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Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is the local government of the Indian city of Kolkata, the state capital of West Bengal. This civic administrative body administers an area of 206.08 square kilometres (79.57 sq mi). [2] Its motto, Puroshri Bibardhan, is inscribed on its emblem in Bengali script.
The Mayor of Kolkata is the chief executive of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, one of the civic authorities in the Indian city of Kolkata. He is the First Citizen of the city of Kolkata. There have been 38 mayors of Kolkata in total till now since first election in 1924. [citation needed]
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is divided into 144 administrative wards that are grouped into 16 boroughs. [1]Each of these wards elects a councillor to the KMC. Each borough has a committee consisting of the councillors elected from the respective wards of the boroughs.
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.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation ward level map as of 2011 Census. Three additional wards have been added since then, taking the total to 144. The total area of the city's main administrative body, the KMC, is the one most widely understood to be what constitutes ("Kolkata or Kolkata City"). Its 144 municipal wards span the entirety of the city's ...
Ward No. 46, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 6, covering parts of Chowringhee, Esplanade East, Dharmatala, Janbazar, Lalbazar, Bowbazar (Chandni Chowk) and Maidan neighbourhoods in central Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Baliganj-Tollyganj, 22. Bhabanipur, 23. Alipur, 24.Ekbalpur and 25. Watganj. A new municipal corporation was created in 1876, wherein 48 commissioners were elected and 24 were appointed by the government. With the implementation of the Municipal Consolidation Act of 1888 the area under the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation was enlarged.
This is a list of Municipal Corporation under State/Union Territory based on the 2011 Census of ... Kolkata Municipal Corporation: Kolkata: Kolkata: 206.08: 4,496,694 ...