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A municipal corporation is a type of local government in India which administers an urban area having a population of one million or more. The growing population and urbanization of various Indian cities highlighted the need for a type of local governing body that could provide services such as healthcare, education, housing and transport by collecting property taxes and administering grants ...
Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. [1] The term can also be used to describe municipally owned corporations .
It was the 74th amendment to the Constitution of India in 1992 that brought constitutional validity to municipal or local governments. Until amendments were made in respective state municipal legislations as well, municipal authorities were organised on an ultra vires (beyond the authority) basis and the state governments were free to extend or control the functional sphere through executive ...
Part-IX of Indian Constitution is related to Local Government, under which Panchayat Raj was defined, then after 74th Amendment Municipal Corporation and council were included and defined by inducing Part IX-A, and in 2011, Cooperative Societies were included in Local Government by inducing Part IX-B in the Constitution.
Types of Urban Areas according to the Bihar Municipal Act, 2007: Type: Population Criteria: Type of Local Body: City Larger urban area: 2 lakh or more Municipal Corporation: Town Medium urban area: 40 thousand or more but less than 2 lakh Municipal Council: Small Town or Transitional Area 12 thousand and more but less than 40 thousand Nagar ...
Anand Municipal Corporation Anand: Anand: 90.17 412,106 13 2025 10 Nadiad Municipal Corporation Nadiad: Kheda: 60.36 330,400 13 2025 11 Mehsana Municipal Corporation Mehsana: Mehsana: 79.94 407,200 12 2025 12 Navsari Municipal Corporation Navsari: Navsari: 41.71 367,000 13 2025 13 Surendranagar Municipal Corporation Surendranagar: Surendranagar ...
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD; ISO: Dillī Nagara Nigama) is the municipal corporation that governs most of Delhi, India. The MCD is among the largest municipal bodies in the world providing civic services to a population of about 20 million citizens in the capital city Delhi. [ 1 ]
The urban agglomerations in Uttar Pradesh, with populations over 100,000, are noted below, with their constituent cities and towns. [3]Abbreviations: M Corp. = Municipal corporation; NP = Nagar Palika/Nagar Panchayat; NPP = Nagar Palika Parishad; CT = Census town; OG = Out Growth; CB = Cantonment Board