Kakinada Municipal Corporation

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Kakinada Municipal Corporation
Kākināḍa nagara pālaka Sanstha
కాకినాడ నగర పాలక సంస్థ
KAKINADA STATION MAIN ENTRANCE.jpg
Type
Type
History
Founded2005
Leadership
Special Officer
Krithika Shukla (IAS), Kakinada District.
Commissioner
K. Ramesh
Elections
Last election
 29 August 2017
Next election
to be announced
Website
Kakinada Municipal corporation

Kakinada Municipal Corporation, also known as KMC is the civic body of Kakinada in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [1] The corporation has recently concluded its election term and is currently headed by the Special Officer, Krithika Shukla who happens to be the collector of Kakinada District.

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Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction of the corporation is spread over an area of 30.51 km2 (11.78 sq mi) and the population as per the 2011 Census of India was 312,538. [2] It started to expand from 1920, when it was only 20.31 km2 (7.84 sq mi) and the population was just over 50,000. The urban agglomeration area of Kakinada is spread over an area of 57.36 km2 (22.15 sq mi). The urban agglomeration constituents includes the areas of Kakinada Municipal Corporation, census towns of Chidiga, Ramanayyapeta, Suryaraopeta and the out growths of Ganganapalle, Sarpavaram, Vakalapudi and Turangi. [3] [4]

List of mayors

Kakinada Municipal Corporation (KMC)
Sno.MayorDY MayorTerm startTerm endPartyNotes
1.Polasapalli Saroja Cherian20072012 Indian National Congress First Mayor of KMC [5] [6] [7]
2.Sunkara PavaniK.Sattibabu20172021 Telugu Desam Party
2.Sunkara SivaprasannaC.V.Satyaprasad20212022 YSR Congress Party

Administration

The corporation is administered by an elected body, headed by the mayor.

The present commissioner of the corporation is Sri Mahesh Kumar Ravirala IAS, took charge as Commissioner on 10/04/2023

Functions

Kakinada Municipal Corporation is created for the following functions: [8] [9]

Revenue sources

The following are the Income sources for the Corporation from the Central and State Government. [10] [11] [12]

Revenue from taxes

Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.

Revenue from non-tax sources

Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation.

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