Editing Kolkata (section)

=== Metropolitan area and satellite cities ===
The [[Kolkata metropolitan area]] is spread over {{cvt|1886.67|km2|sqmi|2}}<ref name="kmdaanreport2011kma">{{cite web |url=http://www.kmdaonline.org/pdf/aar11/introducing_kma.pdf |title=Introducing KMA |year=2011 |work=Annual Report 2011 |publisher=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority |access-date=9 February 2012 |archive-date=5 June 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605134704/http://www.kmdaonline.org/pdf/aar11/introducing_kma.pdf }}</ref>{{rp|7}} and comprises 4&nbsp;municipal corporations (including Kolkata Municipal Corporation), 37&nbsp;[[Neighbourhoods in Kolkata|local municipalities]] and 24&nbsp;[[panchayat samiti]]s, {{As of|2011|lc=y}}.<ref name="kmdaanreport2011kma" />{{rp|7}} The urban agglomeration encompassed 72&nbsp;cities and 527&nbsp;towns and villages, {{As of|2006|lc=y}}.<ref name="Metropolis" /> Suburban areas in the Kolkata metropolitan area incorporate parts of the following districts: [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]], [[South 24 Parganas district|South 24 Parganas]], [[Howrah district|Howrah]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]] and [[Nadia district|Nadia]].<ref name="urbanprice">{{Cite book |editor1-last=Sahdev |editor1-first=Shashi |editor2-last=Verma |editor2-first=Nilima |url=http://tcpomud.gov.in/Divisions/IEP/Urban%20Land%20Price%20Scenario-%20Kolkata/chapter%20II%20Kol.doc |series=Industry and Economic Planning |year=2008 |title=Kolkata—an outline |publisher=Town and Country Planning Organisation, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India |format=DOC |access-date=6 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426025356/http://tcpomud.gov.in/Divisions/IEP/Urban%20Land%20Price%20Scenario-%20Kolkata/chapter%20II%20Kol.doc |archive-date=26 April 2012 }}</ref>{{rp|15}}

[[File:Kolkata_Gate_(officially_known_as_Biswa_Bangla_Gate).jpg|thumb|[[Biswa Bangla Gate]] in [[New Town, Kolkata]]]]
Two planned townships in the greater Kolkata region are [[Bidhannagar, Kolkata|Bidhannagar]], also known as Salt Lake City and located north-east of the city; and [[Rajarhat]], also called [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] and located east of Bidhannagar.<ref name=spatialchange /><ref name="Sectorv">{{cite news |last=Chakraborti |first=Suman |title=Beautification project for Salt Lake, Sec V and New Town |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Beautification-project-for-Salt-Lake-Sec-V-and-New-Town/articleshow/10574484.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104185006/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-02/kolkata/30349773_1_traffic-islands-road-dividers-and-boulevards-bidhannagar-municipality |archive-date=4 January 2012 |access-date=6 December 2011 |date=2 November 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live |location=New Delhi }}</ref> In the 2000s, Sector&nbsp;5 in Bidhannagar developed into a business hub for information technology and telecommunication companies.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Sector V |url=http://egovernance.ndita.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=58 |publisher=Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority |access-date=6 December 2011 |archive-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103145620/https://egovernance.ndita.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=58 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kolkata! India's new IT hub |url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/13spec2.htm |access-date=6 December 2011 |newspaper=Rediff.com |date=13 July 2005 |archive-date=25 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125060048/http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/13spec2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Both Bidhannagar and New Town are situated outside the Kolkata Municipal Corporation limits, in their own municipal corporations or authorities.<ref name="Sectorv" />