Konnagar Municipality is the civic body that governs Konnagar and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
History
Konnagar Municipality was established in 1944. Nrishinha Das Basu was the founder and first Chairman of the Municipality. 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 commuters 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) Ward NameParty 1 Monalisa Nag 2Suchitra Das3K. Baby4Goutam Das5Asit Chakraborty6Anjali Banerjee7Sk. Abdul Gaffar8Sukanta Chakraborty9Madhumita Das10Tanmoy Deb11Swapan Kumar Das12Jonaki Bag13Arunagshu Majumdar14Soutir Chatterjee15Soma Mitra16Subhasis Chowdhury17Biswarup Chakraborty18Rina Pandey19Chandan Mondal20Bablu Paul
Elections 2022 S.No. Party name Party symbol Number of Councillors Change1. AITC 17 62. CPI(M) 1 33. INC 1 4
2015 S.No. Party name Party symbol Number of Councillors Change1. AITC 11 12. INC 5 23. CPI(M) 4 3
2010 S.No. Party name Party symbol Number of Councillors Change1. AITC 10 82. CPI(M) 7 53. INC 3
About the 2010 municipal elections, The Guardian 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)."
2005 S.No. Party name Party symbol Number of Councillors1. CPI(M) 122. INC 33. AITC 2
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