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New Town

town in West Bengal, India
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New Town

Summary

New Town is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (945 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • New Town is located in Bidhannagar subdivision[3].
  • New Town is located in Baruipur subdivision[4].
  • New Town is in the country of India[5].
  • New Town's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • New Town's instance of is recorded as satellite city[7].
  • New Town's instance of is recorded as planned community[8].
  • New Town's instance of is recorded as new town[9].
  • New Town's Commons category is recorded as New Town, Kolkata[10].
  • New Town's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[11].
  • New Town's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 22.5894, 'longitude': 88.4748, 'precision': 0.0001}[12].
  • New Town's authority is recorded as West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation[13].
  • New Town's authority is recorded as New Town Kolkata Development Authority[14].
  • New Town's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New Town, Kolkata[15].
  • New Town has a population of {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+36541'}[16].
  • New Town's different from is recorded as New Town[17].
  • New Town's different from is recorded as Rajarhat Gopalpur[18].
  • New Town's different from is recorded as Rajarhat community development block[19].
  • New Town covers an area of {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q712226', 'amount': '+60.35'}[20].

Body

Geography

New Town is in the country of India[5]. Located in include Bidhannagar subdivision[3], a subdivision of West Bengal[21], in India[22] and Baruipur subdivision[4], a subdivision of West Bengal[23], in India[24].

Physical Characteristics

New Town covers an area of {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q712226', 'amount': '+60.35'}[20]. It has a population of {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+36541'}[16].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6], satellite city[7], planned community[8], and new town[9].

Why It Matters

New Town ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (945 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . icra.in. icra.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . icra.in. icra.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . icra.in. Retrieved . icra.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . icra.in. Retrieved . icra.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 3d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:New Town, Kolkata
    Population → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+36541'}
    Imported from → —
    Commons category → New Town, Kolkata
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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