Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is the

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responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of

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and

Rajarhat Rajarhat is a locality in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Lying ...

areas in Greater Kolkata. Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation was headed by Administrator Shri Pawan Kadyan, IAS till elections were held in October 2015 after delimitation into 41 wards (Ward No.s 1 to 26 from Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality, Ward No. 27 from Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat and Ward No.s 28 to 41 from Bidhannagar Municipality). This constituted its first Board of Councillors and Mayor-in-Council with Shri Pawan Kadyan, IAS transitioning into the role of Municipal Commissioner. BMC consists of 41 wards (grouped in 6 boroughs). The Corporation is under administrative jurisdiction of

Bidhannagar subdivision Bidhannagar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. After transferring Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality and Rajarhat (Community development block) to Bidhannagar subdivision ...

in the district of

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and police jurisdiction of Bidhannagar City Police. The current Municipal Commissioner is Shri Sujay Sarkar, IAS, who has been in the post since 29 April 2022.

Geography

This civic administrative body administers an area of which is approximately 3.2% of the Total Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA). The jurisdiction of BMC includes

(a planned satellite town of

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and previously under "Bidhannagar Municipality"), Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat (which consisted of Tarulia, Mahisgote and Thakdari) and

(previously under "Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality" which consisted of

Kestopur Kestopur (officially, Krishnapur) is a neighborhood of Kolkata in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Devel ...

, Chandiberia,

Baguiati Baguiati is a locality in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Inf ...

, Udayan Pally, Santosh Pally, Jagatpur, Ashwini Nagar, Narayantala, Raghunathpur, Arjunpur,

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, Jyangra, Helabottala, Noapara, Adarsha Pally, Pramodgarh, Jyoti Nagar,

Hatiara Hatiara is a locality in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Tran ...

Kaikhali Kaikhali is a locality in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation of North 24 Parganas district, North 24 Paraganas District in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata Airport and also a part of the are ...

, Chinar Park, Atghara, Dasadrone, Salua, Bablatala, Narayanpur, Beraberi, Bidisha Pally, Sarada Pally, Ganti and part of NSCBI Airport). Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation borders Madhyamgram Municipality in the north, Rajarhat block in the south,

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in the east and

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in the west

Administration

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is divided into 41 wards. The 41 wards are arranged into 6 boroughs. Each ward elects a councillor. The mayor is responsible for the overall functioning of the BMC and has a tenure of five years. At present, the

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holds the power in the BMC.

Budget

As of 2020, the budget of the

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is fund surplus with a budget of while its total revenue stands at . A lot of funds were allocated for disaster management and covid relief while an allocation of was made for a road repairing scheme to have the transport infrastructure upgraded.

Demographics

As per 2011 census, total population under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is 632,107. Total number of

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are 121,761 and 10,950 respectively. Among the 41 wards, Wards no 20 has the highest population with 20,981 residents while ward no 23 has the lowest population with 11,639 residents. Total number of households in BMC is 153,661.

List of mayors

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.bmcwbgov.in/ Politics of North 24 Parganas district Municipal corporations in West Bengal Organisations based in Kolkata 2015 establishments in West Bengal