Ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, mid-day will bring you a ‘Know Your Ward’ update with details of Mumbai’s 227 electoral wards, across the 24 administrative wards. Each instalment will highlight ward-wise characteristics, challenges, issues that put the spotlight on developmental priorities, key landmarks, demographic patterns, and the political landscape of the ward.

The population density of the area, natural boundaries such as the city coastline and rivers, or human-made boundaries such as nullahs and railway lines, determine boundaries of these wards. Each of Mumbai’s 24 administrative wards is home to a varied number of electoral wards.