Difference between Rajarhat and New Town

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Confusion and Comparison between Rajarhat and

New Town
Everyone is not aware of Rajarhat and New Town area in Kolkata properly. There is always
confusion between these two areas. Some people say it is Rajarhat where they want to
live when they are actually searching for a home in New Town Area. Some calls this area
as Rajarhat New Town. Here we are going to make clear thoughts regarding these two
areas and also a comparison, so you may decide better where to live according to your
choice and criteria.

New Town

New Town is the

neighborhood of Kolkata. This is the new commercial hub and residential hub with modern
culture. In short this area is the new face of Kolkata. New Town is divided into three
areas. Action Area 1, 2 & 3. Action Area 1 consists of Malls, Sub-CBD, Commercial Plots
and Planned Residential plots. Action Area 2 will be the main CBD(Central Business
District) area and Institutions, Business Parks will also be in this area. There are some big
and luxurious residential complexes also present in this area. Action Area 3 is mainly for
high-rise residential complexes and mini townships. New Town is developed of two
erstwhile villages Rajarhat and Vangar by WBHIDCO. The whole area was Rajarhat and
The Government made the acquisition of some part of Rajarhat and developed New Town.

The IT major companies like TCS, Wipro, Cognizant, Real Estate giants like DLF, Unitech,
TATA Group, Shaporji-Palonji, Ambuja Realty etc. are present in this area and involved in
business. One of the biggest and honored hospital “Tata Medical Center” is situated here.
The major arterial roads are connecting to major areas and to the main city. Other
interests are Eco Park, Rabindra Tirtha which is in the memory of Kaviguru Rabindranath
Tegor, Nazrul Tirtha in the memory of Kazi Nazrul Islam and Mothers Wax Musium is also
a must visit place. Upcoming Metro corridor from Gariya to Dum Dum is also going to be
the most effective public transport in future.

Rajarhat

Rajarhat is also a neighborhood of Kolkata. The maximum part of Rajarhat is under

acquisition to develop New Town. The rest part is still known as Rajarhat. Rajarhat is free
from Government acquisition. This area consists mainly Residential Complexes. The sizes
of the complexes are different. The locations are also good to commutate. Two state
highways already there and one major 6 lane expressway is coming which is going to
connect New Town to NH34 keeping Rajarhat in between. After the connectivity this route
will be a busy route for availing NH34, Jessore Road and North Bengal. The international
bus route to Dhaka will also probably run in this route. Metro connectivity is closer and
availing all the facilities and amenities of New Town is easier.

Comparison
  New Town is developed by Government whereas Rajarhat is an organic growth
by individual or companies. The private investors and developers are developing
Rajarhat very fast.
 New Town is according to Government plan and it is totally under Government
control to develop this area.
 New Town Action Area 1 is well developed at present; however, Action Area 2 &
3 is still not developed properly. Rajarhat is developing fast and it is becoming
the satellite town.
 The lands and plots are lease-hold and residential properties are lease-hold and
under co-operative society in New Town. Co-operative society flats are individual
building and no amenities available like complex. Only high-end complexes in
New Town are with facilities and amenities. Whereas in Rajarhat, all the
residential apartments are freehold, within a complex and with all the facilities
and amenities.
 New Town has a good transport system and major arterial roads. Rajarhat has
also state highways and well public transport and now upcoming 6 lane major
arterial road is making this area more valuable.
 The business parks, companies, parks and other places of interests are in New
Town but these places can also be accessible easily from Rajarhat.
 Living in New Town is costly in high-end residential complexes, whereas living in
a complex with all the modern amenities and facilities in Rajarhat is within
budget.
 Rajarhat is developing faster than New Town.

New Town, Kolkata

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 New Town

Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)

Apartment high-rises in New Town

New Town

Location in West Bengal, India

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Coordinates: 22.5894°N 88.4748°ECoordinates: 22.5894°N

88.4748°E

Country India
 State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Region Greater Kolkata

Government
• Type Statutory Development Area
• Body New Town Kolkata Development
Authority

Elevation 9 m (30 ft)

Population
(April 2018)
• Total 1,000,000 (Approximately)

Languages
• Official Bengali, English

Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

PIN 700156, 700157

Telephone code +91 33
Vehicle registration WB
Lok Barasat
Sabhaconstituency
Vidhan Rajarhat New Town
Sabhaconstituency

Website www.nkdamar.orgwww.wbhidcoltd.com

New Town is a fast-growing planned satellite city of North 24 Parganas district in

the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by New Town Kolkata
Development Authority (NKDA).[1] This new information technology and residential hub is being
developed on the north-eastern fringes of Kolkata. The area mainly consisted of huge acres of
cultivable lands and water bodies, which have been acquired and developed in a planned
manner. The process of investing in residential and industrial facilities and infrastructural
development of the area has mainly started under the leadership of the then Chief Minister of
West Bengal Jyoti Basuin the late 1990s. The master plan envisions a township which is at least
three times bigger than the neighbouring planned Salt Lake City. The New Town (Rajarhat) has
been also declared as a Solar City by the previous UPA government at the Centre and now the
initiatives are being taken to declare this city as Smart Green City, a dream project of Narendra
Modi (Prime Minister of India) with the help of Government of West Bengal according to a
proposal submitted by Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister of West Bengal).[2]The New Town
Kolkata was enabled with 10.5 km of Wi-Fi Zone connecting the Main Arterial Road to the airport
to Sector V, which also make it India's first Wi-Fi road connectivity. The stretch has already been
declared as a green corridor.[3]

Contents

 1Geography
 2Economy
 3Demographics
 4Civic Administration
o 4.1Utility services
 5Transport
 6Education
 7See also
 8References
 9External links

Geography[edit]
New Town is located at 22°35′22″N 88°28′29″E. The township is located in the Barasat Sadar
subdivision of North 24 Parganas district. It is part of the Kolkata Metropolitan Area.[4]

Economy[edit]

DLF IT Park, New Town

New Town being three times the size of Salt Lake has emerged as the second IT hub of Kolkata.
Already several Information Technology majors are operational, while others like TCS (40 acres)
, Wipro (45 acres) and Infosys(50 acres)[5] have been allotted space.
Currently, Real Estate investments and developments forms the other backbone of the economy.
Major real state conglomerates involved in commercial,retail and residential projects
are DLF,CANDOR, Shapoorji Pallonji Group, TATA group, Ambuja Neotia
Realty, Peerless Group, Sureka Group etc.[6][7]

Demographics[edit]

Uniworld City, an apartment complex within New Town

As of April 2018, the residential population of New Town is estimated to be more than 1 million
with 0.5 million additional floating population. [8]

Civic Administration[edit]
The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has been constituted under The New
Town Kolkata Development Authority Act, 2007 (The West Bengal Act XXX of 2007) for
rendering various civic services and amenities within New Town, Kolkata and it has come into
effect since November, 2008. It is a transitional arrangement in the way of creation of an Urban
Local Body (ULB). The administration is headed by a chairman, exercising authority over a
member secretary and Chief executive officer, who in turn oversee various specific committees,
set up to implement various duties.
Utility services[edit]
As of 2015, New Town gets 200 lpcd of treated water every day with potable water that is
sourced from the Hooghly River.[9] Water treatment plants with computerised monitoring and
control system are in place. 100% of the garbage is collected by sanitary workers through door to
door collection. As of 2015, more than 70% of the solid waste management vehicles and street
sweeping vehicles have been fitted with GPS devices for effective monitoring.[9] All the garbage is
compacted at compacting stations before disposing of it in dumping grounds.
Electricity is supplied and managed by New Town Electric Supply Company Limited, or
NTESCL.[9] Fire services are handled by the West Bengal Fire Service, a state agency.
The Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate looks after the law and order in the city.
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, or BSNL, as well as private enterprises, among
them Vodafone, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Reliance Jio, Tata DoCoMo, are the leading
telephone and cell phone service providers in the city.[10]:25–26:179 Kolkata being the first city in India
to have cell phone and 4G connectivity, the GSM and CDMA cellular coverage is extensive in
New Town.[11][12]

Transport[edit]

Biswa Bangla Road

The main mode of transportation, like other parts of Kolkata includes air conditioned, non-AC
government and private buses, taxi, and other popular Indian transports like auto rickshaw and e-
rickshaws. As of 2015, around 300 buses on 25 different bus routes, either passes through or
originates from New Town.[9] As of November 2016, the New Garia – Airport line of the Kolkata
Metro is under-construction with cost inflation and delays[13][14] There is also a plan to extend
the Circular Railway from Bidhannagar Road (Ultadanga) to New Town via Lake Town and Salt
Lake.[15]

Education[edit]
Some of the educational and training institutes that are setting up their campuses in Rajarhat:

 University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata[16]

 Amity University Kolkata[17]
 Presidency University
 St. Xaviers University
 Rabindra Bharati University
 IIT Kharagpur Research Park
 Aliah University
 Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
 Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
 Ramakrishna Mission Centre of Excellence
 Belle Vue Nursing College
 West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL) Training Institute[18]
 Al Ameen Mission Trust
 Techno India
 West Bengal Judicial Academy
For the children, to study up to the 12th standard, New Town also houses many schools:

 Delhi Public School

 New Town School
 Calcutta Public School
 Bodhicariya Senior Secondary School

Rajarhat
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Rajarhat

Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)

 Skyline of Rajarhat

Rajarhat

Location in West Bengal, India

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Coordinates: 22°37′0″N 88°31′0″ECoordinates:

22°37′0″N 88°31′0″E

Country India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Region Greater Kolkata

Government
 • Type Municipal Corporation
• Body Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation

Languages
• Official Bengali, English

Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

PIN 700135
Telephone code +91 33
Vehicle registration WB
Lok Sabhaconstituency Dum Dum, Barasat
Vidhan Rajarhat Gopalpur, Rajarhat New
Sabhaconstituency Town

Website north24parganas.nic.in

Rajarhat is a locality in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation of North 24 Parganas district in

the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan
Development Authority (KMDA). Lying just on the periphery of the planned New Town, Rajarhat
has seen huge spurt in real estate development.

Contents

 1Etymology
 2Demographics
 3See also
 4External links
 5References

Etymology[edit]
Raja Gajendra Narayan Ray who was one of the Finance Officials under Emperor Jehangir
settled in Haveli Shahar ( now Halishahar ). He had a vast zamindari in a large part of North 24
Parganas. One day he was going to visit his zamindari by a Bajra along the River Labanyabati (
now a narrow canal called Nowai Khal ). Suddenly by accident the Bajra sank & all the
passengers except him drowned. After this accident he refused to return to Halishahar & decided
to settle at this place. He built his residence there on the north of the River Labanyabati. Around
his house a village grew up which is still known as Rajabaati or Raajbaari. This village is situated
2 km south of the villages of Jojera & Beraberi. Later many families of his subjects started to
settle around the place and a market was also started which they called Raajaar Haat. This
bazaar is still there situated east of Kadihati - Bishnupur Road & old Shyambazar - Basirhat Light
Railwayline, now known as Baguiati - Rajarhaat Road. This Raja Gajendra Narayan Ray's next
7th generation Durga Prasad Roy settled in Behala and he is considered to be the founder of the
illustrious Ray Family of Behala.

Demographics[edit]
As per the 2011 census, Rajarhat had a total population of 402,844 persons, Males constitute
50.55% of the population and females 49%.[1] Rajarhat has an average literacy rate of 89.69%.