Noida

Not to be confused with Greater Noida.

Noida
City
New Okhla Industrial Development Authority
Left-Right from the top: GAIL Jubilee Tower, Jaypee Greens Sun Court Tower with Golf course, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Sector 145, Worlds of Wonder Park, Supernova Spira
Brandmark of Noida in English
Seal
Official logo of Noida
Brandmark
Noida is in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Noida is in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Noida
Location of Noida in the Delhi metropolitan area and in Uttar Pradesh, India
Noida is in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Noida is in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Noida
Noida (Uttar Pradesh)
Coordinates: 28°34′N 77°19′E / 28.57°N 77.32°E / 28.57; 77.32
Country India
State Uttar Pradesh
DivisionMeerut
DistrictGautam Buddha Nagar
Established17 April 1976
Founded bySanjay Gandhi
Named forAcronym for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority
Government
 • TypeGovernment of Uttar Pradesh
 • BodyNoida Authority
 • Chairman, Noida AuthorityManoj Kumar Singh , (IAS)
 • CEO, Noida AuthorityLokesh M.
 • Commissioner, Meerut DivisionSelva Kumari J, (IAS)
 • District Magistrate and CollectorManish Kumar Verma, (IAS)[1]
 • Commissioner of PoliceLaxmi Singh, (IPS)
Area
 • Total
203 km2 (78 sq mi)
Elevation
200 m (700 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
637,272
 • Rank71st
 • Density2,463/km2 (6,380/sq mi)
DemonymNoidite
Language
 • OfficialHindi[3]
 • Additional officialEnglish[3]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
201301 to 201307
Telephone code0120
Vehicle registrationUP-16
GDP Nominal (Gautam Buddha Nagar district)Rs. 1,66,320.81 crores (2021–2022)[4]
Lok Sabha ConstituencyGautam Buddha Nagar
Rapid TransitNoida Metro and Delhi Metro
Websitewww.noidaauthorityonline.in

Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (ISO: Navīna Ōkhalā Audyōgika Vikāsa Prādhikaraṇa),[5] is a city[6] located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region. As per provisional reports of Census of India, the population of Noida in 2011 was 642,381.[7] The city is managed by New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA).[8] The district's administrative headquarters are in the nearby city of Greater Noida.

The city is a part of the Noida (Vidhan Sabha) constituency and Gautam Buddha Nagar (Lok Sabha) constituency. Noida was ranked as the "Best City in Uttar Pradesh" in the "Best City Awards" conducted by ABP News in 2015.[9][10] It is also ranked the cleanest city in medium category cities (cities with a population of 300,000 to 1,000,000) and 4th cleanest city among cities with less than 1,000,000 people.[11]

  1. ^ "DM's Profile". GautamBuddha Nagar, India. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Census of India Search details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2019. See page numbered 49 (frame54 on the pdf) 14.3 b. Additional Official Language: English has been declared as the Additional Official Language of the State.
  4. ^ "District Domestic Product Estimates Uttar Pradesh Year 2020–21" (PDF). Directorate of Economics And Statistics Government Of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. ^ "नवीन ओखला औद्योगिक विकास प्राधिकरण, उत्तर प्रदेश, भारत की आधिकारिक वेबसाइट". noidaauthorityonline.in. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  6. ^ Patra, Pratyush (14 July 2015). "Vibha Chibber: We moved to Noida as it is a planned city". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh, India". noidaauthorityonline.in. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Mumbai wins the Best City Award 2015". ABP News. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015.
  10. ^ "ABP News awards Noida city for housing and best city in Uttar Pradesh". Ten News Network. 11 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Noida 25th cleanest city among cities with less than 10 lakh people". The Economic Times. 20 August 2020.