List of municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu

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local governing bodies of the cities in Tamil Nadu. As of 2023, there are 21 municipal corporations in the state. Chennai Corporation is the oldest corporation in India and is the second oldest in the world after London.[1]

List of Municipal Corporations[2]
No City
District
Name Population (
2011)[a][3]
Date of formation Number of zones Wards Area (km2)
1 Chennai Chennai district Greater Chennai Corporation 7,627,000 (4,646,732)[4] 29 September 1688 23 200 426
2 Madurai Madurai district Madurai Municipal Corporation 1,561,129 (1,017,865)[5] 01 May 1971 5 100 303.97
3 Coimbatore Coimbatore district Coimbatore Municipal Corporation 1,601,438 (1,050,721)[6] 01 July 1981 5 100 246.75
4 Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli district
Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation
916,674 (847,387)[7] 01 June 1994 5 65 167
5 Salem Salem district
Salem Municipal Corporation
829,267[8] 01 June 1994 4 60 91.34
6 Tirunelveli Tirunelveli district Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation 721,456 (473,637)[9] 01 June 1994 5 55 189.9
7 Tiruppur Tiruppur district
Tiruppur Municipal Corporation
877,778 (444,352)[10] 31 December 2007 4 60 160
8 Vellore Vellore district Vellore Municipal Corporation 667,000 (185,803)[11] 01 August 2008 4 60 87.915
9 Erode Erode district
Erode Municipal Corporation
498,129 (157,101)[12] 01 January 2008 4 60 109.52
10 Dindigul Dindigul district Dindigul Municipal Corporation 480,896 (237,830)[13] 19 February 2014 4 52 90.663
11 Thanjavur Thanjavur district Thanjavur Municipal Corporation 222,943[14] 19 February 2014 4 51 128.02
12 Thoothukudi Thoothukudi district
Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation
207,327[15] 01 February 2008 4 60 76.1
13 Hosur Krishnagiri district
Hosur Municipal Corporation
325,000[16] 14 February 2019 4 45 75.4
14 Nagercoil Kanyakumari district Nagercoil Municipal Corporation 224,849[17] 14 February 2019 4 52 57
15 Avadi
Thiruvallur district
Avadi Municipal Corporation
793,567 19 June 2019 4 48 65
16 Kanchipuram Kanchipuram district
Kanchipuram Municipal Corporation
NA 21 October 2021 4 51 36.14
17 Karur Karur district
Karur Municipal corporation
371,012 21 October 2021 4 48 53.26
18 Cuddalore Cuddalore district
Cuddalore Municipal corporation
NA 21 October 2021 4 45 67.69
19 Sivakasi Virudhunagar district
Sivakasi Municipal corporation
NA 21 October 2021 4 48 21
20 Tambaram Chengalpattu district
Tambaram Municipal Corporation
1,234,987 3 November 2021 5 70 87.64
21 Kumbakonam
Thanjavur district
Kumbakonam Municipal Corporation NA 20 December 2021 4 48 43

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The figures in the bracket correspond to the pre-expansion limits.

References

  1. ^ "Chennai - the 2nd oldest Corporation in the world". The Hindu. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  2. ^ "List of Municipalities". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  3. . Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Population of Chennai Corporation". Official census India portal.
  5. ^ "Population of Madurai Corporation". Official census India portal.
  6. ^ "Population of Coimbatore corporation". Official census India portal.
  7. ^ "Population of Tiruchirapalli Corporation". Official census India portal.
  8. ^ "Population of Salem Corporation". Official census India portal.
  9. ^ "Population of Tirunelveli Corporation". Official census India portal.
  10. ^ "Population of Tiruppur Corporation". Official census India portal.
  11. ^ "Population of Vellore corporation". Official census India portal.
  12. ^ "Population of Erode Corporation". Official census India portal.
  13. ^ "Population of Dindigul Corporation". Official census India portal.
  14. ^ "Population of Thanjavur municipality". Official census India portal.
  15. ^ "Population of Thoothukudi municipality". Official census India portal.
  16. ^ "Population of Hosur municipality". Official census India portal.
  17. ^ "Population of Nagercoil municipality". Official census India portal.