Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality

Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality is the civic body that governs Uttarpara Kotrung and its surrounding areas (Bhadrakali and Hind Motor) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.

However, while in Serampore European residents pushed the issue through, in Uttarpara it was the zamindar Joy Krishna Mukherjee who played the pivotal role and made Uttarpara Municipality the first in the state by establishing it in 1853, 12 years before Serampore Municipality and 23 years before Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

[3] Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality covers an area of 11.75 sq km and has a population of 159,413 (2011).

[5] Uttarpara General Hospital, with 204 beds, Female Vagrants Home and primary health centre with 5 beds at Bhadrakali are located in the Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality area.

[8] Details of the wards, with 2022 municipal election results, are as follows:[9][10] This is a broad indication of the neighbourhood covered, not a full description.