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Kolkata Metropolitan Area

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Country
  
India

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5.30)

State
  
West Bengal

Districts
  
Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Parts of North 24 Parganas district South 24 Parganas district Howrah district Nadia district Hooghly district

Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA), also known as The Calcutta Metropolitan Area, Greater Kolkata and Kolkata Metropolitan Region (KMR) is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third most populous metropolitan area in India after Delhi and Mumbai.

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It consists of many cities and towns around the city of Kolkata.The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority takes care of this region and this region is developing very fast with new technologies, buildings, infrastructures, parks, sports club, Malls, riverside region developments, etc.

Constituents

The KMA consists of :

Municipal corporations (4)

  • 1. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) (Total Ward-144)
  • 2. Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) (Total Ward- 50)
  • 3. Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) (Total Ward- 41)
  • 4. Chandannagore Municipal Corporation.(Total Ward- 33)

    • Municipalities (36)

    A. North 24 Parganas district
  • 1. Baranagar Municipality
  • 2. Barasat Municipality
  • 3. Barrackpore Municipality
  • 4. Bhatpara Municipality
  • 5. Dum Dum Municipality
  • 6. Garulia Municipality
  • 7. Halisahar Municipality
  • 8. Kamarhati Municipality
  • 9. Kanchrapara Municipality
  • 10. Khardah Municipality
  • 11. Madhyamgram Municipality
  • 12. Naihati Municipality
  • 13. New Barrackpore Municipality
  • 14. North Barrackpur Municipality
  • 15. North Dumdum Municipality
  • 16. Panihati Municipality
  • 17. South Dumdum Municipality
  • 18. Titagarh Municipality
    • B. South 24 Parganas district 
  • 1. Baruipur Municipality
  • 2. Budge Budge Municipality
  • 3. Maheshtala Municipality
  • 4. Pujali Municipality
  • 5. Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality
    • C. Howrah district 
  • 1. Uluberia Municipality
    • D. Nadia district 
  • 1. Gayespur Municipality
  • 2. Kalyani Municipality
    • E. Hooghly district
  • 1. Baidyabati Municipality
  • 2. Bhadreswar, Hooghly Municipality
  • 3. Bansberia Municipality
  • 4. Champdani Municipality
  • 5. Dankuni Municipality
  • 6. Hugli-Chuchura Municipality
  • 7. Konnagar Municipality
  • 8. Rishra Municipality
  • 9. Serampore Municipality
  • 10. Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality
  • 72 cities
  • 527 towns and villages
  • Many more regions are said to be occupied in the Metropolitan Region of Kolkata by 2015.

    • Demographics

    According to the 2011 census data, the total population of KMA is 14,112,536. KMDA report states the total area is 1886.67 km², making the population density 7,480 per km².Which makes Kolkata India's highest population density among metropolitan area . Almost twice than Mumbai.

    References

    Kolkata Metropolitan Area Wikipedia
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