Ward information – Ward 37: Yeshwanthpur ward

by August 16, 2015 Governance
What are the complaints bothering Yashwanthpur voters? How much money was spent in the ward? What were the works done?

Surprisingly, Yeshwanthpur ward has only one pending bill, according to the data available with Janagraha. There is also the a lot of confusion in analysing the data, due to confusion in ward number and job codes.

Here’s more information on Yeshwanthpur ward.

37 – Yeshwanthpur

MLA (2013): Munirathna (INC), Rajarajeswari Nagar
MP (2014): D V Sadananda Gowda (BJP), Bangalore North

BBMP 2010

Corporator: Munirathna (INC)
# 147, 11th cross, Malleshwaram, Bangalore-3. Ph: 9844400531
Reservation: G

Votes
Winner’s percentage: 23
Winner’s margin: 2400
Total votes polled: 16224
Total voters: 32385

BBMP 2015

Total voters: 40747
Male: 21113
Female: 19630
Others: 4

Reserved: OBC-A

Contesting Candidates

BJP: Shekhar A     
INC: G K Venkatesh
JDS: Jayakumar

Demographics

  • Population (2011): 41107
  • Households: 10326
  • Area: 0.8 sq km

Civic Amenities/Infrastructure

  • Road length: 384 km
  • Lakes: , Total area: 0 sq km
  • Parks: 3, Total area: 0.2 sq km
  • Playgrounds: 1, Total area: 0.8 sq km

Active citizen groups/RWAs

  • Name of group1
  • Name of group2

If you represent any RWA from this area, please click here and fill your info. It will be added to this space after verification.

No candidates have filled the information collection form so far. If you know anyone contesting, do ask them to fill the Candidate Information Form as soon as possible.

How was the money spent? Tenders, job codes, bills:

  • Click on the sections corresponding to complaints, tenders and bills, to get a feel of what are the problems, what is being addressed, how much money is being spent, and is it really happening on ground.
  • Scroll using your arrow keys to see the details within the sections.

Click here for raw data.

What’s bothering the residents? Complaints represented in a wordcloud:


Data Courtesy

BBMP, Janaagraha, BBMP Restructuring Committee website

Disclaimer: This data is an extract; it is not complete, and not verified independently. It is not from the entire tenure of BBMP council 2010-15.

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