List of urban local bodies in Tamil Nadu

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Urban local bodies in Tamil Nadu, consisting of municipal corporations, municipalities, and town panchayats, have been established by the Government of Tamil Nadu in accordance with the Constitution of India. [1] 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]

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Municipal Corporations

A municipal corporation is headed by a mayor, who presides over elected councilors representing individual wards. Chennai Corporation, established in 1688, is the oldest urban body in India and is the second oldest corporation in the world after London. [5] As of 2024, there are 25 municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu. [6]

Note: Sorted by date of formation followed by alphabetical order

List of Municipal Corporations [7]
No City District NamePopulation
(Revised) [a]
Population
(2011) [b] [8]
Date of formationNumber of zonesWardsArea (km2)
1 Chennai Chennai district Greater Chennai Corporation 6,672,000 [9] 4,646,73229 September 1688 [9] 15 [10] 200 [11] 426.00 [12]
2 Madurai Madurai district Madurai Municipal Corporation 1,470,755 [13] 1,573,6161 May 1971 [14] 5 [15] 100 [15] 147.99 [15]
3 Coimbatore Coimbatore district Coimbatore Municipal Corporation 1,601,438 [16] 1,050,7211 July 1981 [17] 5 [18] 100 [18] 257.04 [18]
4 Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli district Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation 916,674 [19] 847,3871 June 1994 [20] 4 [21] 65 [21] 167.20 [22]
5 Salem Salem district Salem Municipal Corporation 831,038 [23] 829,2671 June 1994 [24] 4 [25] 60 [26] 91.34 [25]
6 Tirunelveli Tirunelveli district Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation 474,838 [27] 473,6371 June 1994 [28] 4 [29] 55 [29] 108.65 [29]
7 Vellore Vellore district Vellore Municipal Corporation 781,966 [30] 185,8031 August 2008 [31] [32] 4 [33] 60 [33] 153.14 [33]
8 Tiruppur Tiruppur district Tiruppur Municipal Corporation 877,778 [34] 444,3521 January 2008 [35] 4 [36] 60 [36] 159.35 [36]
9 Erode Erode district Erode Municipal Corporation 498,129 [37] 157,1011 January 2008 [38] 4 [39] 60 [39] 109.52 [39]
10 Thoothukudi Thoothukudi district Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation 372,408 [40] 237,8305 August 2008 [41] [42] 4 [40] 60 [40] 90.66 [40]
11 Dindigul Dindigul district Dindigul Municipal Corporation 207,327 [43] 207,32719 February 2014 [44] [45] NA48 [43] 14.01 [46]
12 Thanjavur Thanjavur district Thanjavur Municipal Corporation 251,655 [47] 222,94319 February 2014 [48] [49] NA51 [47] 128.02 [47]
13 Hosur Krishnagiri district Hosur Municipal Corporation 245,354 [50] 116,82113 February 2019 [51] [50] NA45 [50] 72.41 [50]
14 Nagercoil Kanyakumari district Nagercoil Municipal Corporation 236,774 [52] 224,84920 February 2019 [53] [54] NA52 [52] 77.73 [52]
15 Avadi Thiruvallur district Avadi Municipal Corporation 344,701 [55] 344,70117 June 2019 [56] NA48 [55] 65.00 [55]
16 Kumbakonam Thanjavur district Kumbakonam Municipal Corporation 222,524 [57] 140,11324 August 2021 [58] NA48 [59] 64.02 [60]
17 Cuddalore Cuddalore district Cuddalore Municipal corporation 173,639 [61] 173,63921 October 2021 [62] NA45 [61] 27.69 [61]
18 Kancheepuram Kancheepuram district Kancheepuram Municipal Corporation 232,816 [63] 164,38421 October 2021 [64] NA51 [65] 36.14 [63]
19 Karur Karur district Karur Municipal corporation 145,278 [66] 70,98021 October 2021 [67] NA48 [66] 53.26 [66]
20 Sivakasi Virudhunagar district Sivakasi Municipal corporation 126,402 [68] 71,04021 October 2021 [69] NA48 [70] 19.89 [70]
21 Tambaram Chengalpattu district Tambaram Municipal Corporation 723,017 [71] 174,78721 October 2021 [72] 5 [71] 70 [71] 87.64 [71]
22 Karaikudi Sivaganga district Karaikudi Municipal Corporation 303,291 [73] 106,78415 March 2024 [74] NANANA
23 Namakkal Namakkal district Namakkal Municipal Corporation 119,491119,491NANANA
24 Pudukkottai Pudukkottai district Pudukottai Municipal Corporation 216,000 [75] 117,630NANANA [75]
25 Tiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai district Tiruvannamalai Municipal Corporation 145,278145,278NANANA

Municipalities

Municipalities are classified into four categories based on their annual income:

Classification of municipalities [3]
ClassificationAnnual IncomeCount
Special GradeExceeding Rs.10 Crore16
Selection GradeBetween Rs. 6 to 10 Crore29
Grade IBetween Rs. 4 to 6 Crore31
Grade IIBelow Rs. 4 Crore62

Their elected representatives include ward councilors and a presiding officer, Municipal Chairperson. Municipal Commissioner is the executive authority. As of 2024, there are 138 municipalities in the state. [3]

List of municipalities [3] [76]
RegionDistrict
Chengalpattu Thiruvallur Chengalpattu Kanchipuram Cuddalore
  1. Tiruvallur
  2. Tiruttani
  3. Ponneri
  4. Naravarikuppam
  5. Veppampattu
  1. Chengalpattu
  2. Maduranthakam
  3. Mamallapuram
  4. Maraimalai Nagar
  5. Nandivaram-Guduvancheri
  6. Thiruporur
  7. Tirukalukundram
  1. Kundrathur
  2. Mangadu
  3. Sriperumbudur
  1. Chidambaram
  2. Panruti
  3. Nellikuppam
  4. Tittakudi
  5. Vadalur
  6. Virudhachalam
Vellore Viluppuram Kallakurichi Vellore Ranipet Tirupathur Tiruvannamalai
  1. Kottakuppam
  2. Tindivanam
  3. Viluppuram
  1. Kallakurichi
  2. Tirukoilur
  3. Ulundurpettai
  1. Gudiyatham
  2. Pernambut
  1. Arakkonam
  2. Arcot
  3. Melvisharam
  4. Ranipet
  5. Sholinghur
  6. Walajapet
  1. Ambur
  2. Jolarpettai
  3. Tirupattur
  4. Vaniyambadi
  1. Arni
  2. Chengam
  3. Chetpet
  4. Polur
  5. Thiruvathipuram
  6. Vandavasi
Salem Dharmapuri Salem Krishnagiri Namakkal Karur
  1. Dharmapuri
  2. Harur
  1. Attur
  2. Edaganasalai
  3. Edappadi
  4. Mettur
  5. Narasingapuram
  6. Sangagiri
  7. Tharamangalam
  1. Krishnagiri
  1. Komarapalayam
  2. Mohanur
  3. Pallipalayam
  4. Rasipuram
  5. Tiruchengode
  6. Velur
  1. Kulithalai
  2. Pallapatti
  3. Pugalur
Tiruppur Coimbatore Erode Tiruppur Nilgiris
  1. Mettupalayam
  2. Karamadai
  3. Gudalur
  4. Karumathampatti
  5. Sulur
  6. Pollachi
  7. Valparai
  1. Bhavani
  2. Gobichettipalayam
  3. Kavandapadi
  4. Perundurai
  5. Punjai Puliampatti
  6. Sathyamangalam
  1. Avinashi
  2. Dharapuram
  3. Kangeyam
  4. Palladam
  5. Thirumuruganpoondi
  6. Udumalaipettai
  7. Vellakoil
  1. Coonoor
  2. Gudalur
  3. Kotagiri
  4. Nelliyalam
  5. Udagamandalam
Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli Nagapattinam Mayiladuthurai Ariyalur
  1. Manachanallur
  2. Manapparai
  3. Musiri
  4. Lalgudi
  5. Thuraiyur
  6. Thuvakudi
  1. Nagapattinam
  2. Vedaranyam
  1. Mayiladuthurai
  2. Sirkazhi
  1. Ariyalur
  2. Jayankondam
Perambalur Thiruvarur Thanjavur Pudukkottai
  1. Perambalur
  1. Koothanallur
  2. Mannargudi
  3. Thiruthuraipoondi
  4. Thiruvarur
  1. Adirampattinam
  2. Pattukkottai
  3. Thiruvaiyaru
  1. Aranthangi
Madurai Madurai Theni Dindigul Sivagangai Ramanathapuram
  1. Melur
  2. Thirumangalam
  3. Usilampatti
  1. Bodinayakkanur
  2. Chinnamanur
  3. Cumbum
  4. Gudalur
  5. Periyakulam
  6. Theni Allinagaram
  7. Uthamapalayam
  1. Kodaikanal
  2. Oddanchatram
  3. Palani
  1. Devakottai
  2. Ilaiyangudi
  3. Manamadurai
  4. Sivaganga
  1. Kilakarai
  2. Paramakudi
  3. Ramanathapuram
  4. Rameswaram
Tirunelveli Tirunelveli Tenkasi Virudhunagar Thoothukkudi Kanniyakumari
  1. Ambasamudram
  2. Kalakkad
  3. Vadakkuvalliyur
  4. Vikramasingapuram
  1. Kadayanallur
  2. Puliyankudi
  3. Sankarankovil
  4. Sengottai
  5. Surandai
  6. Tenkasi
  1. Aruppukkottai
  2. Rajapalayam
  3. Sattur
  4. Srivilliputhur
  5. Virudhunagar
  1. Kayalpatnam
  2. Kovilpatti
  3. Tiruchendur
  1. Padmanabhapuram
  2. Kuzhithurai
  3. Colachel
  4. Kollankodu
  5. Kanyakumari
  6. Kulasekaram
  7. Thiruvattar

Town panchayats

Tamil Nadu was the first state to establish town panchayats as a new administrative unit. [77] [78]

They are classified into four categories based on their annual income:

Classification of town panchayats [79]
ClassificationAnnual IncomeCount
Special GradeExceeding Rs.2 Crore47
Selection GradeBetween Rs. 1 to 2 Crore187
Grade IBetween Rs. 0.5 to 1 Crore194
Grade IIBelow Rs. 0.5 Crore62
Total490

Their elected representatives include councilors and a presiding officer, panchayat chairman. As of 2024, there are 490 municipalities in the state. [4]

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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