Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality

Type
Type|

Municipality

History
Founded| 1865; 160 years ago (1865)
Leadership

Chairman

Amit Ray, AITC

Vice Chairman

Partha Saha, AITC

Structure
Seats| 30

Political groups

| Government (29)

*   AITC (29)

Opposition (1)

*   CPI(M) (1)

Elections

Last election

| 2022

Next election

| 2027
Website
www.hcm.net.in

Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality is the civic body that governs Hugli-Chuchura and its surrounding areas (Bandel) in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.

## History

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Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality was established in 1865. It was formed by the amalgamation of the Hooghly and Chinsurah towns, primarily with the objective of local governance and tax collection. Cockrell was its first Chairman and G.S. Park its first vice chairman.[1]

As the ancient port city of Satgaon declined, Hooghly was founded by the Portuguese in 1537. It was later acquired by the British. Chinsurah was developed as a Dutch settlement in the 17th century. It passed into British hands in exchange for their possessions in Sumatra.[1]

### Notable residents

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This article's list of residents may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article and are residents, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (March 2022)

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* Hazi Md Mahashin
* Bhudev Mukherjee
* Ramgati Nayaratna
* Kaji Nazrul Islam
* Joytish Ch Ghosh
* Gopesh Chandra Mallick (Freedom Fighter)
* Bijoy Modak
* U.L. Brahmachari (Scientist)
* Sambhunath Dey
* Narayan Ch Ghosh (Mathematician)
* Manoranjan Porel (Athlete)
* Dr. Murari Mukherjee
* Akshay Chandra Sarkar
* Ganga charan sarkar
* Dinanath dhar
* Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

## Geography

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Map of Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality

Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality covers an area of 17.29 sq km and has a total population of 177,833 (2011).[2]

In 1981, 24.72% of the total population formed main workers and 75.28% were non-workers in Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality and 25.49% 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.[3]

## Healthcare

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Hugli District Hospital with 550 beds, Chunchura Police Hospital with 98 beds and Hugli Jail Hospital with 27 beds are located in the Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality area.[4]

## Elections

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In the 2022 municipal elections for Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality, Trinamool Congress won 29 seats, CPI(M) 1 seat.

In the 2015 municipal elections for Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality, Trinamool Congress won 25 seats, CPI(M) 3 seats, Forward Bloc 1 seat and Congress 1 seat.[5]

In the 2010 municipal elections for Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality, Trinamool Congress won 24 seats, CPI (M) 3 seats, Forward Bloc 2 seats and Congress won 1 seat.[6]

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)."[7]

In the 2005 municipal elections for Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality, CPI (M) won 15 seats, RSP 2 seats, Forward Bloc 1 seat, Congress 3 seats and Trinamool Congress 9 seats.[8]

## Wards

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Details of the wards, with 2022 municipal election results, are as follows:[9][10]

Ward No | Neighbourhood1 | Total Electors | Seat Type | Councillor | Party

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1 | Jhappukur, Keota Colony, Patrapukur, Sahaganj | 7,263 | General | Biplab Das | CPI (M)
2 | Netaji Nagar, Sahaganj | 7,816 | General | Ranjan Raha | Trinamool Congress
3 | Sahaganj, Shyamsundarpur, Balagarh, Tyrebagan | 10,534 | General | Anindita Rajbanshi (Mondal) | Trinamool Congress
4 | Bandel, Milan Park | 7,552 | General | Saraswati Pal | Trinamool Congress
5 | Gandhi Colony | 4,699 | Woman | Mousumi Saha | Trinamool Congress
6 | Chawk Bazar | 7,552 | General | Jhantu Kumar Biswas | Trinamool Congress
7 | Roy Bazar Colony, Baralgali, Kapasdanga | 5,115 | General | Rita Dutta | Trinamool Congress
8 | Kapasdanga | 9,877 | Woman | Nirmal Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress
9 | Imambazar Road, Hooghly | 3,366 | General | Suparna Sen | Trinamool Congress
10 | Chawk Bazar | 4,241 | Women | Mousumi Majhi (Mampi) | Trinamool Congress
11 | Ghutiyabazar | 2,674 | Woman | Mousumi Basu Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress
12 | Ghutiabazar,Tamlipara | 1,961 | General | Arup (Matal) Banerjee | Trinamool Congress
13 | Shilbagan, Hooghly | 2,818 | General | Jaydeb Adhikari | Trinamool Congress
14 | Hooghly | 3,465 | Woman | Chandrima Sarkar(Bhattacharya)  | Trinamool Congress
15 | Khagrajole, Mearber | 9,144 | General | Indrajit Dutta (Bota) | Trinamool Congress
16 | Dharampur, Sriguru Nagar | 8,418 | General | Arpita Saha | Trinamool Congress
17 | Chinsurah | 6,241 | Women | Ratna Adhikari | Congress
18 | Suripara, Chinsurah | 4,373 | Woman | Sudipa Mitra | Trinamool Congress
19 | Taldanga | 3,827 | SC Woman | Sanjita Dhar | Trinamool Congress
20 | Mogaltuli | 2,886 | General | Samir Sarkar | Trinamool Congress
21 | Barabazar | 2,587 | Women | Mita Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress
22 | Satyapirtala, Pratapgarh | 5,887 | General | Vacant | Vacant
23 | Chinsurah | 2,970 | General | Dibyendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress
24 | Chinsurah | 3,342 | General | Srabani Das | Trinamool Congress
25 | Ghatakpara, Hooghly | 2,377 | General | Amit Ray | Trinamool Congress
26 | Sandeswartala, Hooghly | 2,591 | Woman | Partha Saha | Trinamool Congress
27 | Hooghly | 2,453 | General | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee | Trinamool Congress
28 | Kanakshali | 4,285 | SC | Debjani Dutta | Trinamool Congress
29 | Hooghly | 6,037 | General | Gourikanta Mukherjee (Bhajan) | Trinamool Congress
30 | Boro Mitra Bagan | 5,109 | General | Soumitra Ghosh (Pilte) | Trinamool Congress

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

## References

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1. ^ a b "Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality". Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
2. ^ "Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality". Urban Local Body profile. Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
5. ^ "Municipal General Election Results". Results of Municipal General Elections 2015. West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
6. ^ "Municipal General Election Results". Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise. West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
7. ^ Burke, Jason (29 May 2010). "India's Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland". The Guardian, International Edition, 30 May 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
8. ^ "Municipal General Elections 2005". District Hooghly. Hooghly district administration. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
9. ^ "Municipal General Election Results: Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality". West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
10. ^ "Hooghly-Chinsura Municipality, Hugli district, schools list". Schools in India. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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Hooghly district topics

General|

* Basilica of the Holy Rosary, Bandel
* Battle of Chinsurah
* Brindaban Chandra's Math
* Rathayatra of Mahesh
* Singur Tata Nano controversy
* Hooghly Jail

Subdivisions|

* Arambagh
* Chandannagar
* Chinsurah
* Srirampore

Territories|

* Bhurshut
* Dandabhukti
* Gauda
* Rarh

Municipal corporations
and municipalities|

* Arambagh Municipality
* Baidyabati Municipality
* Bansberia Municipality
* Bhadreswar Municipality
* Champdany Municipality
* Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
* Dankuni Municipality
* Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality
* Konnagar Municipality
* Rishra Municipality
* Serampore Municipality
* Tarakeswar Municipality
* Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality

Community development
blocks|

| Arambag subdivision|

* Arambagh
* Khanakul I
* Khanakul II
* Goghat I
* Goghat II
* Pursurah

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Chandannagore subdivision|

* Haripal
* Singur
* Tarakeswar

Chinsurah subdivision|

* Balagarh
* Chinsurah Mogra
* Dhaniakhali
* Pandua
* Polba Dadpur

Srirampore subdivision|

* Chanditala I
* Chanditala II
* Jangipara
* Sreerampur Uttarpara

Rivers|

* Damodar
* Dwarakeswar
* Hooghly
* Mundeswari
* Saraswati – dried up

Transport|

* NH 2
* NH 6
* Grand Trunk Road
* Martin's Light Railways
* East Indian Railway Company
* Eastern Railway zone
* Kolkata Suburban Railway
* Howrah–Delhi main line
* Howrah–Bardhaman main line
* Howrah–Bardhaman chord
* Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line
* Jubilee Bridge
* Vivekananda Setu
* Nivedita Setu

Railway stations|

* Balarambati
* Bandel Junction
* Baruipara
* Dankuni Junction
* Hooghly
* Kamarkundu
* Seoraphuli Junction
* Tarakeswar

Institutes of higher learning|

* Rani Rashmoni Green University
* Furfura Fatehia Senior Madrasah
* Serampore College
* Hooghly Madrasah
* Academy of Technology
* Supreme Knowledge Foundation Group of Institutions
* Hooghly Engineering and Technology College

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Arambagh
* Hooghly
* Srerampur

Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Uttarpara
* Sreerampur
* Champdani
* Singur
* Chandannagar
* Chunchura
* Balagarh
* Pandua
* Saptagram
* Chanditala
* Jangipara
* Haripal
* Dhanekhali
* Tarakeswar
* Pursurah
* Arambag
* Goghat
* Khanakul

Former
Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Polba
* Bansberia

See also|

* Cities, towns and locations in Hooghly district
* People from Hooghly district
* Villages in Hooghly district
* Damodar Valley

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Cities, towns and locations in Hooghly district

Cities,
municipalities
and
census towns|

| Chinsurah subdivision|

* Alikhoja
* Amodghata
* Badhagachhi
* Bandel
* Bansberia
* Batika
* Chak Bansberia
* Dharmapur
* Hansghara
* Hugli-Chuchura
* Jirat
* Keota
* Kodalia
* Kola
* Kulihanda
* Mirdhanga
* Madhusudanpur
* Manushpur
* Naldanga
* Namajgram
* Pandua
* Purusattompur
* Raghunathpur (PS-Magra)
* Shankhanagar
* Simla
* Sripur

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Chandannagore subdivision|

* Balarambati
* Bargachhia
* Baruipara
* Bhadreswar
* Borai
* Champdani
* Chandannagar
* Jagatnagar
* Nasibpur
* Singur
* Tarakeswar

Srirampore subdivision|

* Baidyabati
* Baksa
* Bamunari
* Barijhati
* Basai
* Begampur
* Belumilki
* Bhagabatipur
* Chikrand
* Dakshin Rajyadharpur
* Dankuni
* Dudhkalmi
* Gangadharpur
* Garalgachha
* Janai
* Jangalpara
* Jaykrishnapur
* Kanaipur
* Kapashanria
* Kharsarai
* Konnagar
* Krishnapur
* Kumirmora
* Manirampur
* Masat
* Nababpur
* Nabagram Colony
* Naiti
* Nawapara
* Pairagachha
* Panchghara
* Purba Tajpur
* Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni)
* Rajbalhat
* Ramanathpur
* Rishra
* Rishra (CT)
* Serampore
* Tisa
* Uttarpara

Arambag subdivision|

* Arambag

Locations
other than
cities and towns|

| Chinsurah subdivision|

* Balagarh
* Barun Napara
* Boinchi
* Dadpur
* Debanandapur
* Dhaniakhali
* Guptipara
* Gurap
* Itachuna
* Maheswarpur
* Mogra
* Polba
* Saptagram (historical)
* Saptagram (modern)
* Sugandha
* Tribeni

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Chandannagore subdivision|

* Anandanagar
* Bajemelia
* Beraberi
* Champadanga
* Dwarhatta
* Gondalpara
* Gopalnagar
* Haripal
* Jejur

Srirampore subdivision|

* Adan
* Akuni
* Alipur
* Anantarampur
* Aniya
* Antpur
* Aushbati
* Azabnagar
* Bade Sola
* Baghati
* Bamandanga
* Ban Panchbere
* Banamalipur
* Bandpur
* Banipur
* Bankagachha
* Bankrishnapur
* Bara Choughara
* Beledanga
* Benipur
* Bhadua
* Chak Bangla
* Chak Tajpur
* Chanditala
* Chota Choughara
* Danpatipur
* Dudhkanra
* Dudhkomra
* Duttapur
* Eklakhi
* Furfura Sharif
* Ganeshpur
* Gopalpur
* Gokulpur
* Haripur
* Ichhapasar
* Jagannathbati
* Jagmohanpur
* Jalamadul
* Jangipara
* Jiara
* Kalachhara
* Kalyanbati
* Kanaidanga
* Khanpur
* Khoragari
* Kotalpur
* Krishnanagar
* Krishnarampur
* Madhabpur
* Madhupur
* Makhalpara
* Malipukur
* Mamudpur
* Metekhal
* Monoharpur
* Mrigala
* Mukundapur
* Okardaha
* Pakur
* Paschim Tajpur
* Patul
* Radhaballabhpur
* Raghunathpur
* Sadpur
* Sahana
* Sandhipur
* Sanka
* Sehakhala
* Shyamsundarpur
* Singjor
* Suchiya
* Thero

Arambag subdivision|

* Badanganj
* Bali Dewanganj
* Bengai
* Bhalia
* Dihi Bayara
* Fului
* Gar Mandaran
* Ghol Digrui
* Goghat
* Gourhati
* Hamirbati
* Hat Basantapur
* Kayapat
* Keshabpur
* Kamarpukur
* Kanpur
* Khanakul
* Madhabpur
* Mamudpur
* Memanpur
* Parul
* Pursurah
* Radhanagore
* Satberia
* Shyambazar

Neighbourhoods|

* Arambagh Vivekananda Pally
* Bhadrakali
* Hind Motor
* Mankundu
* Sahaganj

Related topics|

* Hooghly topics
* Template:Srirampore subdivision
* People from Hooghly district
* Villages in Hooghly district

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