Dankuni Municipality is the civic body that governs
Dankuni
Dankuni is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Positioned strategically near Kolkata, it has emerged as an import ...
and its surrounding areas in
Srirampore subdivision
Srirampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Overview
Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanised, with the highest density of population, of all the subdivisions of Hooghl ...
of
Hooghly district
Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsurah (' ...
,
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
.
Geography

Dankuni Municipality covers an area of 19.5 sq km and has a total population of 95,966 (2011).
Dankuni Municipality is located in the south-eastern part of
Chanditala II
Chanditala II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
The Chanditala II CD Block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of ...
CD Block.
Elections
In the 2015 municipal elections for Dankuni Municipality
Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...
won 11 seats,
CPI (M) 8 seats,
INC 1 seat and Independent 1 seat.
References
Municipalities of West Bengal
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