Bidhannagar

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.

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.{{cite web |author1=Aryabhatta Khan |date=10 September 2023 |title=ভেড়ির জল থেকে লবণ তৈরি করে শুরু সত্যাগ্রহ |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/rabibashoriyo/mahisbathan-jamidarbari-is-duely-connected-with-the-initiation-of-satyagraha-movement-against-british/cid/1458708 |access-date=14 September 2023 |website=Anandabazar |publisher=Anandabazar Patrika |language=bn |location=Kolkata}}

Bidhannagar's Master Planner and Chief Architect was Dobrivoje Toskovic{{Cite web |title="The clean sheet." © Dobrivoje Toskovic |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-clean-sheet-C-Dobrivoje-Toskovic-Reproduced-by-permission-of-Dobrivoje-Toskovic_fig1_319075304}}{{Cite news |last=Roy |first=Tasmayee Laha |date=2012-06-06 |title=How Dobrivoje Toskovic turned Salt Lake into a futuristic city |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/east/how-dobrivoje-toskovic-turned-salt-lake-into-a-futuristic-city/articleshow/13868669.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-02-04 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}} from SFR Yugoslavia, now Serbia.

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

{{Historical population

| source = Government of India{{cite web |title=Census Tables |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=6 January 2024}}

|1981 | 33175

|1991 | 100048

|2001 | 164221

|2011 | 215514

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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.{{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}} 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.{{cite web|title=Kolkata 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}} Bidhannagar Municipality has an average literacy rate of 90.44% (higher than the national average of 74%),{{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}} with male literacy of 93.08% and female literacy of 87.69%.{{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}}

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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; {{convert|65.2|km}} west of Ghojadanga, a border checkpoint; and {{convert|128|km}} north of Bakkhali.

According to the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, the city area has a total area of {{convert|55.51|sqkm}}, with approx {{convert|30.51|sqkm}} of it being land, and approx {{convert|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.{{Cite web|title=East Calcutta Wetlands|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1208|access-date=14 September 2023}}

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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.{{cite web |title=BMC Profile |url=http://www.bmcwbgov.in/index.php/about-us/bmc-profile |website=www.bmcwbgov.in |access-date=14 September 2023}}

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).{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndita.org/egovernance/|title=NDITA Overview}}

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.{{cite web |title=Bidhannagar City Police |url=http://bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in/police_station.php |website=bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in |access-date=14 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=Bidhannagar City Police |url=http://bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in/juridiction_map.php |website=bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in |access-date=14 September 2023}}

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File:Entrance gate of the Karunamoyee Bus Terminal in Salt Lake City-Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.jpg

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.{{cite news|title=Rail set to take over East-West|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208202952/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 December 2012|access-date=26 September 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=8 February 2011}}{{cite news|title=Hidco clears route for Garia-airport Metro|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Hidco-clears-route-for-Garia-airport-Metro/articleshow/10110483.cms|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=live|archive-date=28 September 2012|access-date=26 September 2011|newspaper=The Times of India|date=25 September 2011}}

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 in Salt Lake include the:

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

Catholic schools include:

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

• Bidhan Chandra Roy
• Salt Lake Stadium
• Nicco Park

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• {{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 }}
• [https://bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in/ Bidhannagar City Police]

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