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Old Kolkata population and historic wards
Kolkata’s original municipal area, defined as wards 1–100 in a CAG report, had 31,22,667 residents across those wards in Census 2011.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation describes historical Kolkata through Sutanuti, Kolkata and Gobindapur. The count here is a reproducible proxy for the much wider original municipal jurisdiction, using the 2011 ward numbers. Kolkata's entire 141-ward Census 2011 unit had 44,96,694 residents. The 1–100 subtotal is 69.45% of that municipal total.
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| 2011 residents in wards 1–100 | 31,22,667 |
| 2011 households in wards 1–100 | 6,91,566 |
| 2011 residents in all 141 municipal wards | 44,96,694 |
Census PCA Kolkata, city code 801742, wards 0001–0100 and 0001–0141 · Official boundary or evidence context · checked 2026-11-09.