Ward No. 1, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Ward No. 1
Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Ward No. 1 Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°38′02″N 88°22′14″E / 22.63389°N 88.37056°ECoordinates: 22°38′02″N 88°22′14″E / 22.63389°N 88.37056°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
Neighbourhood covered	Cossipore
Police station	Cossipore
Parliamentary constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Assembly constituency	Kashipur-Belgachhia
Burough	1
Elevation	36 ft (11 m)
Population (2011)
• Total	53,125
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	700 003
Area code(s)	+91 33

Ward No. 1, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 1, covering parts of Cossipore neighbourhood in north Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It forms a city municipal corporation council electoral constituency and is a part of Kashipur-Belgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[1]

Overview

The boundaries of the ward are as follows. Pramanick Ghat Road across Cossipore Road, Kashinath Dutta Road and Barracpore Trunk Road are to the north. Barrackpore Trunk Road is to the east. Khagendra Chatterjee Road and Rustomjee Parsee Road are to the south. Cossipore Road, Rustomjee Parsee Road and the Hooghly River are to the west.^[2][3]

Kashipur was made a part of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1923.^[4]

The ward is served by Cossipore police station of Kolkata Police.^[5]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Ward No. 1, Kolkata Municipal Corporation had a total population of 53,125, of which 27,945 (53%) were males and 25,180 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 4,033. The total number of literates in Ward No. 1 was 42,277 (86.12 % of the population over 6 years).^[6]

Election highlights

Election Year	Constituency	Name of Councillor	Party Affililiation
2005	Ward No. 1	Kanailal Ganguly	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[7]
2010		Ila Dam	All India Trinamool Congress	[8]
2013-by		Sita Jaiswara	All India Trinamool Congress	[9]
2015		Sita Jaiswara	All India Trinamool Congress	[10][11]

 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election 2015 summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
All India Trinamool Congress	116	19
Left Front	15	18
Bharatiya Janata Party	5	2
Indian National Congress	5	5
Independents	3	3

Source: DNA West Bengal Municipal Election Results, 28th April 2015
Results of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Election, 2010

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
2. Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory. D.P.Publications & Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata-700073, 4th edition 2003.
3. "Municipal Wards". Yellow Pages.com. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
4. "A walk down memory lane". About Kolkata. KMC. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
5. "Table 3 District Wise List of Statutory Towns( Municipal Corporation,Municipality,Notified Area and Cantonment Board) , Census Towns and Outgrowths, West Bengal, 2001". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
6. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
7. Search the web for COUNCILLORS OF KOLKATA MUNICITIPAL CORPORATION. In the search list click on this. On clicking one gets an option for “List of KMC Councillors” at the bottom of the page. Press <Open> to get to Adobe Acrobat file.
8. "Kolkata Municipal Corporation General Election Results 2010". West Bengal Government. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
9. "KMC By-polls in two wards". Bengal. The Statesman, 21 November 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
10. Prabahat Khabar, Hindi newspaper, print edition, 29 April, 2015
11. "Ward-wise winners" (PDF). Gazette Notification. West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 23 March 2015.