Ward No. 97, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of
Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (abbreviated KMC; also Calcutta Municipal Corporation) is the local government of the Indian city of Kolkata, the state capital of West Bengal. This civic administrative body administers an area of . Its motto, '' ...
in Borough No. 10, covering parts of Ashok Nagar,
Kudghat
Kudghat is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Location
Kudghat is located on either banks of the Adi Ganga, the main flow of the Hooghly River from the 15th to 17th century connecting Kolkata to the Bidyadhar ...
,
Tollygunge Club
The Tollygunge Club (Bengali: টালিগঞ্জ ক্লাব), popularly called Tolly, is a country club in India, located in Tollygunge in south Kolkata.
Sir William Cruikshank established the club as an equestrian sports facility in ...
and
Regent Park
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(Shantigarh-Regent Colony-Nehru Colony-Vivekananda Nagar-Moor Avenue-Shanti Nagar-Composite Housing Estate) as regions of
Tollygunge
Tollygunge (Bengali: টালিগঞ্জ; nicknamed 'Mini Mumbai' or 'Mini Bombay') is a locality of South Kolkata, in West Bengal, India. It is famed as the centre of the Indian film industry, known as Tollywood, Marathi Cinema, South Indi ...
in
South Kolkata
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, in the
India
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state
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of
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
.
History
The establishment and evolution of Kolkata Municipal Corporation followed a long process starting from around the middle of the 19th century. The Municipal Consolidation Act of 1888 and certain steps taken thereafter saw the addition of peripheral areas in the eastern and southern parts of the city to the corporation area. In 1888, there were 75 commissioners, 50 of whom were elected, 15 appointed by the government and 10 nominated from bodies like Chambers of Commerce, Trades Associations and the Port Commissioners. The Calcutta Municipal Act of 1923 brought about important changes. The adjacent municipalities of Cossipore, Chitpore, Manicktola and Garden Reach were amalgamated with Kolkata. Garden Reach was later taken out.
Post-independence developments saw the introduction of adult franchise in municipal elections in 1962. The number of wards increased from 75 to 100. Tollygunge was merged with Kolkata in 1953. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act 1980, which came into effect in 1984, extended the boundaries of Kolkata by including South Suburban, Garden Reach and Jadavpur municipalities in Kolkata. With the addition of Joka to Kolkata, the number of wards rose to 144.
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Geography
Ward No. 97 is bordered on the north by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Road and Graham Road; on the east by Nagendra Narayan Dutta Road; and on the south and the west by Tolly’s Nullah.
The ward is served by Jadavpur
Jadavpur is a southern neighbourhood of Kolkata in the district of Kolkata of West Bengal, India. Jadavpur is one of the important junctions in South Kolkata. Jadavpur University and a number of research institutes of national and international ...
and Regent Park
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police stations of Kolkata Police
The Kolkata Police Force (KPF) is one of the two presidency police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata Police has the task of policing the metropolitan area (apart from Bidhannagar and New Town, which are served by the Bidhannag ...
.Bansdroni
Bansdroni is a locality of South Kolkata in West Bengal, India. The area is under Kolkata Municipal Corporation & it comes under Kolkata Police jurisdiction.
History
Bansdroni is a place of Art & culture. The place used to be a port during ...
, Garfa
Garfa is a southern neighborhood of Kolkata, India. This area is surrounded by Haltu, Nandi bagan, Jadavpur and Kalikapur. Starting as a refugee colony within Jadavpur, Garfa is now primarily a residential area within Kolkata.
Geography
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and Patuli.
Demographics
As per the 2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Ward No. 97, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, had a total population of 37,199, of which 18,613 (50%) were males and 18,586 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 2,073. The total number of literates in Ward No. 97 was 33,230 (94.60% of the population over 6 years).List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate
This is a list of districts in the Indian state of West Bengal ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census.
With a literacy rate of 96.26% (male 90.69% and female 96.54%), above the national average of 90.04%, as per the 2011 Ce ...
Census data about mother tongue and religion is not available at the ward level. For district level information see Kolkata district
Kolkata district (formerly known as Calcutta district) is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Kolkata.
History
Long before the British came to India, the ''zamindari'' (land lordship) of all lands from Barisha to ...
.
According to the District Census Handbook Kolkata 2011, 141 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation formed Kolkata district. (3 wards were added later).
Election highlights
The ward forms a city municipal corporation council electoral constituency and is a part of Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Tollyganj Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 152 Tollygunge Assembly constituency is compo ...
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References
External links
{{Kolkata Municipal Corporation wards
Municipal wards of Kolkata