Kolkata Metropolitan Area

Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) বৃহত্তর কলকাতা
Metropolitan Area
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Districts	Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Parts of North 24 Parganas district South 24 Parganas district Howrah district Nadia district Hoogly 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 most populous metropolitan area in India after 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 (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 (37)

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. Bally Howrah Municipality
2. 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

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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.

Notes

West Bengal topics

Capital: Kolkata

History	Shashanka Pala Empire Sena dynasty Sher Shah Suri Mughal Empire British East India Company Siraj ud-Daulah Battle of Plassey Dutch India Bengal Presidency Bengal Renaissance Indian rebellion of 1857 Bengal famine of 1770 Bengal famine of 1943 Partition of Bengal (1905) Revolutionary movement for Indian independence Anushilan Samiti Jugantar Partition of Bengal (1947) Bangladesh Liberation War Naxalite movement Nadia Raj

Geography	Darjeeling Himalayan hill region Terai North Bengal plains Dooars Rarh region Sundarbans Reserve Forest Western plateau and high lands Ganges Delta Climate Highest point Protected areas Rivers Khoai Kalbaisakhi Tiger Hill, Darjeeling Siliguri Corridor

Governance	Chief Ministers Governor Legislative Assembly Political parties (Communist Party (Marxist) All India Trinamool Congress Indian National Congress) Parliamentary constituencies Assembly constituencies

Divisions & Districts	Burdwan division Bankura Bardhaman Birbhum Hooghly Paschim Medinipur Purba Medinipur Purulia Jalpaiguri division Alipurduar Cooch Behar Dakshin Dinajpur Darjeeling Jalpaiguri Maldah Uttar Dinajpur Presidency division Howrah Kolkata Murshidabad Nadia North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas

Cities and towns	Alipore Asansol Baharampur Balurghat Bankura Barasat Bardhaman Bardhaman Bishnupur Chinsurah Cooch Behar Darjeeling Durgapur Haldia Howrah Jalpaiguri Kalimpong Kharagpur Kolkata Krishnanagar Kurseong Malda Midnapore Murshidabad Purulia Raiganj Siliguri Siuri Tamluk List of cities in West Bengal Cities and towns by district

Culture	Bônggabdô (calendar) Baul Bhadu Gombhira Chau dance Cuisine Rabindra Sangeet Rabindra Nritya Natya Dolyatra Pohela Baishakh Durgapuja Language Literature Cinema Tusu Festival Jatra Ghosts in Bengali culture

Demographics	Bengali people Bihari people Gurkha Adivasi Anglo-Indian Ethnic communities in Kolkata List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate

People	Rabindranath Tagore Satyajit Ray Kazi Nazrul Islam Anil Kumar Gain Ritwik Ghatak Subhas Chandra Bose Jamini Roy Nandalal Bose Jagdish Chandra Bose Meghnad Saha Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

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Kolkata topics

History

Localities and streets

Kolkata Metropolitan Area
Neighbourhoods
- list
Streets (list)

Ethnic enclaves

Bow Barracks (Anglo-Indian)
Chinatown, Kolkata (Chinese)
Tangra, Kolkata (Chinese)
Armani-para (Armenian)

Buildings

Belvedere Estate Indian Museum Jorasanko Thakur Bari Kolkata High Court Marble Palace National Library of India Netaji Bhawan Raj Bhavan Sabarna Sangrahashala Shaheed Minar Victoria Memorial Metcalfe Hall Writers' Building Metropolitan Building Grand Hotel Shobhabazar Rajbari St. John's Church

High rises	Completed Chatterjee International Center South City Tata Centre Industry House Everest House Jeevan Sudha GOI Building Hiland Park Upcoming The 42 Urbana Uniworld City

Education

Secondary	Birla High School Calcutta Boys' School Calcutta Girls High School Don Bosco School, Park Circus Hare School La Martiniere Calcutta Loreto School South Point School St. James' Schoge School

Higher	Aliah University Asiatic Society Asutosh College The Vivekananda College Kolkata Marine Engineering and Research Institute Bethune College Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology Medical College Kolkata Calcutta National Medical College Centre for Studies of Social Sciences Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management Indian Statistical Institute Jadavpur University Maulana Azad College Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology National Library of India Netaji Subhas Open University Presidency College Rabindra Bharati University Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics School of Tropical Medicine Scottish Church College St. Xavier's College University of Calcutta West Bengal University of Health Sciences West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Calcutta School of Music

Industry and
economy

Transportation

Road	Calcutta Tramways Company Calcutta State Transport Corporation Kalyani Expressway Kolkata BRTS West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation South Bengal State Transport Corporation Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) Belghoria Expressway Vidyasagar Setu Vivekananda Setu Nivedita Setu Golden Quadrilateral Rickshaw Hand pulled rickshaw

Rail	Kolkata Metro Kolkata Circular Railway Kolkata Suburban Railway Eastern Railway South Eastern Railway Trams in Kolkata Kolkata LRTS Howrah railway station Kolkata railway station Sealdah railway station Shalimar railway station Kolkata Monorail

Sea	Port of Kolkata

Air	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport List of Airports

Culture

Places of
worship

Sports