Baranagar Municipality is the civic body that governs Baranagar areas (Alambazar, Bonhooghly, Noapara and Dunlop) in the Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India.
History Baranagar, an ancient region of artisan people, is situated adjacent to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). The place is situated on the bank of the river Hooghly. Portuguese colonies at first established their business camp here which was in existence till 1862. Portuguese settlement became the seat of a Dutch trading station and an important anchorage for Dutch shipping. The Dutch had homes here in the seventeenth century. There was a hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export. Later it became the centre for the extensive jute trade, manufacturing gunny bags. In 1795, it was ceded to the British. Constituted as the Municipality of "North Suburban" in 1869, the Municipality was renamed "Baranagar" in 1889.
Healthcare Baranagar Municipality has two hospitals named "Baranagar Matri Sadan" for women and "Eskag Sanjeevani Multispeciality Hospital". There is also a government hospital named "Baranagar State General Hospital" in Baranagar.
Elections Baranagar Municipality has 34 wards.
2022 West Bengal Municipality election 322AITCCPI(M) PartyAITCCPI(M)Seats In the 2022 municipal elections for Baranagar Municipality, AITC won 32 seats, and CPI(M) 2 seats.
2015 West Bengal Municipality election 322AITCCPI(M) PartyAITCCPI(M)Seats In the 2015 municipal elections for Baranagar Municipality, AITC won 32 seats, and CPI(M) 2 seats.
2010 West Bengal Municipality election 201121AITCCPI(M)INCCPI PartyAITCCPI(M)INCCPISeats In the 2010 municipal elections for Baranagar Municipality, AITC won 20 seats, CPI(M) 11 seats, INC 2 seats, and CPI 1 seat.
List of Councillors (2022 - Present) Following is the list of councillors of Baranagar Municipality at present: +Ward No.Name of CouncillorParty1Usha BeraAITC2Sagarika BanerjeeAITC3Sudhangshu AwonAITC4Pritha MukherjeeAITC5Arif HussainAITC6Puspa RoyAITC7Nilu GuptaAITC8Gour JanaAITC9Ramkrishna PaulAITC10Titli Patra MajumdarAITC11Ashoke DeAITC12Sanchita DeyAITC13Dalia MukherjeeAITC14Santanu MajumderAITC15Aparna MoulikAITC16Sampa ChandraAITC17Anjan PaulAITC18Sunath BiswasAITC19Sampa KunduAITC20Netai SahaAITC21Dilip Narayan BoseAITC22Swati DasCPI(M)23Subiman GhoshAITC24Ashim Kumar GangulyAITC25Susmita ChatterjeeAITC26Alpana NahaAITC27Biswajit BardhanAITC28Ruma DuttaAITC29Anindya ChaudhuriAITC30Jayanta RoyAITC31Nivedita BasakAITC32Sumitra BiswasAITC33Amar PaulAITC34Sisir BhattacharyaCPI(M)
See also List of municipal corporations in India
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