Kendriya Vidyalaya Noida is a school located in Noida, a planned city in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The school is part of the Kendriya Vidyalaya system, a network of central government schools in India.
Key facts
| Name | Kendriya Vidyalaya Noida |
|---|---|
| Type | School |
| Location | Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh |
| Region | National Capital Region (NCR) |
Location and setting
The school is situated in Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority. Noida lies in the floodplain region between the Yamuna and the Hindon rivers and forms part of the National Capital Region. The city was established in 1976 under the NCR planning strategy to decentralise growth from Delhi, and is regarded as one of the more systematically planned cities in India.
Noida is administered by the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, while the administrative headquarters of Gautam Buddha Nagar district are located in the nearby city of Greater Noida. The city falls within the Noida Vidhan Sabha constituency and the Gautam Buddha Nagar Lok Sabha constituency.
Context
According to provisional reports of the Census of India, the population of Noida in 2011 was 642,381. The city has developed into a prominent economic centre with concentrations of information technology firms, electronics assembly units, automotive production, logistics facilities and news broadcasting houses. Noida has also been described as one of India's greener cities, with significant green cover including botanical gardens and biodiversity parks, providing the broader urban environment in which schools such as Kendriya Vidyalaya Noida operate.