WISE Quotient 2026 · Ward-level analysis

Ward charts for the v2 report

Ten visual breakdowns of the 3,447-response WISE survey at ward and locality granularity. Each chart is self-contained SVG, designed to be embedded into the v2 report HTML without external chart libraries.

Source: CCF 16 - WISE Survey.csv · Wards with n ≥ 50 only · Generated 2026-06-08

Chart 1

Ward ranking by overall WISE score

Thirteen wards have enough responses (n ≥ 50) to rank. F/North leads at 3.11; M/East sits alone at 1.57 — a full point below every other ward.

1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 city avg 2.45 F/North · Wadala/Sion n=146 3.09 G/South · Worli/Lower Parel n=78 2.86 L · Kurla n=83 2.85 P/South · Goregaon n=97 2.82 M/West · Chembur n=77 2.8 A · Colaba/Fort n=67 2.79 M · M Ward (unspecified) n=131 2.76 F/South · Parel/Sewri n=105 2.74 H · Bandra cluster n=61 2.67 H/East · Bandra/Khar East n=157 2.41 G/North · Dadar/Mahim n=388 2.35 D · Malabar Hill/Tardeo n=177 2.34 M/East · Govandi/Mankhurd n=611 1.57
1.57

M/East is the outlier. Removing it alone shifts Mumbai's overall WISE score from 2.45 to 2.66. The v2 report should treat M/East as a separate chapter, not a ward in a ranking.

Chart 2

Ward × Indicator heatmap

Every ward × every indicator. Red = low (citizens disagree the system works), green = high. The horizontal stripe at M/East is one of the most striking patterns in the dataset.

Air Heat Public Sp. Mental H. Safety Access Econ Inc. Belong Green Waste/W/E Climate Sust. Beh. Youth Ent Skill Sp. Arts Voice Hope F/North · Wadala/Sion 2.98 2.53 3.36 2.84 3.51 3.36 3.45 3.89 3.14 2.86 2.71 2.86 3.4 2.62 2.33 3.01 3.76 G/South · Worli/Lower Parel 3.36 2.09 2.68 1.62 3.46 3.64 3.35 3.71 2.73 2.64 2.75 2.67 3.48 2.23 2.03 2.92 3.18 L · Kurla 2.82 2.68 3.2 2.13 3.15 2.91 2.58 3.49 3.39 2.47 2.56 2.25 3.27 2.63 3 2.6 3.31 P/South · Goregaon 2.6 2.35 3.2 2.74 3.35 3.09 3 3.45 2.94 2.2 2.48 2.37 3.28 2.61 2.64 2.53 3.04 M/West · Chembur 2.95 2.64 3.36 2.79 2.3 3.27 3.28 3.16 3.09 2.06 1.82 2.25 3.03 2.93 3.03 2.71 2.9 A · Colaba/Fort 2.32 2.14 3.28 2.32 3.2 3.11 2.52 3.32 2.92 2.5 2.27 2.53 3.23 2.95 3.26 2.53 2.98 M · M Ward (unspecified) 3.22 1.15 3.22 1.13 3.35 3.78 3.85 3.64 3.35 1.25 1.7 1.12 3.87 3.53 3.64 1.19 3.9 F/South · Parel/Sewri 2.41 2.64 2.63 2.99 3.45 3.24 3.19 3.51 2.47 2.52 2.59 1.47 3.55 2.28 2.05 2.31 3.24 H · Bandra cluster 2.65 2.38 2.87 2.41 2.82 2.72 2.7 2.97 2.87 2.44 2.57 2.5 3.04 2.49 2.47 2.52 2.9 H/East · Bandra/Khar East 3.82 1.25 3.49 1.46 3.75 3.83 1.26 3.1 2.94 1.08 1.07 1.13 3.79 1.07 1.12 3.03 3.85 G/North · Dadar/Mahim 1.93 1.56 1.91 1.88 3.12 2.25 3.28 3.64 2.01 1.85 1.79 2.07 3.13 1.65 1.95 2.4 3.51 D · Malabar Hill/Tardeo 1.9 1.77 1.81 2.18 2.49 2.68 2.63 3.34 1.66 2.02 1.87 2.25 2.85 2.44 2.94 2.01 2.96 M/East · Govandi/Mankhurd 1.35 1.36 1.45 1.5 1.4 1.42 1.61 2.43 1.42 1.24 1.27 1.52 2.08 1.7 1.65 1.5 1.8 SCALE 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

Chart 3

Ward archetypes — Systems × Emotion

Plotting each ward by the average of its physical-system indicators (x-axis) vs the average of Belonging + Hope (y-axis) reveals four working archetypes. Bubble size = response count.

1 1 1.5 1.5 2 2 2.5 2.5 3 3 3.5 3.5 4 4 Systems score (Air, Heat, Public Sp, Green, Waste/W/E, Climate) Emotional score (Belonging + Hope) HEALTHY HOPE PARADOX MUTE WELL-OFF CRITICAL F/North G/South L P/South M/West A M F/South H H/East G/North D M/East
Read the quadrants: Top-left (Hope Paradox) = G/North, D — strong community despite weak systems, the natural ground for civic organising. Bottom-left (Critical) = M/East, alone. Top-right (Healthy) = F/North, L, G/South. There are no large wards in the Mute Well-off quadrant.

Chart 4

Voice–Systems gap

Where citizens feel more heard than the systems would warrant (positive bars, green) = "Aware Strugglers" — ripe for ward-sabha pilots. Where voice trails systems (red) = empowerment vacuum.

-1.0 -0.5 +0.0 +0.5 +1.0 voice trails systems voice ahead of systems (Aware Strugglers) -1.12 M · M Ward (unspecified) -0.25 L · Kurla -0.23 F/South · Parel/Sewri -0.11 H · Bandra cluster -0.10 P/South · Goregaon -0.04 A · Colaba/Fort +0.06 M/West · Chembur +0.08 F/North · Wadala/Sion +0.15 M/East · Govandi/Mankhurd +0.17 D · Malabar Hill/Tardeo +0.21 G/South · Worli/Lower Parel +0.56 G/North · Dadar/Mahim +0.76 H/East · Bandra/Khar East
+0.99

H/East shows the largest positive voice gap. Bandra/Khar East citizens feel heard despite weak systems — exactly the constituency that converts grievance into pressure. The largest negative gap (−0.95) is in raw "M" ward, suggesting many respondents tagged as just "M" are actually M/East citizens with no working civic outlet.

Chart 5

Climate vulnerability index

Composite of (4 − Heat liveability) + (4 − Climate resilience) + (4 − Waste/Water/Energy). Maximum possible = 9. H/East, M/East and ward M cluster above 7.8.

0 2 4 6 8 9 H/East · Bandra/Khar East 8.6 Heat 1.25 · Climate 1.07 · W/W/E 1.08 M/East · Govandi/Mankhurd 8.13 Heat 1.36 · Climate 1.27 · W/W/E 1.24 M · M Ward (unspecified) 7.9 Heat 1.15 · Climate 1.7 · W/W/E 1.25 G/North · Dadar/Mahim 6.8 Heat 1.56 · Climate 1.79 · W/W/E 1.85 D · Malabar Hill/Tardeo 6.34 Heat 1.77 · Climate 1.87 · W/W/E 2.02 M/West · Chembur 5.48 Heat 2.64 · Climate 1.82 · W/W/E 2.06 A · Colaba/Fort 5.09 Heat 2.14 · Climate 2.27 · W/W/E 2.5 P/South · Goregaon 4.97 Heat 2.35 · Climate 2.48 · W/W/E 2.2 H · Bandra cluster 4.61 Heat 2.38 · Climate 2.57 · W/W/E 2.44 G/South · Worli/Lower Parel 4.52 Heat 2.09 · Climate 2.75 · W/W/E 2.64 L · Kurla 4.29 Heat 2.68 · Climate 2.56 · W/W/E 2.47 F/South · Parel/Sewri 4.25 Heat 2.64 · Climate 2.59 · W/W/E 2.52 F/North · Wadala/Sion 3.9 Heat 2.53 · Climate 2.71 · W/W/E 2.86

Chart 6

Inside M/East — locality drill-down

The 9 M/East localities with n ≥ 15. Indira Nagar and Road no 10 Govandi post overall scores of 1.22 and 1.17 — meaning citizens unanimously disagreed on almost every indicator.

1 1.5 2 2.5 3 city avg Road no 10 Govandi n=21 1.17 Indira Nagar Govandi n=53 1.22 Nirankari Nagar Govandi n=16 1.25 Shivaji Nagar Govandi n=147 1.46 Rafiq Nagar Govandi n=33 1.64 Sai Baba Nagar Govandi n=59 1.71 Shivajinagar Govandi n=20 1.72 Rafi Nagar Govandi n=96 1.88 Baiganwadi Govandi n=37 2.06

Chart 7

Heat Trap Atlas — top 25 localities

Localities ranked by share of citizens who say their area is not liveable in summer. Seven post 100% disagreement. This is publishable as a named artefact.

Vikhroli (West)
n=33 · avg 1.33
100%
Shivaji Nagar Govandi
n=147 · avg 1.04
100%
Shivajinagar Govandi
n=20 · avg 1.1
100%
Indira Nagar Govandi
n=54 · avg 1
100%
Nirankari Nagar Govandi
n=16 · avg 1
100%
Chembur (opposite navjeevan society)
n=21 · avg 1
100%
Road no 10 Govandi
n=23 · avg 1
100%
Khar Road East
n=130 · avg 1.14
96%
Khetwadi, Charni road
n=101 · avg 1.63
96%
Chembur camp
n=81 · avg 1.22
91%
Dahisar
n=33 · avg 1.85
91%
Sai Baba Nagar Govandi
n=59 · avg 1.71
90%
Dharavi
n=257 · avg 1.37
89%
Khetwadi, Charni Road
n=43 · avg 1.84
88%
Rafiq Nagar Govandi
n=33 · avg 1.64
85%
Vile Parle
n=23 · avg 1.83
83%
Rafi Nagar Govandi
n=96 · avg 1.93
82%
Maharashtra Housing Board, Ambernath (W.)
n=22 · avg 1.68
82%
dharavi
n=15 · avg 1.4
80%
Chembur vashinaka
n=28 · avg 1.75
79%
Lower Parel
n=34 · avg 1.88
76%
Sion
n=41 · avg 1.83
76%
Poisar
n=20 · avg 2.2
75%
Churchgate
n=17 · avg 2.18
71%
Khetwadi
n=20 · avg 2.2
70%
≥90% disagree75–89%<75%

Chart 8

Mental Health Support — "Don't know" rate by ward

The single highest awareness gap in the survey. G/North and D show 45% and 41% — almost half of respondents cannot answer where to go for emotional or mental-health help.

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% G/North · Dadar/Mahim 44.6% D · Malabar Hill/Tardeo 40.7% F/South · Parel/Sewri 35.2% A · Colaba/Fort 34.3% H/East · Bandra/Khar East 26.8% M/West · Chembur 19.5% F/North · Wadala/Sion 18.5% M · M Ward (unspecified) 12.2% P/South · Goregaon 9.3% L · Kurla 8.4% H · Bandra cluster 8.2% M/East · Govandi/Mankhurd 2.6% G/South · Worli/Lower Parel 1.3%
This is not noise. The wards with the highest mental-health "Don't know" rates are not necessarily the poorest — D (Malabar Hill/Tardeo) sits at 41%. Mental health invisibility cuts across class.

Chart 9

Youth (12–24) vs older (41+) — the generational gap

Indicator by indicator. Positive = older citizens scored it higher. The big gaps are on human-system indicators: Safety (+0.36), Belonging (+0.27), Accessibility (+0.26), Air (+0.26), Hope (+0.19).

-0.4 -0.2 +0.0 +0.2 +0.4 youth more positive older more positive +0.36 Safety +0.27 Belonging +0.26 Air Quality +0.26 Accessibility +0.19 Hope +0.18 Climate Resilience +0.15 Citizen Voice +0.14 Public Spaces +0.14 Waste/Water/Energy +0.13 Green Cover +0.08 Mental Health +0.07 Arts/Culture +0.04 Heat Liveability +0.03 Economic Inclusion -0.01 Sustainable Behaviours -0.04 Youth Enterprise -0.09 Skill Spaces
+0.36

The 12–24 cohort sees Mumbai as measurably less safe than the 41+ cohort. Youth are 49% of the sample, so the city average itself is youth-tilted. For a youth-led organization, this is the mandate to act.

Chart 10

MCGM core vs wider MMR — counter-intuitive finding

Across every single indicator, the wider MMR scores higher than the MCGM core. Thane, Navi Mumbai, KDMC, Ambernath, Panvel, Vasai-Virar and Palghar respondents report better neighbourhood life than Mumbai citizens.

1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 Air Quality 2.26 2.53 Heat Liveability 1.86 2.12 Public Spaces 2.38 2.63 Mental Health 2.03 2.25 Safety 2.67 2.94 Accessibility 2.52 2.94 Economic Inclusion 2.5 2.88 Belonging 3.15 3.24 Green Cover 2.31 2.56 Waste/Water/Energy 1.9 2.21 Climate Resilience 1.85 2.22 Sustainable Behaviours 1.97 2.23 Youth Enterprise 2.9 3.07 Skill Spaces 2.03 2.51 Arts/Culture 2.02 2.79 Citizen Voice 2.27 2.34 Hope 2.88 3.12 MCGM core (24 wards) Wider MMR
+0.27

Average indicator gap. MCGM = 2.33 overall; MMR = 2.63. Suburban-vs-core narratives need to be inverted: for lived neighbourhood quality, citizens at the periphery feel better off than citizens in the centre.