Administrative divisions of Kolkata explained

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 Corporation, through the borough committees, maintains government-aided schools, hospitals and municipal markets and partakes in urban planning and road maintenance.[2] The corporation as the apex body discharges its function through the Mayor-in-Council, consisting of a mayor, assisted by a deputy mayor, and ten other elected members of the KMC. The Councillors are responsible for the overall functioning of their respective wards and has a tenure of five years.[3]

List of Wards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kolkata Municipal Corporation . Kolkata Statistics . 1 September 2007.
  2. Web site: World Association of the Major Metropolises . 007 Kolkata (India) . 16 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222030639/http://www.metropolis.org/sites/default/files/metropolitan_regions/438_007_kolkata_eng.pdf. 22 February 2014 .
  3. Web site: Kolkata Municipal Corporation . About Kolkata Municipal Corporation . 26 April 2006.

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