Sector 62, Noida

Sector 62, Noida
City Area
National Capital Region Territory
Sector 62, Noida
Coordinates: IN 28°34′N 77°19′E / 28.57°N 77.32°E / 28.57; 77.32Coordinates: IN 28°34′N 77°19′E / 28.57°N 77.32°E / 28.57; 77.32
Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
City Noida
Government
  Body Government of Uttar Pradesh
Elevation 200 m (700 ft)
Languages
  Official Hindi, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 201309
Area code(s) 0120
Vehicle registration UP-16

Sector 62 (Hindi: सेक्टर 62), is a prime location in centre of Noida city. It is one of the well planned sectors of Noida city where residential and commercial areas are segregated effectively. Noida is a part of National Capital Region of India.

Geography

It is located in Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh state India. It is about 20 km southeast of New Delhi, 24 kilometres (15 mi) northwest of the district headquarters, Greater Noida and 455 kilometres (283 mi) northwest of the state capital, Lucknow, 18 km from Connaught Place of New Delhi. It is bound on the west and south-west by the Yamuna River, on the north and north-west by the city of Delhi, on the north-east by the cities of Delhi and Ghaziabad, India and on the north-east, east and south-east by the Hindon River. Sector 62 falls under the catchment area of the Yamuna river, and is located on the old river bed. It is famous for its modern lifestyle.

Education

Sector 62, houses some of the famous local Universities like National Institute of Biologicals, Indian Academy of Highway Engineering, ICAI, IMS, IIM Lucknow's Noida campus, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology and many more. It is also home to many prestigious centres of higher learning, including MAF Academy, Symbiosis Law School. Bank of India staff training college is also situated in this sector.Some well known schools like Fathers Agnel , Karl Huber are also present there.

Economy

Sector 62 is also a major hub for multinational firms outsourcing IT services e.g. PineLabs, Samsung, Barclays Shared Services, CRMNEXT, Headstrong, IBM, Miracle, Steller IT park,Unitech Infospace and lots more. Many large software and business process outsourcing companies have their offices in this sector. It houses branches of almost all major Indian banks like State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, Union Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Kotak Mahindra, Yes Bank etc.

Transport

Sector 62 has good road connectivity. It is also on papers to extend the Blue Line Metro service to this Sector. It is connected to East Delhi with the help of National Highway 24. Nearest Metro stations are Noida City Center, Vaishali and Kaushambi stations.

Hospital

Fortis is one of the biggest hospitals in Delhi NCR. This also has Patanjali stores, Health Village apart from Apollo Pharmacy in Tot Mall Market.

Residential Societies

Sanchar Vihar, Neelkanth Apartments, Swagatam Apartments, Purvanchal, PMO Apartments, Overseas Apartments, Vasant Apartments, Indian Oil Apartments, Reserve Bank Aashiana Apartments, Shramdeep Apartments, Designer Park Apartments, Shakti Kunj, Sharad Kunj, Bhagirathi Apartments are some of nice societies there.

See also

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