Konnagar Municipality is the civic body that governs

Konnagar Konnagar is a town and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The town is under the jurisdiction of the Uttarpara police station in Serampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan ...

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 ...

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 (' ...

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History

Konnagar Municipality was established in 1944. Sib Chandra Deb contributed tirelessly towards the development of Konnagar. After independence, a large number of displaced persons from East Pakistan settled in Konnagar.

Geography

Konnagar Municipality covers an area of 4.67 sq km and has a total population of 76,152 (2011). In 1981, 27.09% of the total population formed main workers and 72.91% were non-workers in Konnagar Municipality and 49.26% 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

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and migrants find employment in the area.

Healthcare

Konnagar Matri Sadan O Sishu Mangal Pratisthan, with 43 beds, is located in the Konnagar Municipality area.

List of councillors

(2022-present) * Swapan Kumar Das - AITC (Chairman) * Goutam Das - AITC (Deputy Chairman)

Elections

In 2022 municipal election once again

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got the majority and formed the Konnagar municipality Board. In the 2015 municipal elections for Konnagar Municipality

won 11 seats, CPI (M) 4 seats and

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5 seats. In the 2010 municipal elections for Konnagar Municipality

won 10 seats, CPI (M) 7 seats and

won 3 seats. About the 2010 municipal elections,

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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)." In the 2005 municipal elections for Konnagar Municipality, CPI (M) won 12 seats,

3 seats,

2 seats and others 2 seats.

References

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