# Ward No. 25, Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Ward No. 25, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 4, covering parts of Rambagan, Girish Park, Jorasanko and Simla neighbourhoods 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 for the first time in 1847, and 4 of the 7 board members were elected by the rate payers. 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 Calcutta Municipal 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The state government superseded the Corporation in 1948, and the Calcutta Municipal Act of 1951 came into force. The adult franchise was introduced in municipal elections in 1962. With the addition of certain areas in the city's southern parts, the number of wards increased from 75 to 144.

## Geography

Ward No. 25 is bordered on the north by Nanda Mullick Lane; on the east by Chittaranjan Avenue; on the south by Madan Chatterjee Lane; and on the west by Rabindra Sarani.
The ward is served by Girish Park and Jorasanko police stations of Kolkata Police.
Taltala Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Central division of Kolkata Police, i.e. Bowbazar, Burrabazar, Girish Park, Hare Street, Jorasanko, Muchipara, New Market, Taltala and Posta.

## Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Ward No. 25, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, had a total population of 27,484, of which 14,992 (55%) were males and 12,492 (45%) were females. The population below 6 years was 1,556. The total number of literate people in Ward No. 25 was 22,167 (85.49% 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 Jorasanko (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
| Election year | Constituency | Name of councillor | Party affililiation |
| 2005 | Ward No. 25 | Smita Bakshi | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2010 | | Smita Bakshi | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2015 | | Smita Bakshi | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Ward No. 25 | Sri Rajesh Sinha | All India Trinamool Congress||} References ↑ Bagchi, Amiya Kumar, Wealth and Work in Calcutta, 1860-1921, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 213-215, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-563696-3. ↑ "A walk down memory lane". About Kolkata. KMC. Retrieved 16 February 2018. ↑ "Kolkata Municipal Corporation". Kolkata - a municipal history. KMC. Retrieved 16 February 2018. ↑ Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory. D.P.Publications & Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata-700073, 4th edition 2003. ↑ "Municipal Wards". Yellow Pages.com. Retrieved 3 April 2015. 1 2 "Kolkata Police". Central Division. KP. Retrieved 5 March 2018. ↑ Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory, Fourth Impression 2003, Map No. 14, D.P.publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata - 700 073. ↑ "Table 3 District Wise List of Statutory Towns (Municipal Corporation, Municipality, Notified Area and Cantonment Board), Census Towns and Outgrowths, West Bengal, 2001". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2018. ↑ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 15 June 2016. ↑ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Highlights, 2011 Census. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 15 February 2018. ↑ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 63-64: Literacy Rate. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 15 February 2018. ↑ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Map on third page plus demographic data about all the wards in the handbook. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 15 February 2018. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 April 2015. ↑ Search the web for COUNCILLORS OF KOLKATA MUNICITIPAL CORPORATION. In the search list click on this item. On clicking one gets an option for "List of KMC Councillors" at the bottom of the page. Press <Open> to get to Adobe Acrobat file. ↑ "Kolkata Municipal Corporation General Election Results 2010". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 3 April 2015. ↑ Prabahat Khabar, Hindi newspaper, print edition, 29 April 2015 |