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Under the Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India, local governments of cities with a population of 1 lakh (100,000) and above are known as Municipal Corporations. This is a list of Municipal Corporation under State/Union Territory based on the 2011 Census of India. [1] [2]
Madurai Municipal Corporation was established in 1971 and Coimbatore Municipal Corporation in 1981. Three more were established in 1994 and the count remained at six till 2007. Since then 19 more urban bodies have been declared as municipal corporations. As of 2024, there are 25 municipal corporations in the state.
List of municipal corporations or Nagar Nigams of Rajasthan. [5] Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Kota have two municipal corporations each since October 2019, because their populations have exceeded 10 lakh each. [6]
Maharashtra has 29 Municipal Corporations, 232 Municipal councils and 125 Nagar Panchayats.. These urban local bodies are governed by Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, [1] Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 [2] and The Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965.
Municipal corporations cater to larger urban areas, municipalities serve smaller urban areas, and town panchayats cater to areas that are under transition from rural to urban. [2] As of 2024, there are 25 municipal corporations, 138 municipalities and 490 town panchayats in Tamil Nadu. [3] [4]
The following is the list of urban local bodies in the state of Gujarat, India.In India, there are various types of urban local bodies such as Municipal Corporation, Municipality, Notified Area Committee, Town Area Committee, Special Purpose Agency, Township, Port Trust, Cantonment Board etc. [1] [2] [3]
Prayagraj Municipal Corporation: 1,074,588 1994 80 2023 Ganesh Kesarwani Bharatiya Janata Party: 14 Saharanpur: Saharanpur: Saharanpur Municipal Corporation 540,724 2009 70 2023 Dr. Ajay Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party: 15 Shahjahanpur: Shahjahanpur: Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation 246,079 2018 60 2023 Archana Verma Bharatiya Janata Party: 16 ...
A municipal corporation is a type of local government in India which administers urban areas with a population of more than one million. 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 ...