Ward No. 27, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Ward No. 27
Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Ward No. 27 Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°35′6.9″N 88°22′20.4″E / 22.585250°N 88.372333°ECoordinates: 22°35′6.9″N 88°22′20.4″E / 22.585250°N 88.372333°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
Neighbourhoods covered	Maniktala
Parliamentary constituency	Kolkata Uttar
Assembly constituency	Jorasanko
Borough	4
Population (2011)
• Total	19,350
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	700 006
Area code(s)	+91 33

Ward No. 27, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 4, covering parts of Maniktala 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 Jorasanko (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[1]

Overview

The boundaries of the ward are as follows: Abhedananda Road (earlier a part of Beadon Street) is to the north. Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road is to the east. Kailash Bose Street and Mahendra Srimani Street (earlier Sukeas Street) are in the south. Bidhan Sarani is to the west.^[2][3]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Ward No. 27, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, had a total population of 19,350, of which 10,271 (53%) were males and 9,079 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,045. The total number of literates in Ward No. 27 was 16,144 (88.19% of the population over 6 years).^[4]

Election highlights

Election year	Constituency	Name of councillor	Party affililiation
2005	Ward No. 27	Prodyut Saha	Indian National Congress	[5]
2010		Raj Kishore Gupta	All India Trinamool Congress	[6]
2015		Minakshi Gupta	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