Civic Administration
Kurseong Municipality, which is over 125 years old (one of the oldest in the country) is the main civic administration body for the town of Kurseong. It is located at 13, Dowhill Road. The Municipality is divided into 20 wards and each has a ward commissioner who is in charge of the individual ward. After agitation by GJMM, Mr. P.C. Agarwal (the last elected Chairman of the Municipal community) has resigned from the post of Chairman (as he was associated with the political party GNLF). Presently Kurseong is facing a political movement from Gorkha JanMukti Morcha for a separate state. Due to this agitation the Municipal Committee is suspended Kurseong has its own Munsif Megistrate Court and has the Police Station and Town Out Post in P B Road. The S.D.O. (Sub Divisional Officer) is the head of the administration for the Town.
Hospital and Health Care in Kurseong : Kurseong has a Sub Divisional Hospital and no private nursing homes or clinics unlike Kalimpong and Darjeeling.
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