Demographics

Kanchrapara is a Municipal Town, consisting of 24 Municipal wards & 62 nos of slum, 48 km. from Kolkata and located at the Northern most tip of North 24 Parganas District in West Bengal, between Latitude 88.42` E to 88.47`E and longitude 22.92`N to 22.96`N with an area of 9.07 Sq. Km and a population of 1, 29, 576. The Municipality is taken up various development program for the marginalized section and the poor of this historically important urban area in the field of generation of self-employment, vocational training, multipurpose extension of Health care initiatives, aggressive approach towards Primary education for the citizens of tomorrow and other beneficial program for all other stake holders of this Municipal area like waste management, anti-pollution measures, augmentation of road network in and out of this Municipal boundary, improvement of water supply system, Drainage system, Electric services, along with others essential services like providing housing for Economically Weaker Section for better utilization of developmental program. As we are in the edge of e governance and promoting urban governance we have armed our system with state of art technology and it is still in the process as we are developing every day towards reaching our aim. We must take into account that we would provide transparent and speedy quality services to the people of Kanchrapara Municipal area. I sincerely invite the cooperation of the people to make this town a model one environment friendly with all the amenities.