New Town, Kolkata
New Town
Rajarhat New Town | |
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New Town skyline Apartment high-rises in New Town Rajarhat City Centre 2 DLF IT Park | |
| Coordinates: 22°35′22″N 88°28′29″E / 22.5894°N 88.4748°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Statutory Development Board |
| • Body | New Town Kolkata Development Authority, West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) |
| Area | |
• Total | 93.3 km2 (36.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (July 2018) | |
• Total | 400,000−500,000 |
| • Density | 1,218/km2 (3,150/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700135, 700136, 700156, 700157, 700160, 700161 |
| Telephone code | +91 33 |
| Vehicle registration | WB07, WB08, WB25, WB26 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Rajarhat New Town |
| Website | |
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New Town (a.k.a. Rajarhat New Town) is a planned Satellite city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is administered by NKDA (New Town Kolkata Development Authority). New Town is declared as a "Solar City" and "Smart Green City" by Government of India.
HIDCO plans developing infrastructure like - roads, drains, sewerage line, water supply lines, major embellishment works and executed constructions like - buildings, projects, parks, museum, subways, over-bridges in New Town. An information technology and residential hub is developed at New Town. New Town was enabled with 10.5 km of Wi-Fi Zone along the Major Arterial Road (part of Biswa Bangla Sarani) from Haldiram, near Kolkata Airport to Salt Lake Sector V, which also make it India's first Wi-Fi road connectivity. The stretch has already been declared as a green corridor.