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)
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(Download
list).