# Ward No. 7, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Ward No. 7, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 1, covering parts of Bagbazar neighbourhood in North Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## History

Attempts were made to establish a municipal corporation at Kolkata from the middle of the 19th century. The electoral system was introduced in 1847, the rate payers elected 4 of the 7 board members. In 1852 the board was replaced by a new one and in 1863 a new body was formed. As per old records, in 1872 there were 25 wards in Kolkata (spellings as in use at that time) – 1. Shyampukur, 2. Kumartuli, 3. Bartala, 4. Sukea Street, 5. Jorabagan, 6. Jorasanko, 7. Barabazar, 8. Kolutola, 9. Muchipara, 10. Boubazar, 11. Padmapukur, 12. Waterloo Street, 13. Fenwick Bazar, 14. Taltala, 15. Kalinga, 16. Park Street, 17. Victoria Terrace, 18. Hastings, 19. Entali, 20. Beniapukur, 21. Baliganj-Tollyganj, 22. Bhabanipur, 23. Alipur, 24.Ekbalpur and 25. Watganj. A new municipal corporation was created in 1876, wherein 48 commissioners were elected and 24 were appointed by the government. With the implementation of the Municipal Consolidation Act of 1888 the area under the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation was enlarged. Certain areas were already there but more parts of them were added (current spellings) - Entally, Manicktala, Beliaghata, Ultadanga, Chitpur, Cossipore, Beniapukur, Ballygunge, Watganj and Ekbalpur, and Garden Reach and Tollygunj. The Act of 1923 brought about important changes. It liberalised the constitution along democratic lines.
The state government superseded the Corporation in 1948 and the Calcutta Municipal Act of 1951 came into force. Adult franchise was introduced in municipal elections in 1962. With the addition of certain areas in the southern parts of the city, the number of wards increased from 75 to 144.

## Geography

Ward No. 7 is bordered on the north by the Circular Canal; on the east by Bagbazar Street, Bosepara Lane, Nivedita Lane, Ramkanta Bose Street and Sarkarbari Lane; on the south by Bidhan Sarani, Sachin Mitra Lane and Girish Avenue; and on the west by the Hooghly River.
The ward is served by Shaympukur police station of Kolkata Police.
Amherst Street Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division of Kolkata Police, i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.

## Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Ward No. 7, Kolkata Municipal Corporation had a total population of 19,180, of which 9,942 (52%) were males and 9,238 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 961. The total number of literates in Ward No. 7 was 15,969 (87.65% of the population over 6 years).
Kolkata is the second most literate district in West Bengal. The literacy rate of Kolkata district has increased from 53.0% in 1951 to 86.3% in the 2011 census.
See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate
* Literacy in KMC wards
* North Kolkata
* Ward No. 1 – 86.12%
* Ward No. 2 – 94.24%
* Ward No. 3 – 86.74%
* Ward No. 4 – 89.27%
* Ward No. 5 – 90.32%
* Ward No. 6 – 81.12%
* Ward No. 7 – 87.65%
* Ward No. 8 – 93.57%
* Ward No. 9 – 91.60%
* Ward No. 10 – 92.38%
* Ward No. 11 – 87.96%
* Ward No. 12 – 84.95%
* Ward No. 13 – 83.39%
* Ward No. 14 – 87.87%
* Ward No. 15 – 88.89%
* Ward No. 16 – 88.62%
* Ward No. 17 – 92.30%
* Ward No. 18 – 78.72%
* Ward No. 19 – 89.29%
* Ward No. 20 – 85.93%
* Ward No. 21 – 78.12%
* Ward No. 22 – 85.07%
* Ward No. 23 – 71.14%
* Ward No. 24 – 73.16%
* Ward No. 25 – 85.49%
* Ward No. 26 – 82.34%
* Ward No. 27 – 88.19%
* Ward No. 28 – 79.39%
* Ward No. 29 – 70.69%
* Ward No. 30 – 88.71%
* Ward No. 31 – 88.28%
* Ward No. 32 – 75.73%
* Ward No. 33 – 91.17%
* Central Kolkata
* Ward No. 34 – 92.79%
* Ward No. 35 – 91.44%
* Ward No. 36 – 66.34%
* Ward No. 37 – 79.12%
* Ward No. 38 – 85.77%
* Ward No. 39 – 73.27%
* Ward No. 40 – 88.14%
* Ward No. 41 – 83.53%
* Ward No. 42 – 75.02%
* Ward No. 43 – 79.52%
* Ward No. 44 – 79.09%
* Ward No. 45 – 74.69%
* Ward No. 46 – 85.38%
* Ward No. 47 – 87.87%
* Ward No. 48 – 82.04%
* Ward No. 49 – 65.51%
* Ward No. 50 – 88.70%
* Ward No. 51 – 93.01%
* Ward No. 52 – 86.18%
* Ward No. 53 – 89.49%
* Ward No. 54 – 82.10%
* Ward No. 55 – 84.84%
* Ward No. 56 – 85.53%
* Ward No. 57 – 80.20%
* Ward No. 58 – 74.35%
* Ward No. 59 – 80.39%
* Ward No. 60 – 74.04%
* Ward No. 61 – 80.54%
* Ward No. 62 – 86.04%
* Ward No. 63 – 84.39%
* Ward No. 64 – 85.21%
* Ward No. 65 – 81.60%
* South Kolkata
* Ward No. 66 – 80.95%
* Ward No. 67 – 89.52%
* Ward No. 68 – 90.86%
* Ward No. 69 – 86.07%
* Ward No. 70 – 94.20%
* Ward No. 71 – 92.01%
* Ward No. 72 – 90.06%
* Ward No. 73 – 89.28%
* Ward No. 74 – 84.56%
* Ward No. 75 – 80.27%
* Ward No. 76 – 88.40%
* Ward No. 77 – 83.84%
* Ward No. 78 – 83.00%
* Ward No. 79 – 81.96%
* Ward No. 80 – 71.89%
* Ward No. 81 – 85.14%
* Ward No. 82 – 84.82%
* Ward No. 83 – 85.63%
* Ward No. 84 – 85.71%
* Ward No. 85 – 88.19%
* Ward No. 86 – 89.61%
* Ward No. 87 – 90.26%
* Ward No. 88 – 85.09%
* Ward No. 89 – 92.40%
* Ward No. 90 – 84.60%
* Ward No. 91 – 90.57%
* Ward No. 92 – 93.53%
* Ward No. 93 – 91.30%
* Ward No. 94 – 89.11%
* Ward No. 95 – 95.61%
* Ward No. 96 – 96.57%
* Ward No. 97 – 94.60%
* Ward No. 98 – 96.24%
* Ward No. 99 – 95.79%
* Ward No. 100 – 95.98%
* Ward No. 101 – 95.36%
* Ward No. 102 – 93.53%
* Ward No. 103 – 94.77%
* Ward No. 104 – 96.03%
* Ward No. 105 – 93.86%
* Ward No. 106 – 92.97%
* Ward No. 107 – 90.06%
* Ward No. 108 – 80.74%
* Ward No. 109 – 85.49%
* Ward No. 110 – 91.35%
* Ward No. 111 – 93.36%
* Ward No. 112 – 92.50%
* Ward No. 113 – 92.18%
* Ward No. 114 – 91.13%
* Ward No. 115 – 95.53%
* Ward No. 116 – 86.91%
* Ward No. 117 – 86.53%
* Ward No. 118 – 90.04%
* Ward No. 119 – 94.04%
* Ward No. 120 – 92.15%
* Ward No. 121 – 91.86%
* Ward No. 122 – 92.88%
* Ward No. 123 – 93.42%
* Ward No. 124 – 92.55%
* Ward No. 125 – 92.50%
* Ward No. 126 – 93.78%
* Ward No. 127 – 91.82%
* Ward No. 128 – 92.67%
* Ward No. 129 – 92.56%
* Ward No. 130 – 95.55%
* Ward No. 131 – 93.48%
* Ward No. 132 – 90.30%
* Ward No. 133 – 83.48%
* Ward No. 134 – 73.75%
* Ward No. 135 – 75.75%
* Ward No. 136 – 85.01%
* Ward No. 137 – 79.16%
* Ward No. 138 – 78.67%
* Ward No. 139 – 77.56%
* Ward No. 140 – 79.93%
* Ward No. 141 – 75.15%
* Note: The regional distribution is a broad one and there is some overlapping
* Source: 2011 Census: Ward-Wise
* Primary Census Abstract Data
Census data about mother tongue and religion is not available at the ward level. For district level information see Kolkata district.
According to the District Census Handbook Kolkata 2011, 141 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation formed Kolkata district. (3 wards were added later).

## Election highlights

The ward forms a city municipal corporation council electoral constituency and is a part of Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
| Election year | Constituency | Name of councillor | Party affililiation |
| 2005 | Ward No. 7 | Dr. Goutam Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2010 | | Manjusree Chaudhuri | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2015 | | Bapi Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party |