Standards for facilities

Amenities/Facilities Population Area required (in Ha.)

Educational
1 Nursery school 2500 0.08 800
2 Primary school 3000 - 4000 0.4 4000

3 Senior secondary 7500-10000 1.8 18000

Nursery, Primary, senior sec. School
4 (excluding hostel) (1500 students) 3.5 35000
Nursery, Primary, senior sec. School
5 (Including hostel) (1500 students) 3.9
6 College 80000 5

Health Facilities
1 Dispensary 15000 0.08 - 0.12
2 Nursing home 45000 0.02 - 0.03
3 Polyclinic 1 lakh 0.02 - 0.03
4 Intermediate clinic (80 beds) 1 lakh 1
5 Intermediate clinic (200 beds) 1 lakh 3.7
6 General hospital 1 lakh 6
7 Multi speciality hospital (200 beds) 1 lakh 9
8 Super speciality hosputal (200 beds) 1 lakh 3.2

Social cultural facilities

1 Community room 5000 0.075
2 Community hall, Marriage hall, Library 15000 0.2
3 Theatre 1 lakh 1
4 Music, dance and drama centre 1 lakh 0.1
5 Prayer hall/ spiritual centre 1 lakh 0.5
6 Community cultural centre _ 15

Police, public security and homeguard

1 Police station 90000 1.5
2 Police post 0.16
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Necessary accomodation area for
3 homeguard and public security 0.05

Telephone, telegraph, postal and banking facilities

1 Telegraph booking counter 1 lakh 0.02

2 Head post office with distribution centre 25000 0.07

3 Bank (extension counter with ATM) 15000 0.0081
Sports activities
1 District sports centre 1 lakh 8
2 Local sports centre 15000 1.5
3 Residential Area sports 5000 0.5

Shops
1 Convenient shops 5000 0.15
2 Local shoppingincluding service centre 15000 0.46
Community shopping centre including
3 service centre 1 lakh 5
4 Local wholesale market 1 lakh 10

Religious Premises
1 Religious premises 1 lakh 5

Electrical substation
1 11 K.V. Substation 15000 0.05
2 12 K.V. Substation 50000 60 m x 100 m

Transport
1 Three wheeler and taxi stand 15000 0.05
2 Bus terminal 1 lakh 0.4
 Standards for open spaces and recreational areas
Area (in Ha.) Per Minimum area per unit Minimum width per
Facilities thousand persons (in Ha.) unit ( in Mts.) Population
Totlot 0.03 0.03 15 1000
Play area 0.06 0.3 45 5000
Play ground 0.1 1.5 138 15000

Neighbourhood
ground 0.2 0.75 60 5000

Sectoral garden 0.2 1.5 100 15000

Road and alley widths

Road type Width (in mts.)
Regional routes 45 - 75m Average distance. 3 km.
Arterial roads 30 - 45m Average distance. 3 km.
Sub-arterial roads 12 - 30m Average distance. 1 km.
Local streets 9 - 12m Average distance. 1 km.
Loop streets 9m Maximum length 500m
Cul de sac 7.5m Maximum length 150m
Alley 6m Maximum length 100m
Service
radius
0.15
0.3
0.5

0.3

0.3