The district of Ghaziabad is situated in the middle of Ganga-Yamuna doab.It is roughly rectangular, its length is 75 kms and its breadth is 37 kms. On the North, its bounded by the district of Meerut, on the South, its bounded by Bulandshahar and Gautambudh Nagar and on the South-west by the National Capital Delhi State and on the East by the distict Jyotibaphule Nagar. River Hindon flows through the city dividing it into east of Hindon (Cis Hindon Area i.e. CHA) and west of Hindon (Trans Hindon Area i.e. THA). CHA constitutes 2/3rd in area and population while THA constitutes 1/3rd area and population. The urban development of the city has been achieved through master plan 1981 and master plan 2001 from a population base of 70000 (1961) to 2.72 (1981) lakh and 9.68 lakh (2001)Ghaziabad district,carved out of meerut district in 1976, had Ghaziabad as class I city. During partition of India, it was a class III town. With onset of industralisation of the surrounding areas, it became class II town in 1961 and with growth rate of 82.10% in 1961-1971, it acquired the status of class I city in 1971. After Kanpur, Ghaziabad is the biggest industrial city in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) state. The city has grown at very fast pace during the last three decades to emerge as a Metro and strengthen its economic base. The city has one of the best road and rail connections among cities in U.P. State.The staus of Ghaziabad was upgraded from Municipal Board to Municipal Corporation, known as Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam (GNN) on 31 August 1994 following 74th constitution Amendment Act 1992 and conformity legislation by state government. GNN area has been divided into four administratiove zones namely city zone,kavi Nagar zone,Vijay Nagar zone and THA zone.The area is further divided into 80 words.