Ward No. 26, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Ward No. 26
Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Ward No. 26 Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°35′14.1″N 88°21′54.1″E / 22.587250°N 88.365028°ECoordinates: 22°35′14.1″N 88°21′54.1″E / 22.587250°N 88.365028°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
Neighbourhoods covered	Ramdulal Sarkar Street and Hedua Park
Parliamentary constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Assembly constituency	Shyampukur
Borough	4
Population (2011)
• Total	25,371
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	700 006
Area code(s)	+91 33

Ward No. 26, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 4, covering parts of Ramdulal Sarkar Street and Hedua Park 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 Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[1]

Overview

The boundaries of the ward are as follows: Beadon Street is to the north. Bidhan Sarani is to the east. Vivekananda Road and Nanda Mallick Lane are in the south. Rabindra Sarani and Chittaranjan Avenue are to the west.^[2][3]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Ward No. 26, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, had a total population of 25,371, of which 13,692 (54%) were males and 11,679 (46%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,674. The total number of literates in Ward No. 26 was 19,513 (82.34% of the population over 6 years).^[4]

Election highlights

Election year	Constituency	Name of councillor	Party affililiation
2005	Ward No. 26	Arup Adhikari	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[5]
2010		Dr. Shashi Panja	All India Trinamool Congress	[6]
2015		Robin Chattopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress	[7]

 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 3 April 2015.
4. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 15 June 2016l.
5. Search the web for COUNCILLORS OF KOLKATA MUNICITIPAL CORPORATION. In the search list click on this item. 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.
6. "Kolkata Municipal Corporation General Election Results 2010". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
7. Prabahat Khabar, Hindi newspaper, print edition, 29 April, 2015