Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) was established in the year 1994 and has been responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Siliguri.
History Siliguri Municipality was established in the year 1949. The first municipality office was set up in Hill Cart Road. It was a wooden construction. The first chairman of Siliguri Municipality was the then Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Sachindra Mohan Guha. In the year 1994, Siliguri Municipality was awarded Corporation status.
Area Coverage Siliguri Municipal Corporation areas include both in Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri district. Out of 47 wards of SMC, 14 are in Jalpaiguri district. It administers an area of .
Departments Name of the Department Work / Activities Education & Culture Maintenance Charges of SC / ST Students of Darjeeling & Jalpaiguri District. Mid-day-Meal Programme. Felicitation programme for meritorious students of Madhyamik & Higher Secondary Exam. Assessment & Mutation Correction of Mutation Assessment(Issue of new holding number) Vacant Land Land with building Property on Railway land/Vest land Electricity Maintenance and Development of Street Light and Project Work with in SMC Area. Public Works Department Repairing and widening of roads. Construction of drains and roads. Accounts Carry out account activity of Corporation. Handling of treasury. General All types of computer related works and maintaining all types of files and records.. Maintaining telephone/mobile register of Councillors and to dispatch Govt. letters to Mayor/Deputy Mayor/Commissioner /Secretary. Birth and Death Issue of Birth & Death Certificate Maintain of Vital Statistics by Age, Sex & Religion. Trade Licence Issuance & Renewal of Certificate of Enlistment. Advertisement related works. Cycle Rickshaw & Cycle Rickshaw Van related works. Building Approval of the building plan. U.P.E. Section Slum Improvement. Water Supply Registration of water supply connection house and commercial establishment. Estlablishment Pension Matter and Staff salary. Public Health and Hospital Regular immunization program. Health check-up. Awareness program on vector-borne diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Encephalitis. Prevent prenatal sex determination of foetus and to maintain the sex ratio between male & female. Vehicle Manages and control vehicle carrying water tank and garbage. Market Improvement of commercial establishment. Conservancy Section Collection and disposal of garbage. Tax Property tax collection. Cash Section Parking Fee and Site Planning Fee. Law Section To look after various day to day court cases of SMC and give legal opinion if needed. Sports Co-ordanating sports activities and events organised by SMC. Guest House Booking Cell Looks after bookings of guest house owned by SMC.
Current members Siliguri Municipal Corporation has a total of 47 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in 12 February 2022.The Mayor post is Vacant since 19 June 2026, following the resignation of seating mayor Goutam Deb. The current deputy mayor is Ranjan Sarkar of the Trinamool Congress.
Mayor: Goutam DebDeputy Mayor: Ranjan Sarkar Ward No. Name of Councillor Party Remarks 1 Sanjay Pathak 2 Gargi Chatterjee 3 Ram Bhajan Mahato 4 Vivek Singh 5 Anita Mahato 6 Alam Khan 7 Pintu Ghosh 8 Shalini Dalmia 9 Amit Jain Leader of Opposition 10 Kamal Agarwal 11 Manjushree Paul 12 Basudeb Ghosh 13 Manik Dey 14 Srabani Dutta 15 Ranjan SarkarDeputy Mayor 16 Sujoy Ghatak 17 Mili Seal Sinha 18 Sanjay Sharma 19 Mousumi Hazra 20 Abhaya Bose 21 Kuntal Roy 22 Dipto Karmakar 23 Lakshmi Paul 24 Pratul ChakrabortyChairperson 25 Jayanta Saha 26 Sikta Dey Basu Ray 27 Prasanta Chakraborty 28 Samprita Das 29 Saradindu Chakraborty 30 Sathi Das 31 Moumita Mondal 32 Tapas Chatterjee 33 Goutam DebFormer Mayor 34 Biman Chandra Tapadar 35 Sampa Nandi 36 Ranjan Sil Sharma 37 Alak Bhakta 38 Dulal Dutta 39 Pinki Saha 40 Rajesh Prasad Sah 41 Shivika Mittal 42 Shobha Subba 43 Sukhdeo Mahato 44 Pritikana Biswas 45 Munshi Nurul Islam 46 Dilip Barman 47 Amar Ananda Das
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