The content of this article is based on the Census of India, 2011:

  • Cities with 1 lakh (100,000) and above population[1]
  • Census India[2]

Note: The list includes the city municipal limits, but not urban agglomeration or Municipalities.

Andhra Pradesh

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Anantapur Municipal Corporation Anantapur Anantapur 15.98 262,340 50 1950 2021 YSRCP
2 Chittoor Municipal Corporation Chittoor Chittoor 95.97 189,000 50 2012 2021 YSRCP
3 Eluru Municipal Corporation Eluru Eluru 154 283,648 50 2005 2021 YSRCP
4 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam & Anakapalli 681.96 2,035,922 98 1979 2021 YSRCP
5 Guntur Municipal Corporation Guntur Guntur 168.04 743,354 57 1994 2021 YSRCP
6 Kadapa Municipal Corporation Kadapa YSR Kadapa 164.08 341,823 50 2004 2021 YSRCP
7 Kakinada Municipal Corporation Kakinada Kakinada 30.51 312,255 50 2004 2017 Telugu Desam Party
8 Kurnool Municipal Corporation Kurnool Kurnool 69.51 460,184 52 1994 2021 YSRCP [3]
9 Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation Machilipatnam Krishna 95.35 189,979 50 2015 2021 YSRCP
10 Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation Mangalagiri Guntur 194.41 320,020 50 2021 Vacant
11 Nellore Municipal Corporation Nellore SPS Nellore 149.2 600,869 54 2004 2021 YSRCP [4]
12 Ongole Municipal Corporation Ongole Prakasam 132.45 202,826 50 2012 2021 YSRCP
13 Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation Rajamahendravaram East Godavari 44.50 343,903 50 1980 2014 Telugu Desam Party
14 Srikakulam Municipal Corporation Srikakulam Srikakulam 20.89 147,936 50 2015 Vacant
15 Tirupati Municipal Corporation Tirupati Tirupati 27.44 287,035 50 2007 2021 YSRCP
16 Vijayawada Municipal Corporation Vijayawada NTR 61.88 1,448,240 64 1981 2021 YSRCP
17 Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation Vizianagaram Vizianagaram 29.27 244,598 50 1988 2021 YSRCP

Arunachal Pradesh

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Itanagar Municipal Corporation Itanagar Itanagar Capital Complex NA NA 30 2013 2020 BJP [5]

Assam

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Guwahati Municipal Corporation Guwahati Kamrup Metropolitan 216 1,260,419 60 1971 2022 BJP [6]

Bihar

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Arrah Municipal Corporation Arrah Bhojpur 30.97 461,430 45 2007 2022
2 Begusarai Municipal Corporation Begusarai Begusarai 252,000 45 2010 2022 [7]
3 Bettiah Municipal Corporation Bettiah West Champaran 11.63 156,200 40 2020 2022 [8]
4 Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation Bhagalpur Bhagalpur 30.17 410,000 51 1981 2022 [9]
5 Bihar Sharif Municipal Corporation Bihar Sharif Nalanda 23.50 296,000 46 2007 2022
6 Chhapra Municipal Corporation Chhapra Saran 16.96 249,555 45 2017 2022 [10]
7 Darbhanga Municipal Corporation Darbhanga Darbhanga 19.18 306,612 48 1982 2022
8 Gaya Municipal Corporation Gaya Gaya 50.17 560,990 53 1983 2022 [11]
9 Katihar Municipal Corporation Katihar Katihar 33.46 240,565 45 2009 2022 [12]
10 Madhubani Municipal Corporation Madhubani, India Madhubani 46.56 1,64,156 30 2020 2023
11 Motihari Municipal Corporation Motihari East Champaran 126,158 46 2020 2022
12 Munger Municipal Corporation Munger Munger 388,000 45 2009[13] 2022
13 Muzaffarpur Municipal Corporation Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur 32.00 393,216 49 1981 2022 [14]
14 Patna Municipal Corporation Patna Patna 108.87 2,100,216 75 1952 2022 [15]
15 Purnia Municipal Corporation Purnia Purnia 510,216 46 2009 2022 [16]
16 Saharsa Municipal Corporation Saharsa Saharsa 41 2021 2023
17 Samastipur Municipal Corporation Samastipur Samastipur 256,156 47 2020 2022 [17]
18 Sasaram Municipal Corporation Sasaram Rohtas 310,565 48 2020 2022
19 Sitamarhi Municipal Corporation Sitamarhi Sitamarhi 66.19 1,50,000 46 2021 2022 [18]

Chhattisgarh

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Ambikapur Municipal Corporation Ambikapur Surguja 35.36 114,575 2019 INC [19]
2 Bhilai Charoda Municipal Corporation Bhilai Charoda Durg 190 98,008 2021 INC [20]
3 Bhilai Municipal Corporation Bhilai Durg 158 625,697 70 2021 INC [21]
4 Bilaspur Municipal Corporation Bilaspur Bilaspur 137 689,154 70 2019 INC [22]
5 Birgaon Municipal Corporation Birgaon Raipur 96.29 108,491 2021 INC [23]
6 Chirmiri Municipal Corporation Chirmiri Koriya 101,378 2019 INC [24]
7 Dhamtari Municipal Corporation Dhamtari Dhamtari 34.94 108,500 2019 INC [25]
8 Durg Municipal Corporation Durg Durg 182 268,679 2019 INC [26]
9 Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation Jagdalpur Bastar 50 125,345 2019 INC [27]
10 Korba Municipal Corporation Korba Korba 290 363,210 2019 INC [28]
11 Raigarh Municipal Corporation Raigarh Raigarh 137,097 2019 INC [29]
12 Raipur Municipal Corporation Raipur Raipur 226 1,010,087 70 2019 INC [30]
13 Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon 70 163,122 2019 INC [31]
14 Risali Municipal Corporation Risali Durg 104 10,5000 2020 2021 INC [32]

Goa

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Panaji City Corporation Panaji North Goa 08.27 40,000 30 2016 2021 PCCDF (BJP supported) [33]

Gujarat

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Ahmedabad Ahmedabad 505 65,50,084 1950 2021 BJP [34]
2 Surat Municipal Corporation Surat Surat 462.14 4,567,598 1966 2021 BJP [35]
3 Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation Gandhinagar Gandhinagar 326 338,618 2010 2021 BJP [36]
4 Vadodara Municipal Corporation Vadodara Vadodara 220.60 3,522,221 1950 2021 BJP [37]
5 Rajkot Municipal Corporation Rajkot Rajkot 163.21 1,442,975 1973 2021 BJP [38]
6 Junagadh Municipal Corporation Junagadh Junagadh 160 387,838 2002 2019 BJP [39]
7 Jamnagar Municipal Corporation Jamnagar Jamnagar 125 682,302 1981 2021 BJP [40]
8 Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation Bhavnagar Bhavnagar 108.27 643,365 2021 BJP [41]

Haryana

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Gurgaon Municipal Corporation Gurgaon Gurgaon 232 876,969 2017 BJP
2 Faridabad Municipal Corporation Faridabad Faridabad 207.08 1,400,000 2017 BJP
3 Sonipat Municipal Corporation Sonipat Sonipat 181 596,974 2020 INC
4 Panchkula Municipal Corporation Panchkula Panchkula 32.06 558,890 2020 BJP
5 Yamunanagar Municipal Corporation Yamunanagar Yamunanagar 216.62 532,000 2018 BJP
6 Rohtak Municipal Corporation Rohtak Rohtak 139 373,133 2018 BJP
7 Karnal Municipal Corporation Karnal Karnal 87 310,989 2018 BJP
8 Hisar Municipal Corporation Hisar Hisar 301,249 2018 BJP
9 Panipat Municipal Corporation Panipat Panipat 56 294,150 2018 BJP
10 Ambala Municipal Corporation Ambala Ambala 128,350 2020 HJCP
11 Manesar Municipal Corporation Manesar Gurgaon 124.32 128,350 2020

Himachal Pradesh

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Dharamshala Municipal Corporation Dharamshala Kangra 27.60 58,260 17[42] 2015 2021 BJP [43]
2 Mandi Municipal Corporation Mandi Mandi 26,422 15[42] 2020 2021 BJP [44]
3 Palampur Municipal Corporation Palampur Kangra 40,385 15[42] 2020 2021 INC [45]
4 Shimla Municipal Corporation Shimla Shimla 35.34 171,817 34[46] 1851 2023 INC [47]
5 Solan Municipal Corporation Solan Solan 33.43 35,280 17[42] 2020 2021 INC [48]

Jharkhand

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Adityapur Municipal Corporation Adityapur Seraikela Kharsawan 49.00 225,628 35 2016 2018 BJP [49]
2 Chas Municipal Corporation Chas Bokaro 29.98 563,417 35 2015 2015 [50]
3 Deoghar Municipal Corporation Deoghar Deoghar 119.70 283,116 36 2010 2015 [51]
4 Dhanbad Municipal Corporation Dhanbad Dhanbad 275.00 1,195,298 55 2006 2015 [52]
5 Giridih Municipal Corporation Giridih Giridih 87.04 143,529 36 2016 2018 BJP [53]
6 Hazaribagh Municipal Corporation Hazaribagh Hazaribagh 53.94 186,139 36 2016 2018 BJP [54]
7 Jamshedpur Municipal Corporation Jamshedpur East Singhbhum 18.03 224,002 03 2017 - [55]
8 Medininagar Municipal Corporation Medininagar Palamu 14.90 158,941[56] 35[57] 2015 2018 BJP [58]
9 Ranchi Municipal Corporation Ranchi Ranchi 175.12 1,126,741 55 1979 2018 BJP [59]

Karnataka

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Ballari City Corporation Ballari Ballari 89.95 409,444 39 2001 2021 INC [60]
2 Belagavi City Corporation Belagavi Belagavi 94.08 490,045 58 1976 2021 BJP [61]
3 Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Bengaluru Bangalore Urban 741 9,621,551 243 1950 2015 Vacant [62]
4 Davanagere City Corporation Davanagere Davanagere 77 435,128 45 2007 2019 BJP [63]
5 Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation Hubballi-Dharwad Dharwad 181.66 943,857 82 1962 2021 BJP [64]
6 Kalaburagi City Corporation Kalaburagi Kalaburagi 192 532,031 55 1982 2021 INC [65]
7 Mangalore City Corporation Mangaluru Dakshina Kannada 170 499,487 60 1980 2019 BJP [66]
8 Mysuru City Corporation Mysuru Mysuru 286.05 920,550 65 1977 2018 BJP [67]
9 Shivamogga City Corporation Shivamogga Shivamogga 70.01 322,428 35 2013 2018 BJP [68]
10 Tumakuru City Corporation Tumkur Tumakuru 48.60 327,427 35 2013 2018 BJP [69]
11 Vijayapura City Corporation Vijayapura Vijayapura 35 330,143 35 2013 2022 BJP [70]

Kerala

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram 214.86 9,57,730[71] 100 1940 2020 LDF [72]
2 Kozhikode Municipal Corporation Kozhikode Kozhikode 118 6,09,214 75 1962 2020 LDF [73]
3 Kochi Municipal Corporation Kochi Ernakulam 94.88 6,01,574 74 1967 2020 LDF [74]
4 Kollam Municipal Corporation Kollam Kollam 73.03 3,88,288 55 2000 2020 LDF [75]
5 Thrissur Municipal Corporation Thrissur Thrissur 101.42 3,15,596 55 2000 2020 LDF [76]
6 Kannur Municipal Corporation Kannur Kannur 78.35 2,32,486 55 2015 2020 UDF [77]

Madhya Pradesh

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Bhopal Municipal Corporation Bhopal Bhopal 463 1,886,100 85 2022[78] BJP [79]
2 Burhanpur Municipal Corporation Burhanpur Burhanpur 181.06 300,892 2022[78] BJP
3 Chhindwara Municipal Corporation Chhindwara Chhindwara 110 234,784 48 2022[78] INC [80]
4 Dewas Municipal Corporation Dewas Dewas 50 289,438 2022[81] BJP [82]
5 Gwalior Municipal Corporation Gwalior Gwalior 289 1,117,740 66 2022[78] INC
6 Indore Municipal Corporation Indore Indore 530 2,167,447 85 2022[78] BJP [83]
7 Jabalpur Municipal Corporation Jabalpur Jabalpur 263 1,268,848 2022[78] INC
8 Katni Municipal Corporation Katni Katni 221,875 2022[81] Independent [84]
9 Khandwa Municipal Corporation Khandwa Khandwa 259,436 2022[78] BJP [85]
10 Morena Municipal Corporation Morena Morena 80 218,768 2022[81] INC
11 Ratlam Municipal Corporation Ratlam Ratlam 39 273,892 49 2022[81] BJP [86]
12 Rewa Municipal Corporation Rewa Rewa 69 235,422 45 2022[81] INC [87]
13 Sagar Municipal Corporation Sagar Sagar 49.76 370,296 2022[78] BJP
14 Satna Municipal Corporation Satna Satna 71 283,004 2022[78] BJP
15 Singrauli Municipal Corporation Singrauli Singrauli 225,676 2022[78] AAP
16 Ujjain Municipal Corporation Ujjain Ujjain 151.83 515,215 54 2022[78] BJP [88]

Maharashtra

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Mumbai Mumbai City & Mumbai Suburban 609 1,24,42,373 1888 2017 SS [89]
2 Pune Municipal Corporation Pune Pune 484.61 6,451,618 1950 2017 BJP
3 Nagpur Municipal Corporation Nagpur Nagpur 227.36 3,428,897 1951 2017 BJP
4 Nashik Municipal Corporation Nashik Nashik 267 1,886,973 1992 2017 BJP
5 Thane Municipal Corporation Thane Thane 147 1,818,872
6 Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Pimpri-Chinchwad Pune 181 1,729,320
7 Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation Kalyan-Dombivli Thane 137.15 1,246,381
8 Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation Vasai-Virar Palghar 311 1,221,233
9 Aurangabad Municipal Corporation Aurangabad Aurangabad 139 1,171,330
10 Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Navi Mumbai Thane 344 1,119,477 1992 [90]
11 Solapur Municipal Corporation Solapur Solapur 180.67 951,118 1963 2017 [91]
12 Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation Mira-Bhayandar Thane 79.04 814,655
13 Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation Bhiwandi-Nizampur Thane 711,329
14 Amravati Municipal Corporation Amravati Amravati 280 646,801
15 Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation Nanded Nanded 550,564
16 Kolhapur Municipal Corporation Kolhapur Kolhapur 66.82 549,236
17 Akola Municipal Corporation Akola Akola 128 537,489 91 2001 2017 BJP https://amcakola.in
18 Panvel Municipal Corporation Panvel Raigad 110.06 509,901
19 Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation Ulhasnagar Thane 28 506,937
20 Sangali-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad Sangli 502,697
21 Malegaon Municipal Corporation Malegaon Nashik 68.56 471,006
22 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation Jalgaon Jalgaon 68 460,468
23 Latur Municipal Corporation Latur Latur 32.56 382,754
24 Dhule Municipal Corporation Dhule Dhule 142 376,093
25 Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation Ahmednagar Ahmednagar 39.30 350,905
26 Chandrapur Municipal Corporation Chandrapur Chandrapur 76 321,036
27 Parbhani Municipal Corporation Parbhani Parbhani 57.61 307,191
28 Ichalkaranji Municipal Corporation Ichalkaranji Kolhapur 49.84 287,570 2022 – –
29 Jalna Municipal Corporation Jalna Jalna 81.6 285,577 2023

Manipur

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Imphal Municipal Corporation Imphal Imphal East & Imphal West 268.24 250,234 27 2014 2016 Vacant [92]

Meghalaya

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
None

Mizoram

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Aizawl Municipal Corporation Aizawl Aizawl 129.91 293,416 19 2010 2021 MNF [93]

Nagaland

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
None

Odisha

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Berhampur Municipal Corporation Berhampur Ganjam 79 356,598 42 2008 2022 BJD [94]
2 Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Bhubaneswar Khordha 186 837,737 67 1994 2022 BJD [95]
3 Cuttack Municipal Corporation Cuttack Cuttack 192.05 650,000 59 1994 2022 BJD [96]
4 Rourkela Municipal Corporation Rourkela Sundergarh 102 536,450 40 2015 Vacant [97]
5 Sambalpur Municipal Corporation Sambalpur Sambalpur 303 335,761 41 2015 Vacant [98]

Punjab

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Ludhiana Municipal Corporation Ludhiana Ludhiana 310 1,613,878 95 2018 INC [99]
2 Amritsar Municipal Corporation Amritsar Amritsar 139 1,132,761 85 2017 INC [100]
3 Jalandhar Municipal Corporation Jalandhar Jalandhar 110 862,196 80 2017 INC [101]
4 Patiala Municipal Corporation Patiala Patiala 160 646,800 60 1997 2017 INC [102]
5 Bathinda Municipal Corporation Bathinda Bathinda 285,813 50 2021 INC [103]
6 Batala Municipal Corporation Batala Gurdaspur 42 211,594 35 2019 2021 INC [104]
7 Mohali Municipal Corporation Mohali Mohali 176.17 174,000 50 2021 INC [105]
8 Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur 168,731 50 2021 INC [106]
9 Moga Municipal Corporation Moga Moga 163,897 50 2011 2021 INC
10 Pathankot Municipal Corporation Pathankot Pathankot 159,460 50 2011 2021 INC [107]
11 Abohar Municipal Corporation Abohar Fazilka 188.24 145,658 50 2019 2021 INC [108]
12 Phagwara Municipal Corporation Phagwara Kapurthala 20 117,954 50 2015 Vacant [109]
13 Kapurthala Municipal Corporation Kapurthala Kapurthala 101,854 48 2019 2021 INC [110]

Rajasthan

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Ajmer Municipal Corporation Ajmer Ajmer 55 542,580 60 2021 BJP [111]
2 Alwar Municipal Corporation Alwar Alwar 250 461,618 2023 -
3 Bharatpur Municipal Corporation Bharatpur Bharatpur 252,109 2019 INC [112]
4 Bikaner Municipal Corporation Bikaner Bikaner 270 647,804 80 2019 BJP [113]
5 Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation Jaipur Jaipur 3,073,350 150 2020 BJP [114]
6 Jaipur Heritage Municipal Corporation Jaipur Jaipur 100 2020 INC [115]
7 Jodhpur Municipal Corporation North Jodhpur Jodhpur 1,033,756 80 2020 INC [116]
8 Jodhpur Municipal Corporation South Jodhpur Jodhpur 80 2020 BJP [117]
9 Kota Municipal Corporation North Kota Kota 1,001,365 70 2020 INC [118]
10 Kota Municipal Corporation South Kota Kota 80 2020 INC [118]
11 Udaipur Municipal Corporation Udaipur Udaipur 64 451,735 70 2019 BJP [119]

Sikkim

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Gangtok Municipal Corporation Gangtok East Sikkim 19.02 98,658 19 2010 2021 IND [120]

Tamil Nadu

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Greater Chennai Corporation Chennai Chennai 426 71,39,630 200 1688 2022 DMK
2 Madurai Municipal Corporation Madurai Madurai 147.97 16,38,252 100 1971 2022 DMK
3 Coimbatore Municipal Corporation Coimbatore Coimbatore 246.75 17,58,025 100 1981 2022 DMK
4 Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli 167.23 11,22,717 65 1994 2022 DMK
5 Salem City Municipal Corporation Salem Salem 124 9,32,336 60 1994 2022 DMK
6 Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation Tirunelveli Tirunelveli 189.2 8,68,874 55 1994 2022 DMK
7 Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation Tiruppur Tiruppur 159.06 9,63,150 60 2008 2022 DMK
8 Erode City Municipal Corporation Erode Erode 109.52 5,21,776 60 2008 2022 DMK
9 Vellore Municipal Corporation Vellore Vellore 87.91 6,87,981 60 2008 2022 DMK
10 Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation Thoothukudi Thoothukudi 36.66 4,31,628 60 2008 2022 DMK
11 Dindigul Municipal Corporation Dindigul Dindigul 46.09 2,68,643 48 2014 2022 DMK
12 Thanjavur Municipal Corporation Thanjavur Thanjavur 128.5 3,22,236 51 2014 2022 DMK
13 Nagercoil Municipal Corporation Nagercoil Kanyakumari 50 2,36,774 52 2019 2022 DMK
14 Hosur Municipal Corporation Hosur Krishnagiri 72 2,45,354 45 2019 2022 DMK
15 Kumbakonam Municipal Corporation Kumbakonam Thanjavur 48 2,23,763 48 2021 2022 DMK
16 Avadi Municipal Corporation Avadi Thiruvallur 65 6,12,446 48 2019 2022 DMK
17 Tambaram Corporation Tambaram Chengalpattu 87.56 10,96,591 70 2021 2022 DMK
18 Kancheepuram Municipal Corporation Kancheepuram Kanchipuram 127.8 3,11,598 51 2021 2022 DMK
19 Karur Municipal corporation Karur Karur 103.56 3,58,468 48 2021 2022 DMK
20 Cuddalore Municipal corporation Cuddalore Cuddalore 27.69 1,73,639 45 2021 2022 DMK
21 Sivakasi Municipal corporation Sivakasi Virudhunagar 53.67 2,60,047 48 2021 2022 DMK

Telangana

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Badangpet Municipal Corporation Badan Rangareddy 74.56 64,579 2019 2020 BRS
2 Bandlaguda Jagir Municipal Corporation Bandlaguda Jagir Rangareddy 35,154 2019 2020 BRS
3 Boduppal Municipal Corporation Boduppal Medchal–Malkajgiri 20.53 48,225 2019 2020 BRS
4 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Hyderabad Hyderabad, Medchal–Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy and Sangareddy 650 7,677,018 1869 2020 BRS
5 Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation Warangal Warangal 406 1,020,116 1994 2021 BRS
6 Jawaharnagar Municipal Corporation Jawaharnagar Medchal–Malkajgiri 24.18 48,216 2019 2020 BRS
7 Karimnagar Municipal Corporation Karimnagar Karimnagar 40.50 261,185 2005 2020 BRS
8 Khammam Municipal Corporation Khammam Khammam 93.45 305,000 2012 2021 BRS
9 Meerpet Municipal Corporation Meerpet–Jillelguda Rangareddy 4.02 66,982 2019 2020 BRS
10 Nizamabad Municipal Corporation Nizamabad Nizamabad 42.09 311,467 2005 2020 BRS
11 Nizampet Municipal Corporation Nizampet Medchal–Malkajgiri 23.44 44,835 2019 2020 BRS
12 Peerzadiguda Municipal Corporation Peerzadiguda Medchal–Malkajgiri 10.05 51,689 2019 2020 BRS
13 Ramagundam Municipal Corporation Ramagundam Peddapalli 93.87 229,644 2009 2020 BRS

Tripura

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Agartala Municipal Corporation Agartala West Tripura 76.51 450,000 51 1871 2021 BJP [121]

Uttar Pradesh

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Lucknow Municipal Corporation Lucknow Lucknow 631 2,815,601 110 1853 2023 BJP
2 Kanpur Municipal Corporation Kanpur Kanpur Nagar 403 2,767,031 110 1959 2023 BJP
3 Agra Municipal Corporation Agra Agra 159 2,470,996 2017 2023 BJP
4 Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation Ghaziabad Ghaziabad 210 2,458,525 1994 2023 BJP
5 Varanasi Municipal Corporation Varanasi Varanasi 121 1,746,467 1982 2023 BJP
6 Meerut Municipal Corporation Meerut Meerut 450 1,435,113 1994 2023 BJP
7 Prayagraj Municipal Corporation Prayagraj Prayagraj 365 1,424,908 1994 2023 BJP
8 Aligarh Municipal Corporation Aligarh Aligarh 40 1,216,719 1959 2023 BJP
9 Bareilly Municipal Corporation Bareilly Bareilly 106 959,933 1994 2023 BJP
10 Ayodhya Municipal Corporation Ayodhya Ayodhya 159.8 909,559 1994 2023 BJP
11 Moradabad Municipal Corporation Moradabad Moradabad 149 889,810 1994 2023 BJP
12 Saharanpur Municipal Corporation Saharanpur Saharanpur 703,345 2009 2023 BJP
13 Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation Gorakhpur Gorakhpur 226.0 1500000 1994 2023 BJP
14 Firozabad Municipal Corporation Firozabad Firozabad 603,797 2014 2023 BJP
15 Mathura - Vrindavan Municipal Corporation Mathura - Vrindavan Mathura 28 602,897 2017 2023 BJP [122]
16 Jhansi Municipal Corporation Jhansi Jhansi 168 592,899 2002 2023 BJP
17 Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur 51 346,103 2018 2023 BJP

Uttarakhand

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Dehradun Municipal Corporation Dehradun Dehradun 196 569,578 100 2003 2018 BJP [123]
2 Haldwani Municipal Corporation Haldwani Nainital 44 322,140 60 2011 2018 BJP [124]
3 Haridwar Municipal Corporation Haridwar Haridwar 12 225,235 60 2011 2018 INC
4 Kashipur Municipal Corporation Kashipur Udham Singh Nagar 5.04 121,610 40 2013 2018 BJP [125]
5 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation Pauri Garhwal Kotdwar 80 28,859 40 2017 2018 INC
6 Rishikesh Municipal Corporation Rishikesh Dehradun 11.05 73,000 40 2017 2018 BJP [126]
7 Roorkee Municipal Corporation Roorkee Haridwar 10 220,306 40 2013 2019 IND [127]
8 Rudrapur Municipal Corporation Rudrapur Udham Singh Nagar 27.65 140,884 40 2013 2018 BJP [128]
9 Srinagar Municipal Corporation Srinagar Pauri Garhwal 37,911 2022[129] -

West Bengal

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Asansol Municipal CorporationAsansolPaschim Bardhaman326.481,153,138 10619942022AITC [130]
2 Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Bidhannagar North 24 Parganas 60.05 632,107 41 2015 2022 AITC [131]
3 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation Chandannagar Hooghly 22.00 166,761 33 1994 2022 AITC [132]
4 Durgapur Municipal CorporationDurgapurPaschim Bardhaman154.20566,517 4319942017AITC [133]
5 Howrah Municipal Corporation Howrah Howrah 63.55 1,370,448 66 1980 2015 AITC [134]
6 Kolkata Municipal CorporationKolkataKolkata206.084,496,694 14418762021AITC [135]
7 Siliguri Municipal CorporationSiliguriDarjeeling and Jalpaiguri117.45513,264 4719942022AITC [136]

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
None

Chandigarh

S/N Corporation Name City Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Seats Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Chandigarh 114 960,787 35 45 1994 2021 BJP [137]

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
None

Delhi

S/N Corporation Name City Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Years of Existence Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Municipal Corporation of Delhi Delhi 1397.3 250 1958–2012;
2022		 2022 AAP [138]

Jammu and Kashmir

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
1 Jammu Municipal Corporation Jammu Jammu 240 951,373 75 2003 2018 BJP [139]
2 Srinagar Municipal Corporation Srinagar Srinagar 227.34 1,273,310 74 2003 2018 JKAP [140]

Ladakh

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
None

Lakshadweep

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
None

Puducherry

S/N Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website
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