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Urban local bodies · Gujarat

170 municipal bodies with 1,422 wards: 17 municipal corporations, 152 municipalities and 1 notified area council. Every body below links to its ward list and the assembly and Lok Sabha seats that cover it, from the Local Government Directory as of 25 September 2026.

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  • Municipal Corporation17
  • Municipality152
  • Notified Area Council1

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Urban local bodies
#9 of 35 states/UTs
1,422
Wards
170 bodies with ward lists
Districts
with at least one body
At a glance

Counts from the Local Government Directory. Names of types follow what the directory uses for Gujarat.

Municipal Corporation
17
287 wards
Municipality
152
1,134 wards
Notified Area Council
1
1 wards
Wards in total
1,422
about 8 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
167 of 170
147 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · AhmedabadAhmadabad48wards · 13 assembly seats
  2. Municipal Corporation · SuratSurat30wards · 5 assembly seats
  3. Municipal Corporation · VadodaraVadodara19wards · 1 assembly seat
  4. Municipal Corporation · RajkotRajkot18wards · 3 assembly seats
  5. Municipal Corporation · JamnagarJamnagar16wards · 2 assembly seats
  6. Municipal Corporation · JunagadhJunagadh15wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Municipal Corporation · AnandAnand13wards
  8. Municipal Corporation · BhavnagarBhavnagar13wards · 2 assembly seats
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170 of 170 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
AhmadabadMunicipal CorporationAhmedabad48VejalpurVatvaEllisbridge+10 more
AmodMunicipalityBharuch6Jambusar
AmreliMunicipalityAmreli11Amreli
AnandMunicipal CorporationAnand13Not mapped
AnjarMunicipalityKachchh9Anjar
AnklavMunicipalityAnand6Anklav
AnklesvarMunicipalityBharuch9Ankleshwar
BabraMunicipalityAmreli7Lathi
BagasaraMunicipalityAmreli7Dhari
BalasinorMunicipalityMahisagar7Balasinor
BantwaMunicipalityJunagadh6Manavadar
BardoliMunicipalitySurat9Bardoli
BarejaMunicipalityAhmedabad6Daskroi
BarwalaMunicipalityBotad6Dhandhuka
BavlaMunicipalityAhmedabad7Sanand
BayadMunicipalityArvalli6Bayad
Bechar-BecharajiMunicipalityMahesana6Becharaji
BhabharMunicipalityVav-Tharad6Vav
BhachauMunicipalityKachchh7Gandhidham
BhanvadMunicipalityDevbhumi Dwarka6Khambhalia
BharuchMunicipalityBharuch11Bharuch
BhavnagarMunicipal CorporationBhavnagar13Bhavnagar EastBhavnagar West
BhayavadarMunicipalityRajkot6Manavadar
BhujMunicipalityKachchh11Bhuj
BilimoraMunicipalityNavsari9Gandevi
BodeliMunicipalityChhotaudepur7Chhota Udaipur
BoriaviMunicipalityAnand6Umreth
BorsadMunicipalityAnand9Borsad
BotadMunicipalityBotad11Botad
ChaklasiMunicipalityKheda7Mahudha
ChalalaMunicipalityAmreli6Dhari
ChanasmaMunicipalityPatan6Chanasma
Chhota-Udepurછોટા-ઉદેપુરMunicipalityChhotaudepur7Chhota Udaipur
ChorvadMunicipalityJunagadh6Mangrol
ChotilaMunicipalitySurendranagar6Chotila
DabhoiMunicipalityVadodara9Dabhoi
DahodMunicipalityDahod9Dahod
DakorMunicipalityKheda7Thasra
DamnagarMunicipalityAmreli6Lathi
DeesaMunicipalityBanas Kantha11Deesa
DehgamMunicipalityGandhinagar7Dahegam
DevgadbariaMunicipalityDahod6Devgadhbaria
DhandhukaMunicipalityAhmedabad7Dhandhuka
DhaneraMunicipalityBanas Kantha7Dhanera
DharampurMunicipalityValsad6Dharampur
DHARIMunicipalityAmreli7Dhari
DholkaMunicipalityAhmedabad9Dholka
DhorajiMunicipalityRajkot9Dhoraji
DhrangadhraMunicipalitySurendranagar9Dhandhuka
DhrolMunicipalityJamnagar7Kalavad
DwarkaMunicipalityDevbhumi Dwarka7Dwarka
GadhadaMunicipalityBotad7Gadhada
GandeviMunicipalityNavsari6Gandevi
GandhidhamMunicipal CorporationKachchh13Gandhidham
GandhinagarMunicipal CorporationGandhinagar11Gandhinagar North
GariadharMunicipalityBhavnagar7Gariadhar
GodhraMunicipalityPanch Mahals11Godhra
GondalMunicipalityRajkot11Gondal
HalolMunicipalityPanch Mahals9Halol
HalvadMunicipalityMorbi7Dhrangadhra

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Gujarat?

The Local Government Directory lists 170 urban local bodies in Gujarat: 17 municipal corporations, 152 municipalities and 1 notified area council. Together they have 1,422 wards on record. That is the 9th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Gujarat has the most wards?

Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 48. It is followed by Surat Municipal Corporation (30) and Vadodara Municipal Corporation (19). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Gujarat?

There are 17 municipal corporations: Ahmadabad, Anand, Bhavnagar, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mahesana, Morbi, Nadiad, Navsari-Vijalpor, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Vapi. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Gujarat?

The State Election Commission, not the Election Commission of India. It prepares the ward electoral rolls, notifies ward reservation and conducts the polls for every municipal body listed here. Results are published by the commission, ward by ward.

Source: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Ministry of Panchayati Raj, as of 25 September 2026, via the open daily mirror at github.com/ramSeraph/opendata. Used under the Government Open Data License - India. Ward-to-constituency mapping is as recorded in the directory and may lag behind the latest delimitation. Cantonment boards are not part of the directory’s urban list and are not counted.

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