Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality

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's the oldest municipality in the state of West Bengal.

Map of Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality

Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality

Abbreviation	UKM
Formation	1853 (1853)
Type	Municipality
Headquarters	Uttarpara
Official language	Bengali, English
Chairman	Dilip Yadav
Vice Chairman	Aditi Kundu
Website	www.uttarparamunicipality.in

History

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]

Geography

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

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]

Elections

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]

About the 2010 municipal elections, The Guardian wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster… This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM)."[9]

Wards

Details of the wards, with 2015 municipal election results, are as follows:[10][11]

Ward No	Neighbourhood^1	Total Electors	Seat Type	Councillor	Party
1	Kotrung	3,647	General	Pranab Bag	CPI (M)
2	do	5,385	Woman	Pampa Das	Trinamool Congress
3	do	4,946	SC	Malay Biswas	CPI (M)
4	do	5,200	General	Prabir Kangsabanik (Sanu)	CPI (M)
5	do	3,583	General	Sudhir Ranjan Das	Independent
6	do	4,531	Woman	Putul Rani Ghosh	Trinamool Congress
7	Kotrung, Bhadrakali	10,858	General	Ratna Singha Roy	Trinamool Congress
8	Bhadrakali	3,876	General	Tapash Mukherjee (Buro)	Trinamool Congress
9	do	4,963	Woman	Mitali Bej	Trinamool Congress
10	Uttarpara	6,529	General	Dipak Kundu	Trinamool Congress
11	do	4,769	General	Amitava Mukherjee	Independent
12	do	3,957	Woman	Mousumi Biswas	Trinamool Congress
13	do	5,015	General	Narayan Chandra Mitra	Congress
14	do	4,122	General	Utpaladitya Banerjee	Trinamool Congress
15	do	4,961	Woman	Susmita Sarkar (Boni)	CPI (M)
16	do	3,961	General	Sumit Chakraborty (Tukai)	Trinamool Congress
17	do	5,219	General	Subrata Mukherjee	Trinamool Congress
18	do	3,574	SC Woman	Anjali Patra	Trinamool Congress
19	do	5,529	Woman	Aditi Kundu	Trinamool Congress
20	Makhla	4,984	General	Indrajit Ghosh (Paba)	Trinamool Congress
21	do	7,380	General	Khokan Mandal	Independent
22	do	6,497	Woman	Debi Chakraborty	Trinamul Congress
23	do	6,334	General	Dilip Yadav	Trinamool Congress
24	Hindmotor	1,519	General	Kamakhaya Narayan Singh	Congress

This is a broad indication of the neighbourhood covered, not a full description.

References

1. http://uttarparamunicipality.in/history-of-uttarpara-municipality.html
2. "Chairman's message" (PDF). Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
3. "Uttarpara Municipality". uttarpara.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
4. "Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality". Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
5. "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.
6. "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
7. "Municipal General Election Results". Results of Municipal General Elections 2015. West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
8. "Municipal General Election Results". Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise. West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
9. "India's Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland". The Guadian, International Edition, 30 May 2010. theguardian. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
10. "Municipal General Election Results: Uttarpara Kotrang". West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
11. "Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality: Infrastructure" (PDF). Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality. Retrieved 4 July 2017.