Dhanbad Municipal Corporation

[1] Dhanbad Municipal Corporation is headed by Mayor of city and governed by Commissioner.

520 dated 12 July 2008 of Jharkhand Gazette (in Hindi) provides a full list of revenue villages placed under Dhanbad Municipal Corporation.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers and entertainment artistes.

[7] As per the 2011 Census of India, Dhanbad Municipal Corporation had a total population of 1,162,472 of which 614,722 (53%) were males and 547,750 (47%) were females.

[10][11][12] In the 2011 census, Hindi and Khortha was the mother-tongue (languages mentioned under Schedule 8 of the Constitution of India) of 62.5% of the population in Dhanbad district, followed by Bengali (19.3%) and Urdu (8.1%).

[17] See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate Elections for the position of councilors in Dhanbad Municipal Corporation were held in 2015.

The electoral outcome in different wards is as follows:[18][19][20] Note: The reservation chart put up by Dhanbad Municipal Corporation seems to be outdated.