned and developed between 1958 and 1965 to accommodate the burgeoning population of Kolkata. Bidhannagar (including Salt lake) in Kolkata metropolitan area is under the administration of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation. Keeping with its original name, it is commonly referred to as Salt Lake City.

The city is considered the main IT hub of Eastern India and Kolkata, West Bengal. The Nabadiganta Industrial area of Bidhannagar has always played a key role in the economic health of the city area. As of April 2019, Sector V of Bidhannagar had approximately 1,500 companies.

Etymology

The city is named after Bidhan Chandra Roy, the founder of Salt Lake area of the city, the second Premier of West Bengal (1948–1950) and the first Chief Minister of West Bengal.

History

During the Salt Satyagraha, the people of Mahishbathan between present day Salt Lake and Rajarhat Newtown joined the Salt Satyagraha movement by preparing salt using indigenous methods. The main initiator of the movement was Lakshmikant Pramanik, the zamindar of Mahishbathan.

Bidhannagar's Master Planner and Chief Architect was Dobrivoje Tošković from SFR Yugoslavia, now Serbia.

Bidhannagar's architecture has modern landmarks, such as the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan or Salt Lake Stadium.

Demographics

| source = Government of India |1981 | 33175 |1991 | 100048 |2001 | 164221 |2011 | 215514 |align = left

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. 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. Bidhannagar Municipality 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%.

Geography

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Salt Lake is located in the southeastern part of West Bengal. The city area sits within the lower Ganges Delta of eastern India. The Salt Lake area of Kolkata city was formed by land reclamation, which was done in the 1950s and 1960s to accommodate the growing population. Salt Lake is located on the north eastern area of Kolkata, the state capital; 65.2 km west of Ghojadanga, a border checkpoint; and 128 km north of Bakkhali.

According to the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, the city area has a total area of 55.51 sqkm, with approx 30.51 sqkm of it being land, and approx 25 sqkm, or 45.5% of the total, being covered by water. It has an average elevation of 11 metres (49 ft).

East Kolkata Wetlands, located within the city limits of Bidhannagar, lies across the southern part of the city. It is one of the two Ramsar sites in West Bengal, the other being the Sundarban Wetland.

Civic administration

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Bidhannagar is administered by several government agencies. The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, or BMC, oversees and manages the civic infrastructure of the city's 6 boroughs, which together encompass 41 wards. Each ward elects a councilor to the BMC. Each borough has a committee of councillors, each of whom is elected to represent a ward. By means of the borough committees, the corporation undertakes urban planning and maintains roads, government-aided schools, hospitals, and municipal markets. The functions of the KMC include water supply, drainage and sewerage, sanitation, solid waste management, street lighting, and building regulation.

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).

Police

The Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate is responsible for law enforcement in the city area. Out of 13 police stations of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, 9 police stations are engaged in controlling law and order in city area.

Transport

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Bidhannagar has a bus terminal named Karunamoyee Bus Terminus. A variety of AC & Non-AC Buses depart from this terminus.

WBTC Bus

• AC-9 (Jadavpur 8B - Karunamoyee)
• AC-38 (Dum Dum Stn - Karunamoyee)
• AC-23A (Rajchandrapur - Karunamoyee)
• AC-14 (Baruipur - Karunamoyee)
• EB-12 (Barasat - Karunamoyee)
• S-22 (Shakuntala Park - Karunamoyee)
• S-46 (Rabindra Nagar - Karunamoyee)
• S-4 (Parnasree - Karunamoyee)
• S-9 (Jadavpur 8B - Karunamoyee)
• S-14 (Garia - Karunamoyee)
• S-16 (Thakurpukur 3A - Karunamoyee)
• S-23A (Rajchandrapur - Karunamoyee)
• 14A (Ramnagar - Karunamoyee)
• AC-30S (Ultadanga - Ecospace)
• S-12N (Karunamoyee - Nabanna)
• S-30A (Ultadanga - Ultadanga)
• S-64 (Naihati - New Town)

Other WBTC buses which ply on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass and Biswa Bangla Sarani are as follows:

• AC-9B (Jadavpur 8B - Ecospace)
• AC-4B (Joka Tram Depot - Newtown)
• AC-12 (Howrah Stn - Shapoorji)
• AC-37A (Airport - Garia 6 no Bus stand)
• AC-43 (Airport - Golf Green)
• AC-47 (Kudghat - Shapoorji)
• AC-49 (Parnasree - Ecospace)
• AC-4A (Parnasree - Ecospace)
• EB-3 (Tollygunge Tram Depot - Ecospace)
• EB-14 (Santragachi - Ecospace)
• EB-16 (Joka - Hatisala)
• C-8 (Barasat - Joka)
• C-23 (Dankuni - Park Circus)
• M-14 (Behala - Newtown)
• S-3W (Joka Tram Depot - Ecospace)
• S-4D (Parnasree - Ecospace)
• S-9C (Kamalgazi - Ecospace)
• S-12 (Howrah Stn - Newtown)
• S-12E (Howrah Stn - Ecospace)
• S-30 (Ultadanga - Ecospace)
• AC-37 (Barasat - Garia)
• AC-50A (Rajchandrapur - Garia)
• V-1 (Tollygunge Tram Depot - Airport)

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Waterside_Ring_Road_Sector_V_-Salt_Lake_City-_Kolkata_2017-06-21_2866.JPG" caption="Ring road along the eastern periphery of /[[Salt Lake Sector-V"] ::

The modes of transportation like other parts of Kolkata includes air conditioned/non-ac government/private buses, Yellow taxi and other popular options like auto rickshaw and e-rickshaws. The Howrah Maidan - Salt Lake Sector V - Teghoria (Haldiram) Line (Green Line) of the Kolkata Metro is in operation since 14 February 2020, now connects Salt Lake Sector V and Sealdah. The New Garia – Dum Dum Airport Line (Orange Line) of the Kolkata Metro, which passes through the Salt Lake Bypass, is under-construction with cost inflation and delays.

Education

Colleges

1. All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (Second campus)
2. Bidhannagar Government College
3. Bose Institute
4. Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology
5. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata
6. Institute of Engineering and Management
7. International School of Business and Media
8. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
9. National Institute of Fashion Technology
10. National Institute of Homoeopathy
11. National Council of Science Museums
12. Institute of Health Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata
13. Rabindra Bharati University
14. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
15. S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
16. Techno India University
17. Jadavpur University's Second Campus
18. University of Calcutta's Technology Campus
19. Unitedworld School of Business
20. Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
21. West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

Schools

Schools in Salt Lake include the:

1. Pearl Rosary School, Affiliated to CBSE, BK Block, Near Tank 8
2. Bidhannagar Government High School,
3. Bidhannagar Municipal School, a combined primary and high school and
4. a branch of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, named Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir,
5. Salt Lake School,
6. Kalyani Public School near CK Market, formerly Mother International School,
7. Sri Aurobindo Institute of Education near Sector V Metro Station,
8. Laban Hrad Vidyapith.
9. Also, there are two Kendriya Vidyalaya in Salt Lake viz. K.V. No. 1 Salt Lake and K.V. No. 2 Salt Lake.
10. Apeejay School Saltlake

Catholic schools include:

1. St. Joan's School,
2. Our Lady Queen of the Missions School and
3. St. Francis Xavier School.

References

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