Kolkata metropolitan area
| Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) বৃহত্তর কলকাতা | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Area | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Districts |
Kolkata Howrah Chandannagore Chinsura serampore South 24 Parganas district |
| Population (2011 Census)[1] | |
| • Metro | 14,112,536 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5.30) |
Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA), also known as The Calcutta Metropolitan Area 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 largest Metropolitan area in India next to Delhi and Mumbai.
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 (3)
- 1. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) (Total Ward-144)
- 2 Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) (Total Ward-)
- 3. Chandannagore Municipal Corporation (Total Ward-)
Municipalities (39)
- 1. Baidyabati Municipality
- 2. Bhadreswar, Hooghly Municipality
- 3. Bansberia Municipality
- 4. Champdani Municipality
- 5. Dankuni Municipaliy
- 6. Hugli-Chuchura Municipality
- 7. Konnagar Municipaliy
- 8. Rishra Municipality
- 9. Serampore Municipality
- 10. Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality
- 11. Bally Howrah Municipality
- 12.Uluberia Municipality
- 13. Gayespur Municipality
- 14. Klayani Municipality
- 15. Baranagar Municipality
- 16. Barasat Municipality
- 17. Barrackpore Municipality
- 18. Bhatpara Municipality
- 19. Bidhan Nagar Municipality
- 20. Dum Dum Municipality
- 21. Garulia Municipality
- 22. Halisahar Municipality
- 23. Kamarhati Municipality
- 24. Kanchrapara Municipality
- 25. Khardah Municipality
- 26 Madhyamgram Municipality
- 27. Naihati Municipality
- 28. New Barrackpore Municipality
- 29.North Barrackpur Municipality
- 30. North Dumdum Municipality
- 31. Panihati Municipality
- 32. Rajarhat - Gopalpur Municipality
- 33. South Dumdum Municipality
- 34.Titagarh Municipality
- 35. Baruipur Municipality
- 36. Budge Budge Municipality
- 37. Maheshtala Municipality
- 38. Pujali Municipality
- 39. Rajpur Sonarpur 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.
See also
- List of airports in the Kolkata metropolitan area
- List of metropolitan areas in Asia by population
Notes
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