- Chairman: Krishna Majumdar
- Year of Establishment of Municipality: 1 April 1869
The Municipal vision statements of Basirhat Municipality are:
- To provide all its citizens a humane social order based on truth, justice, freedom, equity and integrity in which basic human rights and the dignity of every individual is upheld, with sustained access to improved health, adequate and equitable basic services,
- To provide livelihood opportunities in an environmentally sustainable urban area, which upholds social justice and practices democratic and secular values, including human rights
- To provide right to information coupled with balanced development supported by an advanced, transparent and sustainable Urban Local Body, making Basirhat Municipality an attractive and secure place for investment and to eradicate poverty.
The Municipality is divided into 22 wards covering 22.5 km², with population of 113,120 as per 2001 census, out of which 30% are currently under the below poverty level (whereas, BPL average percentage in West Bengal as per 2001 census is 31.58%). The current population growth rate of Basirhat Municipality is approximately 25.17% per decade. If this growth rate does not incline, by the year 2025 the population density will be 6782 persons per square kilometre. In Basirhat Municipality the density of slum population is about 30%. Nearly 97% of the populace of the Municipality is Bengali speaking and the rest 3% speaks other language.
Basirhat Municipality has recently launched its Official Website as www.basirhatmuniciplity.in
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