List of municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu

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Municipal Corporations are the local governing bodies of the urban areas in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A municipal corporation carries out its functions through well organized divisions or departments. The 74th Amendment to the Constitution of India defined the formations of urban local governments and their activities. [1]

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Chennai Corporation, which was established on 29 September 1688, is the oldest corporation in India and is the second oldest in the world after London. [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

Note: Sorted by date of formation followed by alphabetical order

List of Municipal Corporations [3]
No City District NamePopulation
(Revised) [lower-alpha 1]
Population
(2011) [lower-alpha 2] [4]
Date of formationNumber of zonesWardsArea (km2)
1 Chennai Chennai district Greater Chennai Corporation 6,672,000 [5] 4,646,73229 September 1688 [5] 15 [6] 200 [7] 426.00 [8]
2 Madurai Madurai district Madurai Municipal Corporation 1,470,755 [9] 1,573,6161 May 1971 [10] 5 [11] 100 [11] 147.99 [11]
3 Coimbatore Coimbatore district Coimbatore Municipal Corporation 1,601,438 [12] 1,050,7211 July 1981 [13] 5 [14] 100 [14] 257.04 [14]
4 Salem Salem district Salem Municipal Corporation 831,038 [15] 829,2671 June 1994 [16] 4 [17] 60 [18] 91.34 [17]
5 Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli district Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation 916,674 [19] 847,3871 June 1994 [20] 4 [21] 65 [21] 167.20 [22]
6 Tirunelveli Tirunelveli district Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation 474,838 [23] 473,6371 June 1994 [24] 4 [25] 55 [25] 108.65 [25]
7 Tiruppur Tiruppur district Tiruppur Municipal Corporation 877,778 [26] 444,3521 January 2008 [27] 4 [28] 60 [28] 159.35 [28]
8 Erode Erode district Erode Municipal Corporation 498,129 [29] 157,1011 January 2008 [30] 4 [31] 60 [31] 109.52 [31]
9 Vellore Vellore district Vellore Municipal Corporation 504,079 [32] 185,8031 August 2008 [33] [34] 4 [35] 60 [35] 76.09 [35]
10 Thoothukudi Thoothukudi district Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation 372,408 [36] 237,8305 August 2008 [37] [38] 4 [36] 60 [36] 90.66 [36]
11 Dindigul Dindigul district Dindigul Municipal Corporation 207,327 [39] 207,32719 February 2014 [40] [41] NA48 [39] 14.01 [42]
12 Thanjavur Thanjavur district Thanjavur Municipal Corporation 251,655 [43] 222,94319 February 2014 [44] [45] NA51 [43] 128.02 [43]
13 Hosur Krishnagiri district Hosur Municipal Corporation 245,354 [46] 116,82113 February 2019 [47] [46] NA45 [46] 72.41 [46]
14 Nagercoil Kanyakumari district Nagercoil Municipal Corporation 236,774 [48] 224,84920 February 2019 [49] [50] NA52 [48] 24.25 [48]
15 Avadi Thiruvallur district Avadi Municipal Corporation 344,701 [51] 344,70117 June 2019 [52] NA48 [51] 65.00 [51]
16 Cuddalore Cuddalore district Cuddalore Municipal corporation 173,639 [53] 173,63921 October 2021 [54] NA45 [53] 27.69 [53]
17 Kancheepuram Kancheepuram district Kancheepuram Municipal Corporation 232,816 [55] 164,38421 October 2021 [56] NA51 [57] 36.14 [55]
18 Karur Karur district Karur Municipal corporation 145,278 [58] 70,98021 October 2021 [59] NA48 [58] 53.26 [58]
19 Sivakasi Virudhunagar district Sivakasi Municipal corporation 126,402 [60] 71,04021 October 2021 [61] NA48 [62] 19.89 [62]
20 Tambaram Chengalpattu district Tambaram Municipal Corporation 723,017 [63] 174,78721 October 2021 [64] 5 [63] 70 [63] 87.64 [63]
21 Kumbakonam Thanjavur district Kumbakonam Municipal Corporation 222,524 [65] 140,11320 December 2021 [66] NA48 [67] 64.02 [68]
22 Karaikudi Sivaganga district Karaikudi Municipal Corporation 191,850 [69] 106,78415 March 2024 [70] NA100 [71] NA
23 Namakkal Namakkal district Namakkal Municipal Corporation 119,491NANANA
24 Pudukkottai Pudukkottai district Pudukottai Municipal Corporation 216,000 [72] 117,630NANA121.00 [72]
25 Tiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai district Tiruvannamalai Municipal Corporation 145,278NANANA

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Notes

  1. For corporations which were expanded or newly formed by combining multiple existent administrative units, the figures correspond to the revised estimates based on the 2011 census (wherever data is available). For corporations with no change in limits, the population is quoted as such as per the census.
  2. The figures correspond to the limits of the local bodies as existent during the 2011 census

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