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Is New Town Action Area II a good place to live?

New Town Action Area II, Kolkata · pincode 700161

Better than much of Kolkata on 3 of 5 free checks, though its free-data score is only 41/100.

New Town Action Area II ranks 100 of 113 in Kolkata on our free-data score (41/100). Air averages 45 µg/m³ a year but reaches 81 µg/m³ in Nov–Jan, above India's daily limit.

Strengths

  • Cleaner air than most of Kolkata.
  • More greenery than most of Kolkata.
  • Less crowding than most of Kolkata.

Watch-outs

  • Higher flood exposure than most of Kolkata.
  • Inside the modelled 1-in-100-year flood zone (up to 2.4 m).

New Town Action Area II vs Kolkata

CheckHereCity typicalComparison
Air44.7 µg/m³51.4 µg/m³Better
Heat-stress days188 a year185 a yearSimilar
Flood (river/coastal)35/100100/100Worse
Green within 500 m40%21%Better
People per km²7,71520,454Better

“City typical” is the median of 113 Kolkata areas.

Nearby localities, ranked

By free-data score (air, heat, flood, green).

  1. 1Italghacha54/100
  2. 2Narayanpur52/100
  3. 3Krishnapur49/100
  4. 4Rajbari Colony45/100
  5. 5New Town Action Area I39/100
  6. 6Gouranganagar38/100

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