Demography |
|
Head Office |
One (1) |
Borough Office |
Six (6) |
Ward Office |
Forty One (41) |
Geographical Area |
55.51 Sq. Km. (Approximately) 3.2% of the Total Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) |
Population |
|
Density |
Six Lakh Seventy Thousand (6.7) 12.7% of KMA Population 0.68% of the State Population |
Number of Household |
One Lakh Forty Seven Thousand (1.47) Rajarhat – One Lakh Seventeen Thousand (1.17) Salt Lake – Twenty Six Thousand (26,000) 14.34% of KMA Household 0.73% of the State Household |
Establishment |
|
Year of Formation |
18th June 2015 |
Board of Council Formation |
16th October 2015 |
Periphery |
|
North |
Madhyam Gram Municipality (Northern boundary of AN, AP and AQ Block of erstwhile Bidhannagar Municipality) |
South |
Rajarhat Block (Southern boundary of GM, GN & GP Block of erstwhile Bidhannagar Municipality) |
East |
HIDCO New Town (Eastern boundary of AQ Block running through the western boundary of Munsir Bheri of erstwhile Bidhannagar Municipality ) |
West |
South Dum Dum Municipality (Eastern boundary of Salt Lake bypass of erstwhile Bidhannagar Municipality) |
Administrative Jurisdiction |
Bidhannagar Sub-division |
District |
North 24 Parganas |
Police Jurisdiction |
Bidhannagar City Police |
Ward-Wise Population Detail
WARD NO. | AREA OF WARD (SQKM) | POPULATION | ROAD (KM) | DRAINAGE (KM) |
1 | 1.43 | 12,653 | 11.15 | 47.74 |
2 | 1.56 | 15,167 | 13.37 | 57.23 |
3 | 1.63 | 15,484 | 13.65 | 58.42 |
4 | 1.47 | 15,234 | 13.42 | 57.48 |
5 | 1.13 | 11,633 | 10.25 | 43.89 |
6 | 1.00 | 17,088 | 15.06 | 64.48 |
7 | 0.56 | 13,959 | 12.30 | 52.67 |
8 | 0.50 | 16,854 | 14.85 | 63.59 |
9 | 0.58 | 16,192 | 14.27 | 61.10 |
10 | 0.71 | 16,154 | 14.24 | 60.95 |
11 | 0.46 | 12,779 | 11.26 | 48.22 |
12 | 1.31 | 20,041 | 17.66 | 75.62 |
13 | 1.05 | 20,003 | 17.63 | 75.47 |
14 | 1.11 | 18,981 | 16.73 | 71.62 |
15 | 0.35 | 13,212 | 11.64 | 49.85 |
16 | 0.35 | 12,612 | 11.11 | 47.59 |
17 | 0.62 | 15,933 | 14.04 | 60.12 |
18 | 0.41 | 13,448 | 11.85 | 50.74 |
19 | 0.26 | 12,739 | 11.23 | 48.07 |
20 | 0.52 | 20,981 | 18.49 | 79.16 |
21 | 0.33 | 15,869 | 13.98 | 59.88 |
22 | 0.56 | 18,306 | 16.13 | 69.07 |
23 | 0.50 | 13,954 | 12.30 | 52.65 |
24 | 0.62 | 14,397 | 12.69 | 54.32 |
25 | 0.53 | 13,476 | 11.88 | 50.85 |
26 | 0.65 | 15,695 | 13.83 | 59.22 |
27 | 1.81 | 15,749 | 18.36 | 36.72 |
28 | 1.13 | 19,148 | 31.54 | 66.81 |
29 | 1.33 | 14,101 | 23.23 | 49.20 |
30 | 0.92 | 15,164 | 24.98 | 52.91 |
31 | 1.85 | 13,495 | 22.23 | 47.09 |
32 | 0.48 | 13,310 | 21.92 | 46.44 |
33 | 1.23 | 15,458 | 25.46 | 53.94 |
34 | 1.14 | 17,412 | 28.68 | 60.76 |
35 | 0.76 | 14,035 | 23.12 | 48.97 |
36 | 20.76 | 18,617 | 30.67 | 64.96 |
37 | 1.28 | 17,080 | 28.13 | 59.60 |
38 | 0.24 | 16,251 | 26.77 | 56.70 |
39 | 0.74 | 13,707 | 22.58 | 47.83 |
40 | 0.80 | 13,149 | 21.66 | 45.88 |
41 | 0.85 | 14,587 | 24.03 | 50.90 |
TOTAL | 55.51 | 6,34,107 | 728.37 | 2308.71 |
Bidhannagar, the most important satellite town of the city of Kolkata is situated on the eastern edge of the city. Bidhannagar is named after Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the first Chief Minister of West Bengal, who came up with the township idea to relieve the rising population pressure on Kolkata. The original township was called Salt Lake. On 18th June 2015, Government of West Bengal expressed its intention vide notification number 244/MA/O/C-4/1A-12/2012 dated 6th May 2015 published through Kolkata Gazette Extraordinary on 7th May 2015 to constitute the municipal areas of Bidhannagar and Rajarhat-Gopalpur and Panchayat areas of Mahishbathan-II Gram Panchayat, constituted under the WBMA, 1993 and the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 respectively, a Municipal Corporation with head office at Poura Bhawan, Salt Lake in the district of North 24 Parganas under section 3 of the WBMCA 2006. The board of council is constituted on 16th October 2015. The BMC falls under the administrative jurisdiction of Bidhannagar subdivision in the district of North 24 Parganas and police jurisdiction of Bidhannagar city police.
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