chronological development of Siliguri metropolitan Area

Chronological development and land use pattern.

1. SILIGURI URBAN AREA

2. CONTENT INTRODUCTION LOCATION OF THE STUDY AREA ORIGIN AND GROWTH DEMOGRAPHY MORPHOLOGY SPREADING FUNCTION OF URBAN AREA MIGRATION PULL FACTOR OF SILIGURI

3. The city of siliguri , Situated At 396 above sea level and on the banks of of Mahananda River(Length of 91 kms And earlier name was Mahanadi A benagali corruption of Mahanadi the Lepcha name of the river) is a witness as the importance Geographical Location . In the growth and development of a place.Siliguri is situated at the base of the himalaya Mountains in the Plains. Its the largest city in the Northbengal and Third largest city in westbengal after kollkata and assansol . INTRODUCTION

4. LOCATION OF STUDY AREA

5. There are many opinion to growth of siliguri urban region. But there are two main opinion about the origin of The name siliguri . 1st opinion: That is derived from the word ‘shill’ meaning small stone. Its said name originated from the broken boulders Which lie scattered in the mahananda river. 2 nd opinion: That means ‘A place with sal tress’. ORIGIN AND GROWTH

6. BASE MAP OF SILIGURI MUNICIPAL AREA

7. DEMOGRAPHY Based on Census data of 2011, the city has a population of 705,579, while the population of Siliguri UA/Metropolitan is 1,057,438.[2][3] Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. In Siliguri , 10% of the population is under six years of age. Due to the city's booming economy, it has drawn people from Bihar, Jharkhand, North Bengal, North-East, Sikkim and other parts of India in search of livelihood. Siliguri also has a large population of Tibetans and a notable number of Bhutanese permanently settled in the city.[5]

8. DEMOGRAPHY STATASTICS (2011)

9. Factors of growth Urbanization has been now felt pervasively over the entire world (Davies, 1981). It has now become a prime phenomenon of Siliguri Municipal Corporation now because sizable proportion of the population now lives in the corporation. Several major factors exhibiting in the area are the main impetus to the growth of the Corporation. The faceors are as follows. FACTOR GROWTH OF SILIGURI URBAN AREA

10. Subsequently in 1981 Siliguri Women’s college, in 1987, Kalipada Ghosh Terai Mahavidyalaya in Bagdogra and in 1998, and 1962, Surya Sen College and North Bengal University, that is, the only university in the entire region, was established at a place called Shivmandir near Siliguri . The place was officially renamed as Raja Rammohanpur , but the old name still persists. The Medical College and Hospital was established in 1967.

11. The Siliguri Municipal Corporation was incorporated in 1994 with a total area of 26.37 km2 under its jurisdiction. The area not only covered the 15.54 km2 of the erstwhile Siliguri Municipality but also included a part of the area from Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts. Today it is arguably the second most important corporation area in the .

12. Population growth in Siliguri . Every ten years The concerned population 1931 6067 1941 10487 1951 32480 1961 65471 1971 97484 1981 153825 1991 338361 2001 472374 POPULATION GROWTH OF SILIGURI AREA(2001)

13. MORPHOLOGY: Urban morphology is the study of the form of human settlement and the process of their formation and transformation. The study sheeks to understand the spatial structure and character of metropoliton area , city, town or village by examining the pattern of its component part and the ownership or control and occupation. Typically , analysis of physical form focuses on streat pattern .

14. CHRONOLOGICAL DEVLOPMENT OF SILIGURI MUNICIPAL AREA

15. Siliguri have now become as much a centre of sociocultural activities as the town is a cosmopolitan in nature. It is comprised of Bhutia , Marwari, Bengali, Bihari and Nepali people with substantial portion of Rajbanshi , the original inhabitant of the area. The town with a significant amount of social leisure facilities as cinemas, theatres, art galleries, entertainment parks etc. act as magnets to the surrounding population. SOCIO CULTURAL FACTOR

16. POPULATION OF SILIGURI Population :- Siliguri city is governed municipal corporation which comes under siliguri metropolition region . Asper population of siliguri in 2011 is 512, 264, of which males and femels are 263702 and respectively by.

17. POPULATION Siliguri city Total Male Female City population 513264 263702 249562 Literate 395802 211682 184120 Children 52540 27215 35325 Average literacy 85.91% 89.51% Sex ratio 946 Child sex ratio 931

18. RELIGION Description Total Percentage Hindu 472108 91.98% Muslims 27559 5.37% Christian 4832 0.94 Buddhist 3337 0.65% Not stated 3049 059% Jain 1197 0.23% Sikh 1089 0.21% Other 93 0.02%

19. Since the emergence as an urban centre, sharp increase of population concentration in Corporation has been noticed. As Siliguri , being a centre of trade and commerce in the region, has great prospects for consumer goods industries like bakery and confectionary, biscuits, sports goods, incense sticks, mineral water, soaps, chalk and pencils, digital clocks etc., can have a huge market and even small entrepreneurs can take advantage of this opportunity. SPREADING FUNCTION FROM THE CENTER

20. FUNCTIONAL ZONE OF SILIGURI

21. It has already been mentioned that there are only 4- urban centres in the district, viz., Darjeeling, Kurseoung, Kalimpong and Siliguri . Of these 4- centres Darjeeling was systematically built up by the British as the Summer Capital of Bengal due to its bracing climate. URBAN SETTLEMENT PATTERN

22. Kurseoung located in between Darjeeling and the foothills was developed to perform certain administrative functions. During 1901-31, the urban population of the district was doubled. With the inclusion of more areas within the district in 1931, two new towns have come into existence the district, Kalimpong and Siliguri .

23. A SATELITE VIEW OF MAHANANDA RIVER AND SILIGURI SETTLEMENT PATTERN

24. SILIGURI LANDUSE MAP

25. MIGRATION PULL FACTOR

26. GATEWAY OF NORTHEAST INDIA

27. SLUM AREA OF SILIGURI Ranabasti and Sraban Nagar :- asti college has identified Ranabasti and Sraban Nagar slums of wards 18 and 20 of Siliguri Municipal Corporation, which are located within 4 km of the Salesian College Siliguri Campus. The people of the area come from Bangladesh, Nepal and Bihar and very few are from neighbouring districts like Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and from the surroundings of Siliguri . There are over 600 families in this area. The people are typically wage labourers, van pullers, rickshaw pullers and private car drivers. Some of the women are servants in the neighbouring households, and a few are vegetable sellers in local markets

28. SLUM AREA SL no Attributes Value 1 Total slum 185 2 Notified soums 154 3 Non-notified slums 31 4 Slum population 161876 5 Share slum population again total population 32 % 6 Slum household 35134 7 BPL household 22898

29. SLUM AREA OF SILIGURI

30. Urban geography by R.B.Mandal CDP final project of siliguri Census,Haandbook of siliguri http://www.cencus 2011.co.in/ cencus /city/192-siliguri.html www.siligurimc.in Internet REFERENCES