Categories
  • Municipal wards of Kolkata
    •   Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
      supported by EncyclosphereKSF

    Ward No. 87, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

    From Wikipedia - Reading time: 8 min

    Ward No. 87
    Kolkata Municipal Corporation
    Map
    Interactive Map Outlining Ward No. 87
    Ward No. 87 is located in Kolkata
    Ward No. 87
    Ward No. 87
    Location in Kolkata
    Coordinates (dms): 22°30′50″N 88°21′02″E / 22.513917°N 88.350694°E / 22.513917; 88.350694
    Country India
    StateWest Bengal
    CityKolkata
    NeighbourhoodKalighat (Lake Market-Lake Range-Mudiali)
    ReservationWomen(Open)
    Parliamentary constituencyKolkata Dakshin
    Assembly constituencyRashbehari
    Borough8
    Population
     (2011)
     • Total12,675
    Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
    PIN
    700 029
    Area code+91 33

    Ward No. 87, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 8, covering parts of Kalighat (Lake Market-Lake Range-Mudiali) neighbourhood in South Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.

    History[edit]

    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. In 1888, there were 75 commissioners, 50 of whom were elected, 15 appointed by the government and 10 nominated from bodies like Chambers of Commerce, Trades Associations and the Port Commissioners. The Calcutta Municipal Act of 1923 brought about important changes. The adjacent municipalities of Cossipore, Chitpore, Manicktola and Garden Reach were amalgamated with Kolkata. Garden Reach was later taken out.[1][2]

    Post-independence developments saw the introduction of adult franchise in municipal elections in 1962. The number of wards increased from 75 to 100. Tollygunge was merged with Kolkata in 1953. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act 1980, which came into effect in 1984, extended the boundaries of Kolkata by including South Suburban, Garden Reach and Jadavpur municipalities in Kolkata. With the addition of Joka to Kolkata, the number of wards rose to 144.[1][2]

    Geography[edit]

    Ward No. 87 is bordered on the north by Rashbehari Avenue; on the east by Barouj Road; on the south by the Budge Budge branch of Eastern Railway; and on the west by Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road.[3]

    Location of Ward No. 87 in Kolkata Ward Map

    The ward is served by Tollygunge police station of Kolkata Police.[4][5][6]

    Tollygunge Womens police station has jurisdiction over all the police districts in the South Division, i.e. Park Street, Shakespeare Sarani, Alipore, Hastings, Maidan, Bhowanipore, Kalighat, Tollygunge, Charu Market, New Alipur and Chetla.[4]

    Demographics[edit]

    As per the 2011 Census of India, Ward No. 87, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, had a total population of 12,675, of which 6,285 (50%) were males and 6,390 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 544. The total number of literates in Ward No. 87 was 10,950 (90.26% of the population over 6 years).[7]

    Kolkata is the second most literate district in West Bengal.[8] The literacy rate of Kolkata district has increased from 53.0% in 1951 to 86.3% in the 2011 census.[9]

    See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate

    Literacy in KMC wards
    2011 Kolkata literacy rate by Wards (en).svg
    North Kolkata
    Ward No. 1 – 86.12%
    Ward No. 2 – 94.24%
    Ward No. 3 – 86.74%
    Ward No. 4 – 89.27%
    Ward No. 5 – 90.32%
    Ward No. 6 – 81.12%
    Ward No. 7 – 87.65%
    Ward No. 8 – 93.57%
    Ward No. 9 – 91.60%
    Ward No. 10 – 92.38%
    Ward No. 11 – 87.96%
    Ward No. 12 – 84.95%
    Ward No. 13 – 83.39%
    Ward No. 14 – 87.87%
    Ward No. 15 – 88.89%
    Ward No. 16 – 88.62%
    Ward No. 17 – 92.30%
    Ward No. 18 – 78.72%
    Ward No. 19 – 89.29%
    Ward No. 20 – 85.93%
    Ward No. 21 – 78.12%
    Ward No. 22 – 85.07%
    Ward No. 23 – 71.14%
    Ward No. 24 – 73.16%
    Ward No. 25 – 85.49%
    Ward No. 26 – 82.34%
    Ward No. 27 – 88.19%
    Ward No. 28 – 79.39%
    Ward No. 29 – 70.69%
    Ward No. 30 – 88.71%
    Ward No. 31 – 88.28%
    Ward No. 32 – 75.73%
    Ward No. 33 – 91.17%
    Central Kolkata
    Ward No. 34 – 92.79%
    Ward No. 35 – 91.44%
    Ward No. 36 – 66.34%
    Ward No. 37 – 79.12%
    Ward No. 38 – 85.77%
    Ward No. 39 – 73.27%
    Ward No. 40 – 88.14%
    Ward No. 41 – 83.53%
    Ward No. 42 – 75.02%
    Ward No. 43 – 79.52%
    Ward No. 44 – 79.09%
    Ward No. 45 – 74.69%
    Ward No. 46 – 85.38%
    Ward No. 47 – 87.87%
    Ward No. 48 – 82.04%
    Ward No. 49 – 65.51%
    Ward No. 50 – 88.70%
    Ward No. 51 – 93.01%
    Ward No. 52 – 86.18%
    Ward No. 53 – 89.49%
    Ward No. 54 – 82.10%
    Ward No. 55 – 84.84%
    Ward No. 56 – 85.53%
    Ward No. 57 – 80.20%
    Ward No. 58 – 74.35%
    Ward No. 59 – 80.39%
    Ward No. 60 – 74.04%
    Ward No. 61 – 80.54%
    Ward No. 62 – 86.04%
    Ward No. 63 – 84.39%
    Ward No. 64 – 85.21%
    Ward No. 65 – 81.60%
    South Kolkata
    Ward No. 66 – 80.95%
    Ward No. 67 – 89.52%
    Ward No. 68 – 90.86%
    Ward No. 69 – 86.07%
    Ward No. 70 – 94.20%
    Ward No. 71 – 92.01%
    Ward No. 72 – 90.06%
    Ward No. 73 – 89.28%
    Ward No. 74 – 84.56%
    Ward No. 75 – 80.27%
    Ward No. 76 – 88.40%
    Ward No. 77 – 83.84%
    Ward No. 78 – 83.00%
    Ward No. 79 – 81.96%
    Ward No. 80 – 71.89%
    Ward No. 81 – 85.14%
    Ward No. 82 – 84.82%
    Ward No. 83 – 85.63%
    Ward No. 84 – 85.71%
    Ward No. 85 – 88.19%
    Ward No. 86 – 89.61%
    Ward No. 87 – 90.26%
    Ward No. 88 – 85.09%
    Ward No. 89 – 92.40%
    Ward No. 90 – 84.60%
    Ward No. 91 – 90.57%
    Ward No. 92 – 93.53%
    Ward No. 93 – 91.30%
    Ward No. 94 – 89.11%
    Ward No. 95 – 95.61%
    Ward No. 96 – 96.57%
    Ward No. 97 – 94.60%
    Ward No. 98 – 96.24%
    Ward No. 99 – 95.79%
    Ward No. 100 – 95.98%
    Ward No. 101 – 95.36%
    Ward No. 102 – 93.53%
    Ward No. 103 – 94.77%
    Ward No. 104 – 96.03%
    Ward No. 105 – 93.86%
    Ward No. 106 – 92.97%
    Ward No. 107 – 90.06%
    Ward No. 108 – 80.74%
    Ward No. 109 – 85.49%
    Ward No. 110 – 91.35%
    Ward No. 111 – 93.36%
    Ward No. 112 – 92.50%
    Ward No. 113 – 92.18%
    Ward No. 114 – 91.13%
    Ward No. 115 – 95.53%
    Ward No. 116 – 86.91%
    Ward No. 117 – 86.53%
    Ward No. 118 – 90.04%
    Ward No. 119 – 94.04%
    Ward No. 120 – 92.15%
    Ward No. 121 – 91.86%
    Ward No. 122 – 92.88%
    Ward No. 123 – 93.42%
    Ward No. 124 – 92.55%
    Ward No. 125 – 92.50%
    Ward No. 126 – 93.78%
    Ward No. 127 – 91.82%
    Ward No. 128 – 92.67%
    Ward No. 129 – 92.56%
    Ward No. 130 – 95.55%
    Ward No. 131 – 93.48%
    Ward No. 132 – 90.30%
    Ward No. 133 – 83.48%
    Ward No. 134 – 73.75%
    Ward No. 135 – 75.75%
    Ward No. 136 – 85.01%
    Ward No. 137 – 79.16%
    Ward No. 138 – 78.67%
    Ward No. 139 – 77.56%
    Ward No. 140 – 79.93%
    Ward No. 141 – 75.15%
    Note: The regional distribution
    is a broad one and
    there is some overlapping
    Source:
    2011 Census: Ward-Wise

    Primary Census Abstract Data

    Census data about mother tongue and religion is not available at the ward level. For district level information see Kolkata district.

    According to the District Census Handbook Kolkata 2011, 141 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation formed Kolkata district. (3 wards were added later).[10]

    Election highlights[edit]

    The ward forms a city municipal corporation council electoral constituency and is a part of Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[11]

    Election
    year    		 Constituency Name of councillor Party affililiation
    2005 Ward No. 87 Subrata Mukherjee Nationalist Congress Party [12]
    2010 Tanima Chatterjee All India Trinamool Congress [13]
    2015 Subrata Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party [14][15]

    External links[edit]

    Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "A walk down memory lane". About Kolkata. KMC. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
    2. ^ a b "Kolkata Municipal Corporation". Kolkata - a municipal history. KMC. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
    3. ^ "Municipal Wards". Yellow Pages.com. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
    4. ^ a b "Kolkata Police". South Division. KP. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
    5. ^ Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory, Fourth Impression 2003, Map No. 59, D.P. Publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata-700 073.
    6. ^ "Table 3 District Wise List of Statutory Towns (Municipal Corporation, Municipality, Notified Area and Cantonment Board), Census Towns and Outgrowths, West Bengal, 2001". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
    7. ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
    8. ^ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Highlights, 2011 Census. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
    9. ^ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 63-64: Literacy Rate. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
    10. ^ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Map on third page plus demographic data about all the wards in the handbook. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
    11. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
    12. ^ Search the web for COUNCILLORS OF KOLKATA MUNICITIPAL CORPORATION. In the search list click on this. 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.
    13. ^ "Kolkata Municipal Corporation General Election Results 2010". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
    14. ^ Prabahat Khabar, Hindi newspaper, print edition, 29 April 2015
    15. ^ "Ward-wise winners" (PDF). Gazette Notification. West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
    This article is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward No. 87, Kolkata Municipal Corporation
    Status: article is cached
    Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF