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Urban local bodies · Jammu and Kashmir

78 municipal bodies with 1,124 wards: 2 municipal corporations, 57 municipal committees and 19 municipal councils. 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 Corporation2
  • Municipal Committee57
  • Municipal Council19

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Urban local bodies
#19 of 35 states/UTs
1,124
Wards
78 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 Jammu and Kashmir.

Municipal Corporation
2
149 wards
Municipal Committee
57
662 wards
Municipal Council
19
313 wards
Wards in total
1,124
about 14 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
78 of 78
57 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Jammu and Kashmir’s assembly seats were redrawn in the latest delimitation. The directory’s ward-to-seat mapping can still use older seats; we link a seat only when its name matches a current constituency.

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · JammuJammu Municipal Corporation75wards · 6 assembly seats
  2. Municipal Corporation · SrinagarSrinagar Municipal Corporation74wards · 6 assembly seats
  3. Municipal Council · AnantnagMunicipal Council Anantnag25wards · 1 assembly seat
  4. Municipal Council · BaramullaMunicipal Council Baramulla21wards · 1 assembly seat
  5. Municipal Council · KathuaMunicipal Council Kathua21wards · 1 assembly seat
  6. Municipal Council · BaramullaMunicipal Council Sopore21wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Municipal Council · UdhampurMunicipal Council Udhampur21wards · 1 assembly seat
  8. Municipal Committee · AnantnagMunicipal Committee Bijbehara17wards · 1 assembly seat
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78 of 78 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
Jammu Municipal CorporationMunicipal CorporationJammu75BahuJammu EastJammu West+3 more
Municipal Committee AchabalMunicipal CommitteeAnantnag8Shangus
Municipal Committee AkhnoorMunicipal CommitteeJammu13Akhnoor(sc)
Municipal Committee ArniaMunicipal CommitteeJammu13Bishnah(sc)
Municipal Committee AshmuqamMunicipal CommitteeAnantnag13Pahalgam
Municipal Committee AwantiporaMunicipal CommitteePulwama13Pulwama
Municipal Committee BanihalMunicipal CommitteeRamban7Banihal
Municipal Committee Bari BrahmanaMunicipal CommitteeSamba13Samba
Municipal Committee BasohliMunicipal CommitteeKathua13Basohli
Municipal Committee BatoteMunicipal CommitteeRamban7Ramban
Municipal Committee BeerwahMunicipal CommitteeBudgam13Beerwah
Municipal Committee BhaderwahMunicipal CommitteeDoda13Bhadarwah
Municipal Committee BijbeharaMunicipal CommitteeAnantnag17Bijbehara
Municipal Committee BillawarMunicipal CommitteeKathua13Billawar
Municipal Committee BishnahMunicipal CommitteeJammu13Bishnah(sc)
Municipal Committee ChadooraMunicipal CommitteeBudgam13Chadoora
Municipal Committee ChenaniMunicipal CommitteeUdhampur7Chenani
Municipal Committee Chrari ShariefMunicipal CommitteeBudgam13Chrar-I- Sharief
Municipal Committee DevsarMunicipal CommitteeKulgam8Devsar
Municipal Committee Dooru VerinagMunicipal CommitteeAnantnag17Dooru
Municipal Committee FrisalMunicipal CommitteeKulgam13Devsar
Municipal Committee Ghou-ManhasanMunicipal CommitteeJammu7Marh(sc)
Municipal Committee Gulmarg TangmargMunicipal CommitteeBaramulla5Gulmarg
Municipal Committee HajinMunicipal CommitteeBandipora13Sonawari
Municipal Committee HandwaraMunicipal CommitteeKupwara13Handwara
Municipal Committee HiranagarMunicipal CommitteeKathua13Hiranagar
Municipal Committee JourianMunicipal CommitteeJammu7Akhnoor(sc)
Municipal Committee KalakoteMunicipal CommitteeRajouri7Kala kote
Municipal Committee KatraMunicipal CommitteeReasi13Reasi
Municipal Committee KhansahibMunicipal CommitteeBudgam7Khansahib
Municipal Committee KhourMunicipal CommitteeJammu13Chhamb
Municipal Committee KhrewMunicipal CommitteePulwama13Pampore
Municipal Committee KokernagMunicipal CommitteeAnantnag13Kokernag(st)
Municipal Committee KunzerMunicipal CommitteeBaramulla7Gulmarg
Municipal Committee LakhanpurMunicipal CommitteeKathua7Udhampur East
Municipal Committee LangateMunicipal CommitteeKupwara13Langate
Municipal Committee MagamMunicipal CommitteeBudgam13Beerwah
Municipal Committee MattanMunicipal CommitteeAnantnag13Shangus
Municipal Committee NowsheraMunicipal CommitteeRajouri13Nowshera
Municipal Committee PahalgamMunicipal CommitteeAnantnag13Pahalgam
Municipal Committee PamporeMunicipal CommitteePulwama17Pampore
Municipal Committee ParoleMunicipal CommitteeKathua13Kathua(sc)
Municipal Committee PattanMunicipal CommitteeBaramulla13Pattan
Municipal Committee QazigundMunicipal CommitteeAnantnag7Anantnag
Municipal Committee R S PuraMunicipal CommitteeJammu13RS Pura South
Municipal Committee RamgarhMunicipal CommitteeSamba13Samba
Municipal Committee RamnagarMunicipal CommitteeUdhampur13Ramnagar(sc)
Municipal Committee Seer HamdanMunicipal CommitteeAnantnag13Shangus
Municipal Committee SumbalMunicipal CommitteeBandipora13Sonawari
Municipal Committee SunderbaniMunicipal CommitteeRajouri13Rajouri(st)
Municipal Committee SurankoteMunicipal CommitteePoonch13Poonch Haveli
Municipal Committee ThanamandiMunicipal CommitteeRajouri13Poonch Haveli
Municipal Committee ThathriMunicipal CommitteeDoda7Doda
Municipal Committee TralMunicipal CommitteePulwama13Tral
Municipal Committee UriMunicipal CommitteeBaramulla13Uri
Municipal Committee VijaypurMunicipal CommitteeSamba13Vijaypur
Municipal Committee WatergamMunicipal CommitteeBaramulla13Rafiabad
Municipal Committee YariporaMunicipal CommitteeKulgam6Kulgam
Municipal Council AnantnagMunicipal CouncilAnantnag25Anantnag
Municipal Council BandiporaMunicipal CouncilBandipora17Bandipora

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Jammu and Kashmir?

The Local Government Directory lists 78 urban local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir: 2 municipal corporations, 57 municipal committees and 19 municipal councils. Together they have 1,124 wards on record. That is the 19th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Jammu and Kashmir has the most wards?

Jammu Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 75. It is followed by Srinagar Municipal Corporation (74) and Municipal Council Anantnag (25). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Jammu and Kashmir?

There are 2 municipal corporations: Jammu Municipal Corporation, Srinagar Municipal Corporation. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir?

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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