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Urban local bodies · West Bengal

128 municipal bodies with 3,033 wards: 7 municipal corporations, 118 municipalities and 3 notified area councils. Every body below links to its ward list and the assembly and Lok Sabha seats that cover it, from the Local Government Directory as of 25 September 2026.

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  • Municipal Corporation7
  • Municipality118
  • Notified Area Council3

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Urban local bodies
#13 of 35 states/UTs
3,033
Wards
128 bodies with ward lists
Districts
with at least one body
At a glance

Counts from the Local Government Directory. Names of types follow what the directory uses for West Bengal.

Municipal Corporation
7
480 wards
Municipality
118
2,514 wards
Notified Area Council
3
39 wards
Wards in total
3,033
about 24 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
128 of 128
126 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · South 24 ParganasKolkata144wards · 17 assembly seats
  2. Municipal Corporation · Paschim BardhamanAsansol106wards · 2 assembly seats
  3. Municipal Corporation · HowrahHowrah66wards · 4 assembly seats
  4. Municipal Corporation · DarjeelingSiliguri47wards · 1 assembly seat
  5. Municipal Corporation · Paschim BardhamanDurgapur43wards · 1 assembly seat
  6. Municipal Corporation · North 24 ParganasBidhannagar41wards · 2 assembly seats
  7. Municipality · North 24 ParganasBhatpara37wards · 1 assembly seat
  8. Municipality · South 24 ParganasMaheshtala36wards · 2 assembly seats
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128 of 128 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
AlipurduarMunicipalityAlipurduar20Alipurduars
ArambagMunicipalityHooghly19Arambag
AsansolMunicipal CorporationPaschim Bardhaman106Asansol UttarKulti
Ashokenagar Kalyangarhঅশোকনগর কল্যাণগড়MunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas23Ashoknagar
BaduriaMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas17Baduria
BaidyabatiMunicipalityHooghly23Champdani
BallyMunicipalityHowrah35Bally
BalurghatMunicipalityDakshin Dinajpur25Balurghat
BankuraMunicipalityBankura24Bankura
BansberiaMunicipalityHooghly24Saptagram
BaranagarMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas34Baranagar
BarasatMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas35Barasat
BarrackpurMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas24Barrackpur
BaruipurMunicipalitySouth 24 Parganas17Baruipur Paschim
BasirhatMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas23Basirhat Dakshin
BeldangaMunicipalityMurshidabad14Beldanga
BerhamporeবহরমপুরMunicipalityMurshidabad28Baharampur
BhadreswarMunicipalityHooghly22Chandannagar
BhatparaMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas37Bhatpara
BidhannagarMunicipal CorporationNorth 24 Parganas41BidhannagarRajarhat Gopalpur
BirnagarMunicipalityNadia15Ranaghat Uttar Paschim
BishnupurMunicipalityBankura19Bishnupur
BolpurMunicipalityBirbhum22Bolpur
BongaonবনগাঁওMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas22Bangaon Uttar
Budge BudgeMunicipalitySouth 24 Parganas21Budge Budge
BuniadpurMunicipalityDakshin Dinajpur14Harirampur
Burdwanবর্ধমানMunicipalityPurba Bardhaman35Bardhaman Dakshin
ChakdahaMunicipalityNadia21Chakdaha
Champdanyচ্যাম্পডানিMunicipalityHooghly22Champdani
ChandannagarMunicipal CorporationHooghly33Chandannagar
ChandrakonaMunicipalityPaschim Medinipur12Chandrakona
ContaiMunicipalityPurba Medinipur21Kanthi Dakshin
Cooch BeharকোচবিহারMunicipalityCooch Behar20Coochbehar Dakshin
Cooper S CampNotified Area CouncilNadia13Ranaghat Dakshin
DainhatMunicipalityPurba Bardhaman14Katwa
DalkholaMunicipalityUttar Dinajpur16Karandighi
DankuniডানকুনিMunicipalityHooghly21Chanditala
Darjeelingদার্জিলিংMunicipalityDarjeeling32Darjeeling
DhulianMunicipalityMurshidabad21Samserganj
DhupguriMunicipalityJalpaiguri16Dhupguri
Diamond HarbourMunicipalitySouth 24 Parganas16Diamond Harbour
DinhataMunicipalityCooch Behar16Dinhata
DomkalMunicipalityMurshidabad21Domkal
DubrajpurMunicipalityBirbhum16Dubrajpur
Dum DumMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas22Dum Dum
DurgapurMunicipal CorporationPaschim Bardhaman43Durgapur Paschim
EgraMunicipalityPurba Medinipur14Egra
English BazarMunicipalityMalda29English Bazar
FalakataMunicipalityAlipurduar18Alipurduars
Gangaramporeগঙ্গারামপুরMunicipalityDakshin Dinajpur18Gangarampur
GaruliaMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas21Noapara
Gayeshpurগয়েশপুরMunicipalityNadia18Kalyani
GhatalMunicipalityPaschim Medinipur17Ghatal
GobardangaMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas17Gaighata
GuskaraMunicipalityPurba Bardhaman16Ausgram
HabraMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas24Habra
HaldiaMunicipalityPurba Medinipur29Haldia
HaldibariMunicipalityCooch Behar11Mekliganj
HalisaharMunicipalityNorth 24 Parganas24Bijpur
HaringhataMunicipalityNadia17Haringhata

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in West Bengal?

The Local Government Directory lists 128 urban local bodies in West Bengal: 7 municipal corporations, 118 municipalities and 3 notified area councils. Together they have 3,033 wards on record. That is the 13th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in West Bengal has the most wards?

Kolkata Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 144. It is followed by Asansol Municipal Corporation (106) and Howrah Municipal Corporation (66). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in West Bengal?

There are 7 municipal corporations: Asansol, Bidhannagar, Chandannagar, Durgapur, Howrah, Kolkata, Siliguri. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in West Bengal?

The State Election Commission, not the Election Commission of India. It prepares the ward electoral rolls, notifies ward reservation and conducts the polls for every municipal body listed here. Results are published by the commission, ward by ward.

Source: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Ministry of Panchayati Raj, as of 25 September 2026, via the open daily mirror at github.com/ramSeraph/opendata. Used under the Government Open Data License - India. Ward-to-constituency mapping is as recorded in the directory and may lag behind the latest delimitation. Cantonment boards are not part of the directory’s urban list and are not counted.

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