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Kolkata Metropolitan Region
The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, 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. The area is administered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

History

What is now the KMA was first legally defined as the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area in the schedule of the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area (Use and Development of Land) Control Act, 1965 (West Bengal Act XIV of 1965). After repeal of that Act, the area was redefined as the Calcutta Metropolitan Area (CMA) in the first schedule of West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979 (West Bengal Act XIII of 1979).

Jurisdiction

The area covers 4 municipal corporations along with 38 Municipalities.

Jurisdiction
Settlements Name Total
Municipal Corporations
Municipalities
1. North 24 Parganas district
Baranagar, Barasat, Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Dum Dum, Garulia, Halisahar, Kamarhati, Kanchrapara, Khardah, Madhyamgram, Naihati, New Barrackpore, North Barrackpur, North Dumdum, Panihati, South Dumdum, Titagarh
2. South 24 Parganas district
Baruipur, Budge Budge, Jaynagar Majilpur, Maheshtala, Pujali, Rajpur Sonarpur
3. Hooghly district
Baidyabati, Bhadreswar, Bansberia, Champdani, Dankuni, Hugli Chuchura, Konnagar, Rishra, Serampore, Uttarpara Kotrung
4. Howrah district
Uluberia
5. Nadia district
Gayespur, Haringhata, Kalyani
 38

Demographics

According to the 2011 census data, the total population of the Kolkata metropolitan area was 14,112,536. KMDA report states the total area is 1,888 km, making the population density 7,480 per km.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42876/download/46544/CLASS_I.xlsx
  2. ^ https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393
  3. ^ https://worldpopulationreview.com/cities/india/kolkata
  4. ^ https://kmda.wb.gov.in/page/cms/introducing_kmda_011393
  5. ^ https://prsindia.org/budgets/states/west-bengal-budget-analysis-2024-25#:~:text=The%20Gross%20State%20Domestic%20Product,revised%20estimates%20of%202023%2D24.
  6. ^ www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPEX@WEO/OEMDC
  7. ^ "CMPA Act, 1965 from SARTHAC, Calcutta High Court". Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. ^ "WBTC Act, 1979 from SARTHAC, Calcutta High Court". Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  9. ^ Kolkata Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Metropolis.org.
  10. ^ "Chapter II – The Vision _ Evolution of Kolkata Metropolitan Area" (PDF). jnnurmmis.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2017.


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