Country India City Kolkata Burough 1 Elevation 11 m Police station Cossipore Parliamentary constituency Kolkata Uttar | State West Bengal Neighbourhood covered Cossipore Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Population 53,125 (2011) Assembly constituency Kashipur-Belgachhia Area code(s) +91 33 | |
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Ward No. 1, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 1, covering parts of Cossipore neighbourhood in north Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It forms a city municipal corporation council electoral constituency and is a part of Kashipur-Belgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
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Overview
The boundaries of the ward are as follows. Pramanick Ghat Road across Cossipore Road, Kashinath Dutta Road and Barracpore Trunk Road are to the north. Barrackpore Trunk Road is to the east. Khagendra Chatterjee Road and Rustomjee Parsee Road are to the south. Cossipore Road, Rustomjee Parsee Road and the Hooghly River are to the west.
Kashipur was made a part of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1923.
The ward is served by Cossipore police station of Kolkata Police.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Ward No. 1, Kolkata Municipal Corporation had a total population of 53,125, of which 27,945 (53%) were males and 25,180 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 4,033. The total number of literates in Ward No. 1 was 42,277 (86.12 % of the population over 6 years).
Source: DNA West Bengal Municipal Election Results, 28th April 2015
Results of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Election, 2010