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Ward No. 1, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Ward No. 1
Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Ward No. 1 is located in Kolkata
Ward No. 1
Ward No. 1
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°37′04″N 88°22′14″E / 22.617889°N 88.370556°E / 22.617889; 88.370556Coordinates: 22°37′04″N 88°22′14″E / 22.617889°N 88.370556°E / 22.617889; 88.370556
Country  India
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
Neighbourhood covered Cossipore
Police station Cossipore
Parliamentary constituency Kolkata Uttar
Assembly constituency Kashipur-Belgachhia
Burough 1
Elevation 36 ft (11 m)
Population (2011)
 • Total 53,125
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 700 003
Area code(s) +91 33

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.

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.

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).

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

The ward forms a city municipal corporation council electoral constituency and is a part of Kashipur-Belgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Source: DNA West Bengal Municipal Election Results, 28th April 2015
Results of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Election, 2010


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