Uttarpara Municipality was founded on 14 April 1853 after the second appeal by zamindar Joykrishna and others for a municipality to the Government of Bengal, the first appeal made by them in 1851 was rejected.[1][2] Uttarpara was only the second town in Bengal to voluntarily adopt the Municipal Act of 1850 Sec XX16 – Serampore was the first town to adopt it. However, while in Serampore European residents pushed the issue through, in Uttarpara it was the zamindar Joy Krishna Mukherjee who played the pivotal role and made Uttarpara Municipality the first in the state by establishing it in 1853, 12 years before Serampore Municipality and 23 years before Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Kotrung was merged with Uttarapara Municipality in 1964 and it was renamed Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality. Makhla was merged with Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality in 1991.[3]
Geographyedit
Map of Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality
The boundaries of Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality are as follows: Konnagar Municipality to the north, Hooghly River to the east and Bally Khal to the south. Earlier the railway track was the western limit, but subsequently areas such as Makhla and Hindmotor have been added beyond the railway track.[3]
Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality covers an area of 11.75 sq km and has a population of 159,413 (2011).[4]
In 1981, 27.47% of the total population formed main workers and 72.53% were non-workers in Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality and 37.98% of the total main workers were industrial workers. This may be interpreted as follows: although industrial activities are prominent in the municipal areas of the region, the major portion of the population is commuters and migrants find employment in the area.[5]
Healthcareedit
Uttarpara General Hospital, with 204 beds, Female Vagrants Home and primary health centre with 5 beds at Bhadrakali are located in the Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality area.[6]
Electionsedit
In the 2015 municipal elections for Uttarpara Kotrung municipality Trinamool Congress won 15 seats, CPI(M) 4 seats, Congress 2 seats and Independents 3 seats.[7]
In the 2010 municipal elections for Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Trinamool Congress won 22 seats, CPI (M) 1 seat and Independent 1 seat.[8]
Wardsedit
Details of the wards, with 2022 municipal election results, are as follows:[9][10]
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Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality is the civic body that governs Uttarpara Kotrung and its surrounding areas Bhadrakali and Hind Motor in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district West Bengal India It is the oldest municipality in the state of West Bengal Uttarpara Kotrung MunicipalityTypeTypeMunicipalityHistoryFounded1853 171 years ago 1853 LeadershipChairmanDilip YadavVice ChairmanKhokan MandalStructureSeats24Political groups AITC 19 seats CPI M 3 seats IND 1 seat INC 1 seatElectionsLast election2022Next election2027Websitewww wbr uttarparamunicipality wbr in Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Healthcare 4 Elections 5 Wards 6 ReferencesHistory editUttarpara Municipality was founded on 14 April 1853 after the second appeal by zamindar Joykrishna and others for a municipality to the Government of Bengal the first appeal made by them in 1851 was rejected 1 2 Uttarpara was only the second town in Bengal to voluntarily adopt the Municipal Act of 1850 Sec XX16 Serampore was the first town to adopt it However while in Serampore European residents pushed the issue through in Uttarpara it was the zamindar Joy Krishna Mukherjee who played the pivotal role and made Uttarpara Municipality the first in the state by establishing it in 1853 12 years before Serampore Municipality and 23 years before Kolkata Municipal Corporation Kotrung was merged with Uttarapara Municipality in 1964 and it was renamed Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Makhla was merged with Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality in 1991 3 Geography edit nbsp Map of Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality The boundaries of Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality are as follows Konnagar Municipality to the north Hooghly River to the east and Bally Khal to the south Earlier the railway track was the western limit but subsequently areas such as Makhla and Hindmotor have been added beyond the railway track 3 Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality covers an area of 11 75 sq km and has a population of 159 413 2011 4 In 1981 27 47 of the total population formed main workers and 72 53 were non workers in Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality and 37 98 of the total main workers were industrial workers This may be interpreted as follows although industrial activities are prominent in the municipal areas of the region the major portion of the population is commuters and migrants find employment in the area 5 Healthcare editUttarpara General Hospital with 204 beds Female Vagrants Home and primary health centre with 5 beds at Bhadrakali are located in the Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality area 6 Elections editIn the 2015 municipal elections for Uttarpara Kotrung municipality Trinamool Congress won 15 seats CPI M 4 seats Congress 2 seats and Independents 3 seats 7 In the 2010 municipal elections for Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Trinamool Congress won 22 seats CPI M 1 seat and Independent 1 seat 8 Wards editDetails of the wards with 2022 municipal election results are as follows 9 10 Ward No Neighbourhood1 Total Electors Seat Type Councillor Party 1 Kotrung 3 883 General Partha Mazumder Trinamool Congress 2 Kotrung 6 217 General Sandip Kumar Das Trinamool Congress 3 Kotrung 5 651 Woman Arati Biswas CPI M 4 Kotrung 5 563 General Prabir Kangsabanik Sanu CPI M 5 Kotrung 4 037 General Pinaki Dhamali Independent 6 Kotrung 5 182 Woman Putul Rani Ghosh Trinamool Congress 7 Kotrung Bhadrakali 12 019 General Ajay Singh Trinamool Congress 8 Bhadrakali 4 305 General Tapash Mukherjee Buro Trinamool Congress 9 Bhadrakali 5 275 Woman Mitali Bej Trinamool Congress 10 Bhadrakali 7 056 Woman SC Sarathi Golder Trinamool Congress 11 Bhadrakali 5 170 General Amitava Mukherjee Trinamool Congress 12 Bhadrakali 4 228 General Dilip Yadav Trinamool Congress 13 Bhadrakali 5 310 Woman Mousumi Biswas Trinamool Congress 14 Uttarpara 4 358 General Utpaladitya Banerjee Pintu Trinamool Congress 15 Uttarpara 5 339 Woman Susmita Sarkar Boni CPI M 16 Uttarpara 4 173 Woman Dolly Ghosh Yadav Trinamool Congress 17 Uttarpara 5 782 General Subrata Mukherjee Trinamool Congress 18 Uttarpara 3 850 General Sumit Chakraborty Tukai Trinamool Congress 19 Uttarpara 5 767 Woman Aditi Kundu Trinamool Congress 20 Makhla 5 682 General Indrajit Ghosh Paba Trinamool Congress 21 Makhla 8 858 General Khokan Mandal Trinamool Congress 22 Makhla 7 475 Woman Manashi Singha Trinamool Congress 23 Makhla 7 230 General Arnab Roy Raja Trinamool Congress 24 Hindmotor 1 369 General Kamakhaya Narayan Singh Congress This is a broad indication of the neighbourhood covered not a full description References edit Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality uttarparamunicipality in Chairman s message PDF Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Retrieved 4 July 2017 a b Uttarpara Municipality uttarpara com Retrieved 4 July 2017 Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Department of Municipal Affairs Government of West Bengal Retrieved 4 July 2017 Chapter V Industrial set up of the study area PDF Table 16 Page 232 Table 17 Page 233 Table 18 Page 236 Shodhganga Retrieved 4 July 2017 Health amp Family Welfare Department Health Statistics Government of West Bengal Retrieved 15 July 2017 Municipal General Election Results Results of Municipal General Elections 2015 West Bengal State Election Commission Retrieved 4 July 2017 Municipal General Election Results Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise West Bengal State Election Commission Retrieved 11 July 2017 Municipal General Election Results Uttarpara Kotrang West Bengal State Election Commission Retrieved 4 July 2017 Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Infrastructure PDF Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Retrieved 4 July 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality amp oldid 1216472324, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
