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{{Infobox settlement
| name = New Town
| other_name = Rajarhat New Town
| native_name =
| settlement_type = [[KolkataCity]]
| image_skyline = {{multiple image
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[North 24 Parganas]] and [[South 24 Parganas]]
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kolkata metropolitan area|Greater Kolkata]]
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| area_code = +91 33
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[HumanLok sex ratio|Sex ratioSabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barasat]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 =
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajarhat New Town]]
| website = {{ubl|{{URL|http://www.nkdamar.org}},|
{{URL|http://www.wbhidcoltd.com}}}}
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'''New Town''' ([[also known as|a.k.a.]]{{aka}} '''Rajarhat New Town''') is a posh [[planned city|planned]] [[smartSatellite city]] of [[Kolkata]] located in the both [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]] district ofand [[WestSouth Bengal24 Parganas]] statedistrict in the [[India]].n Being[[States oneand territories of the [[Satellite cityIndia|satellite citiesstate]] of state capital [[KolkataWest Bengal]] to the east.<ref>{{cite news |title=Satellite Towns List |publisher=Walk Through India |url=http://www.walkthroughindia.com/walkthroughs/top-12-upcoming-planned-satellite-cities-india/ |url-status=live |access-date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225214125/http://www.walkthroughindia.com/cities/top-12-upcoming-planned-satellite-cities-india/ |archive-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> It is administered by NKDA (New Town Kolkata Development Authority).<ref>{{cite web |title=The New Town, Kolkata Development Authority Act, 2007 |url=http://www.nkdamar.org/Statutes/The%20NKDA%20Act%202007.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211031733/https://www.nkdamar.org/Statutes/The%20NKDA%20Act%202007.pdf |archive-date=11 February 2022 |access-date=21 March 2017 |publisher=NTKDA}}</ref> New Town is declared as a "Solar City" and "[[Smart City|Smart Green City]]" by [[Government of India]].<ref name="neliti"/>
 
[[HIDCO]] plans developing infrastructure like - roads, drains, sewerage line, water supply lines, major embellishment works and executed constructions like - buildings, projects, parks, museum, subways, over-bridges in New Town.<ref name="Times of India">{{cite news |title=New Town to get three subways, an overbridge |first1=Suman |last1=Chakraborti |date=13 February 2014 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/New-Town-to-get-three-subways-an-overbridge/articleshow/30301719.cms |access-date=13 May 2015 |publisher=Times of India |archive-date=17 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317084255/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/New-Town-to-get-three-subways-an-overbridge/articleshow/30301719.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> An information technology and residential hub is developed at New Town. New Town was enabled with 10.5&nbsp;km of Wi-Fi Zone along the Major Arterial Road (part of [[Biswa Bangla Sarani]]) from Haldiram, near [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata Airport]] to Salt Lake Sector V, which also make it India's first Wi-Fi road connectivity. The stretch has already been declared as a green corridor.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/10-5km-Wi-Fi-zone-in-Rajarhat-New-Town/articleshow/36728018.cms |first1=Suman |last1=Chakraborti |title=Wi-Fi connectivity: 10.5km Wi-Fi zone in Rajarhat New Town {{pipe}} Kolkata News |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 June 2014 |access-date=15 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120214040/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/10-5km-Wi-Fi-zone-in-Rajarhat-New-Town/articleshow/36728018.cms |archive-date=20 January 2016}}</ref>
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* [[Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira|Ramakrishna Mission Centre of Excellence]]
* Belle Vue Nursing College
* [[Sister Nivedita University]]
* [[West Bengal Power Development Corporation]] (WBPDCL) Training Institute<ref name="Education in New Town, Rajarhat">{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Rajarhat-to-get-education-hub/articleshow/46280754.cms | newspaper=The Times of India | title=Rajarhat to get education hub | first=Suman | last=Chakraborti | date=18 February 2015 | access-date=28 June 2018 | archive-date=15 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715015404/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Rajarhat-to-get-education-hub/articleshow/46280754.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Techno India]]
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===Schools===
For the children, to study up to the 12th standard, New Town also houses many schools:
*[[Narayana Group of Educational Institutions|Narayana School New Town]]
* [[Delhi Public School, New Town-Kolkata|Delhi Public School]]
* Narayana School
*[[The Newtown School]]
* Bodhicariya Senior Secondary School
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