Noida

Noida (Hindi: नोएडा) also known as New Okhla Industrial Development Authority is newly emerged and one of the most important cities of Uttar Pradesh. The name is an acronym derived from New Okhla Industrial Development Authority. It is at the border of Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi. It comes under the Delhi-NCR region. With many IT Parks growing, it is one of the major contributors for Uttar Pradesh state revenue. The city is comparatively new, it started developing in the early 1980s. It now has all major facilities including hospitals, schools, shopping malls, markets, offices, active police force, well maintained roads and well built residential areas.

Noida
City
New Okhla Industrial Development Authority
From the top: View of Noida city from the Hilton Noida View of Noida city from the Sector 78 List of Birds found in OBS IT Park, Noida, Okhla bird sanctuary Noida expressway, The Great India Place mall Sector 78 skyline
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Coordinates: 28.57°N 77.32°E / 28.57; 77.32
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Meerut
District	Gautam Buddh Nagar
Established	17 April 1976
Government
• Type	Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Body	Noida Authority
• Chairman, Noida Authority	Alok Tandon, (IAS)
• CEO, Noida Authority	Lokesh M, (IAS)
• Commissioner, Meerut Division	Aneeta Meshram, (IAS)
• District Magistrate and Collector	Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj,[1] (IAS)
• Commissioner of Police	Alok Singh, (IPS)
Area
• Total	203 km2 (78 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	637,272
• Rank	66th
• Density	2,463/km2 (6,380/sq mi)
Language
• Official	Hindi[3]
• Additional official	Urdu[3]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	201301 to 201307
Telephone code	0120
Vehicle registration	UP-16
Lok Sabha Constituency	Gautam Buddh Nagar
Website	Noida Authority

Transport

Noida's connectivity to Delhi was improved by Delhi-Noida Direct Flyway or DND which was completed by 2001. By 2009, Noida was connected to New Delhi via metro lines which made the commute for locals much easier.

Politics

Mahesh Sharma is the present Lok Sabha MP of Gautam Buddha Nagar (since 2014) and Pankaj Singh is the present MLA of Noida (since 2017). Both politicians are members of the Bharatiya Janata Party^[4][5]