Bansberia Municipality

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| name = Bansberia Municipality
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| coa_alt = Logo of Bansberia Municipality
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| house_type = [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipality]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1869}}
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| leader1_type = Chairman/Commissioner
| leader1 = Aditya Neogi
| leader2_type = Vice Chairman
| leader2 = Vacant
| seats = 22
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| political_groups1 = {{legend|#3CB371|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]: 17 seats}} {{legend|#DCDCDC|[[Independent politician|IND]]: 2 seats}} {{legend|#FF9900|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 1 seats}} {{legend|#FF0000|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]: 1 seats}} {{legend|#FF0000|[[All India Forward Block|AIFB]]: 1 seats}}
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| next_election1 = 2020
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'''Bansberia Municipality''' is the civic body that governs [[Bansberia]] and its surrounding areas ([[Tribeni, Hooghly|Tribeni]]) in [[Chinsurah subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==History==
Bansberia Municipality was established in 1869.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/DIS/MUNI_DLB_Bansberia.htm| title = Bansberia Municipality | publisher = JNNURM | accessdate = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Bansberia Municipality Map.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Bansberia Municipality]]
Bansberia Municipality covers an area of 9.072 sq km and has a total population of 103,799 (2011).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_municipality.htm | title = Bansberia Municipality | publisher = Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal | work = Urban Local Bodies | accessdate = 11 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180928223458/http://wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_municipality.htm | archive-date = 28 September 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 1981, 32.39% of the total population formed main workers and 67.61% were non-workers in Bansberia Municipality and 57.97% 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 [[Commuting|commuters]] and migrants find employment in the area.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/68558/14/14_chapter%205.pdf | title = Chapter V Industrial set up of the study area | work = Table 16, page 232, Table 17, page 233, Table 18, page 236 | publisher = Shodhganga | accessdate = 11 July 2017}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Bandel Thermal Power Station Hospital, with 10 beds, and a primary health centre with 5 beds are located in the Bansberia Municipality area.<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 15 July 2017}}</ref>

==Elections==
In the 2015 municipal elections for Bansberia Municipality [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 17 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] 1 seat, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 1 seat, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 1 seats and Independents 2 seats.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(ok51ajaejr1ty3qg43xq0kf1))/Municipal/FinalResult_All_Mun.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections 2015 |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | accessdate = 11 July 2017 }}</ref>

In the 2010 municipal elections for Bansberia Municipality [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 17 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] 2 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 1 seat and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] 2 seats.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(x5feom55drnpkn55tfuthm55))/Municipal/Detailed_Mun_Yearwise.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | accessdate = 11 July 2017 }}</ref>

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)."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/west-bengal-elections-communists | title = India’s Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland. | work = The Guardian, International Edition, 30 May 2010 | publisher = theguardian | accessdate = 14 July 2017}}</ref>

In the 2005 municipal elections for Bansberia Municipality, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won 14 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 1 seat, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] 5 seats, [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] 1 seat and others 1 seat.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hooghly.nic.in/Municpal_elec/Result_glance.htm | title = Municipal General Elections 2005 | work= District Hooghly | publisher = Hooghly district administration |accessdate = 19 July 2017}}</ref>

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