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NATIONAL MISSION for CLEAN GANGA Important 118 River Front Towns Identified NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA Important 118 River front Towns identified Class of Census 2011 S.No. State District Town Type Town Population 1 I Haridwar Haridwar (including BHEL Ranipur) NPP + OG + ITS 278286 2 II Dehradun Rishikesh (including Tapovan) NPP 73726 3 Chamoli Gopeshwar NPP 21447 4 III Tehri Garhwal Tehri NPP 24014 5 Garhwal Srinagar NPP 20115 6 Chamoli Joshimath NPP 16709 Uttarakhand 7 IV Uttarkashi Uttarkashi (Budkot) NPP 17475 8 Tehri Garhwal Muni ki Reti - Dhaluwala NP + CT 28636 9 Chamoli Gaucher NP 8864 10 V Chamoli Karnaprayag NP 8297 11 Rudraprayag Rudraprayag NPP 9313 12 Garhwal Kirtinagar NP 1517 13 Chamoli Nandprayag NP 1641 VI 14 Chamoli Badrinath(puri) NP 2438 15 Tehri Garhwal Devprayag NP 2152 16 Allahabad Allahabad M Corp. + OG + CB 1195329 17 Farrukhabad Farrukkabad NPP 276581 18 Ghazipur Ghazipur NPP + OG 121020 19 Kanpur Nagar Kanpur M Corp. + OG + CB 2876591 20 Mirzapur Mirzapur NPP 234871 21 I Varanasi Varanasi M Corp. 1198491 22 Chandauli Mughal Sarai NPP 109650 23 Moradabad Moradabad (Ramganga) M Corp 887871 24 Ballia Ballia NPP 104424 25 Unnao Unnao NPP 177658 26 Fatehpur Fatehpur NPP 193193 27 Bijnor Bijnor NPP 93297 28 Kannauj Kannauj NPP 84862 29 Unnao Gangaghat NPP 84072 30 Bijnor Najibabad NPP 88535 31 Uttar Pradesh Jyotiba Phule Nagar Gajraula NP 55048 II 32 Bijnor Nagina NPP 95246 33 Bijnor Chandpur NPP 83441 34 Bijnor Dhampur NPP 50997 35 Bulandshahar Jahangirabad NPP 59858 36 Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi NPP 94620 37 Bulandshahr Anupshahar NPP 29087 38 Mirzapur Chunar NPP 37185 39 Ghazipur Saidpur NP 24338 40 Ghaziabad Garhmukhteshwar NPP 46077 III 41 Varanasi Ramnagar NPP 49132 42 Bulandshahar Narora NP 22775 43 Kanshiram Nagar Soron NPP 27468 Uttar Pradesh NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA Important 118 River front Towns identified ClassIII of Census 2011 S.No. State District Town Type Town Population 44 Meerut Hastinapur NP 26452 45 Kanpur Nagar Bithoor NP 11300 IV 46 Budaun Babrala NP 18108 47 Bhojpur Arrah M Corp. 261430 48 Bhagalpur Bhagalpur M Corp. 252008 49 Buxar Buxar NP 102861 50 Saran Chapra NP 202352 51 Vaishali Hajipur NP 147688 52 Munger Munger M Corp. 213303 I 53 Patna Patna M Corp. + OG 1684297 54 Patna Danapur (Dinapur Nizamat) NP + CB 211152 55 Begusarai Begusarai M Corp 252008 56 Katihar Katihar M. Corp + OG 240838 57 Munger Jamalpur NP 105434 58 Nalanda Bihar Sharif M. Corp 297268 59 Patna Mokameh NP 60678 Bihar 60 Patna Fatuah NP 50961 61 Patna Barh NP 61470 62 Begusarai Barauni NP 71660 63 II Bhagalpur Sultanganj NP 52892 64 Buxar Dumraon NP 53618 65 Kaimur (Bhabua) Bhabua NP 50179 66 Lakhisarai Lakhisarai NP 99979 67 Patna Phulwari Sharif NP 81740 68 Lakhisarai Barahiya NP 43032 69 Bhagalpur Kahelgaon (Colgong) NP + CT 33700 70 III Patna Bakhtiyarpur NP 47897 71 Bhagalpur Naugachhia NP 49069 72 Saran Sonepur NP 37776 73 II Sahebganj Sahebganj NP 88214 Jharkhand 74 III Sahebganj Rajmahal NP 22514 75 Kolkata Kolkata M Corp. 4496694 76 Maldah English Bazaar M 205521 77 Murshidabad Bahrampur M 195223 78 Nadia Santipur M 151777 79 Purba Medinipur Haldia M 200827 80 Uttar Dinajpur Raiganj M 183612 81 Nadia Krishnanagar M 153062 82 Nadia Nabadwip M 125543 83 North 24 Parganas Barrackpore M 152783 84 Hugli Uttarpara Kotrung M 159147 85 Hugli Rishra M 124577 86 Hugli Baidyabati M 121110 87 Hugli Champdani M 111251 88 Hugli Bhadreshwar M 101477 89 North 24 Parganas Kamarhati M 330211 90 North 24 Parganas Baranagar M 245213 I West Bengal NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA Important 118 River front Towns identified Class of Census 2011 S.No. State District Town Type Town Population I 91 North 24 Parganas Naihati M 217900 92 North 24 Parganas Kanchrapara M + OG 129576 93 Hugli Serampore M 181842 94 Hugli Hugli-Chinsurah M + OG 179931 95 South 24 Parganas Maheshtala M 448317 96 North 24 Parganas Panihati M 377347 West Bengal 97 Haora Bally M 293373 98 Haora Ulluberia M + OG 235345 99 North 24 Parganas Khardah M 108496 100 Haora Howrah M Corp 1077075 101 Hugli Bansberia M 103920 102 Hugli Chandannagar M Corp 166867 103 North 24 Parganas Titagarh M 116541 104 North 24 Parganas Halishahar M 124939 105 Nadia Kalyani M 100575 106 North 24 Parganas Bhatpara M + OG 386019 107 Murshidabad Dhulian M 95706 108 Murshidabad Jangipur M 88165 109 Nadia Ranaghat M 75365 110 Murshidabad Jiaganj-Azimganj M 51790 111 Barddhaman Katwa M 81615 II 112 Nadia Chakdah M 95203 113 Hugli Konnagar M 76172 114 South 24 Parganas BudgeBudge M 76837 115 Nadia Gayespur M 58998 116 North 24 Parganas Garulia M 85336 117 Murshidabad Murshidabad M 44019 III 118 South 24 Parganas Diamond Harbour M 41802 Abbrevations Used: CB - Cantonment Board/Cantonment M – Municipality NPP - Nagar Palika Parishad M. Corp - Municipal Corporation/Corporation NP - Nagar Panchayat CT - Census Town OG - Out Growth ITS- Industrial Township Source: Census 2011; India - Water Resource Information System (India-WRIS) WebGIS portal by CWC.
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