New Town

East Kolkata comprises the new areas on the eastern side of the metropolis that have been growing since the 1990s. It houses the IT hub of Kolkata, shopping emporia, amusement parks and splurge hotels.
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  • Type: City with 36,500 residents
  • Description: town in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “New Town, Kolkata”, “Rajarhat”, “Rajarhat New Town”, and “Rajarhat Township”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mother’s Wax Museum and Tata Medical Center.

Museum
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Mother's Wax Museum is a located in Action Area – II of New Town, Kolkata, on the 5th and 6th floors of the West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation building.

Hospital
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is a medical center or hospital located on New Town in Kolkata Metropolitan Area, . It is one of the 62 specialist cancer treatment and research centres in India.

Arts center
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is a and educational center dedicated to the rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The center is situated in Action Area - I of New Town, Kolkata.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Kolkata and Rajarhat.

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comprises the new areas on the eastern side of the metropolis that have been growing since the 1990s. It houses the IT hub of Kolkata, shopping emporia, amusement parks and splurge hotels.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation of in the Indian state of . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

Suburb
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is the commercial sector of and a business district under Kolkata metropolitan area in the state of .

New Town

Latitude
22.5883° or 22° 35′ 18″ north
Longitude
88.4734° or 88° 28′ 24″ east
Population
36,500
Open location code
7MJCHFQF+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3320334805
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Wiki­data ID
Q26236372
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“New Town” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المدينة الجديدة”
  • Asturian: “New Town”
  • Bengali: “নিউ টাউন, কলকাতা”
  • Bengali: “নিউ টাউন”
  • Bengali: “নিউটাউন”
  • Hindi: “न्यू टाउन”
  • Persian: “راجارات گوپالپور”
  • Russian: “Новый город”
  • Urdu: “نیو ٹاؤن، کولکاتا”

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Localities in the Area

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