Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation


Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is the local governing body responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of Bidhannagar and Rajarhat in Greater Kolkata.

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation was headed by Administrator Shri Pawan Kadyan, IAS till elections were held in October 2015 after delimitation into 41 wards. Constitution of its first Board of Councillors was headed by Mayor Shri Sabyasachi Dutta with Shri Pawan Kadyan, IAS transitioning into the role of Municipal Commissioner. BMC constitutes of 41 wards. The Corporation is under administrative jurisdiction of Bidhannagar subdivision in the district of North 24 Parganas and police jurisdiction of Bidhannagar City Police. The current Municipal Commissioner is Shri Debasis Ghosh, IAS, who has been in the post since September 2019.

Geography

This civic administrative body administers an area of which is approximately 3.2% of the Total Kolkata Metropolitan Area. The jurisdiction of BMC includes Salt Lake, Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat and Rajarhat.
Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation borders Madhyamgram Municipality in the north, Rajarhat block in the south, New Town in the east and South Dum Dum in the west

Administration

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is divided into 41 wards. The 41 wards are arranged into 6 boroughs. Each ward elects a councillor. The mayor is responsible for the overall functioning of the BMC and has a tenure of five years. At present, the All India Trinamool Congress holds the power in the BMC.

Demographics

As per 2011 census, total population under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is 632,107. Total number of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are 121,761 and 10,950 respectively. Among the 41 wards, Wards no 20 has the highest population with 20,981 residents while ward no 23 has the lowest population with 11,639 residents. Total number of households in BMC is 153,661.

List of Mayors

No.NameTermTermConstituencyParty
No.NameStartEndConstituencyParty
1Sabyasachi Dutta20152019AITC
2Krishna Chakraborty2019IncumbentAITC