5, covering parts of Bowbazar neighbourhood in central Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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.

A new municipal corporation was created in 1876, wherein 48 commissioners were elected and 24 were appointed by the government.

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.

[1][2] The state government superseded the Corporation in 1948 and the Calcutta Municipal Act of 1951 came into force.

With the addition of certain areas in the southern parts of the city, the number of wards increased from 75 to 144.

48 is bordered on the north by Surendra Lal Pyne Lane, Madhu Gupta Lane and Siddheswar Chandra Lane; on the east by Sashi Bhusan Dey Street and Raja Rammohan Sarani; on the south by Hidaram Banerji Lane; and on the west by Chandni Chowk Street Khairu Place, College Street.

48, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, had a total population of 20,437, of which 11,128 (54%) were males and 9,309 (46%) were females.

[10] The literacy rate of Kolkata district has increased from 53.0% in 1951 to 86.3% in the 2011 census.

[11] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data Census data about mother tongue and religion is not available at the ward level.