Trans-Gomti area
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Trans-Gomti area is an important sub-city in the Lucknow metropolitan area with its population next only to the main city. It is relatively more developed than the mainland due to the contemporary planning. It is divided roughly into the following areas: Mahanagar, Nirala Nagar, Aliganj, Janakipuram, Indira Nagar, and the largest of all, Gomti Nagar.
[edit] Demographics
With the population of slightly more than one million it is the most literate area in the entire Uttar Pradesh state. It mostly has middle class professionals and is more cosmopolitan than the main city.
[edit] Economy
It constitutes the central business district of Eastern Uttar Pradesh with many BPOs, R&D centres, IT, and ITES centres. It also has Indira Gandhi Pratishthan which is the largest science and technology centre in Uttar Pradesh. Most of the economic activity is confined to Indira Nagar-Gomti Nagar and Sitapur Road while others are primarily residential establishments.[citation needed]
The institutional area in Vibhuti Khand, a locality in Gomti Nagar, is fast developing as the second Central Business District of Lucknow.
[edit] Education
It has several world class institutions like:
- Indian Institute of Management
- Amity University
- Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Amity Mango Orchards
- Babu Banarsi Das National Institute of Technology and Management
- Lucknow University
- Sri Ramswaroop College of Engineering and Management
- Central Academy, Indira Nagar
- Colvin Taluqdars' College
- Central School
- Mahanagar Boys College
- City Montessori Schools
- Delhi Public School
- CIMAP
- St Dominic Savio College
