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Urban local bodies · Jharkhand

49 municipal bodies with 1,104 wards: 10 municipal corporations, 20 municipalities, 1 notified area council and 18 nagar panchayats. 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 Corporation10
  • Municipality20
  • Notified Area Council1
  • Nagar Panchayat18

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Urban local bodies
#21 of 35 states/UTs
1,104
Wards
49 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 Jharkhand.

Municipal Corporation
10
375 wards
Municipality
20
457 wards
Notified Area Council
1
16 wards
Nagar Panchayat
18
256 wards
Wards in total
1,104
about 23 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
49 of 49
43 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · DhanbadDhanbad58wards · 2 assembly seats
  2. Municipal Corporation · RanchiRanchi55wards · 2 assembly seats
  3. Municipal Corporation · DeogharDeoghar38wards · 1 assembly seat
  4. Municipal Corporation · GiridihGiridih Municipal Corporation36wards · 1 assembly seat
  5. Municipal Corporation · HazaribaghHazaribag36wards · 1 assembly seat
  6. Municipal Corporation · Saraikela KharsawanAdityapur35wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Municipal Corporation · BokaroChas35wards · 1 assembly seat
  8. Municipal Corporation · PalamuMedininagar (Daltonganj) Municipal Corporation35wards · 1 assembly seat
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49 of 49 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
Adityapurआदित्यपुरMunicipal CorporationSaraikela Kharsawan35Seraikella
Badaki Suriyaबड़की सरैयाNagar PanchayatGiridih12Bagodar
BarharwaबरहरवाNagar PanchayatSahebganj14Pakaur
BasukinathवासुकिनाथNagar PanchayatDumka12Jarmundi
Bishrampurबिश्रामपुरMunicipalityPalamu20Bishrampur
BunduबुंडूNagar PanchayatRanchi13Tamar
ChaibasaचाईबासाMunicipalityWest Singhbhum21Chaibasa
Chakradharpurचक्रधरपुरMunicipalityWest Singhbhum23Chakradharpur
ChakuliaचाकुलियाNagar PanchayatEast Singhbum12Baharagora
ChasचासMunicipal CorporationBokaro35Bokaro
ChatraचतराMunicipalityChatra22Chatra
ChhatarpurChhatarpur Municipal CorporationNagar PanchayatPalamu16Chhatarpur
ChirkundaMunicipalityDhanbad20Nirsa
DeogharदेवघरMunicipal CorporationDeoghar38Deoghar
DhanbadधनबादMunicipal CorporationDhanbad58SindriDhanbad
DhanwarधनवारNagar PanchayatGiridih11Dhanwar
DomchanchडोमचांचNagar PanchayatKoderma14Kodarma
DumkaदुमकाMunicipalityDumka22Dumka
Garhwaगढ़वाMunicipalityGarhwa21Garhwa
Giridih Municipal CorporationगिरिडीहMunicipal CorporationGiridih36Giridih
Goddaगोड्डाMunicipalityGodda21Godda
GumlaगुमलाMunicipalityGumla22Gumla
Hariharganj Municipal CorporationMunicipal CorporationPalamu16Hussainabad
HazaribagहजारीबागMunicipal CorporationHazaribagh36Hazaribagh
Hussainabadहुस्सैनाबादNagar PanchayatPalamu16Hussainabad
JamshedpurNotified Area CouncilEast Singhbum16Jamshedpur West
Jamtaraजामताड़ाNagar PanchayatJamtara16Jamtara
Jhumri Telaiyaझुमरी तेलैयाMunicipalityKoderma28Kodarma
JugsalaiMunicipalityEast Singhbum22Jugsalai
KapaliकपालीMunicipalitySaraikela Kharsawan21Ichagarh
KhuntiखूंटीNagar PanchayatKhunti19Khunti
KodarmaकोडरमाNagar PanchayatKoderma15Kodarma
LateharलातेहारNagar PanchayatLatehar15Latehar
LohardagaलोहरदगाMunicipalityLohardaga23Lohardaga
MadhupurमधुपुरMunicipalityDeoghar23Madhupur
Mahagama Municipal CorporationNagar PanchayatGodda17Mahagama
MangoMunicipal CorporationEast Singhbum31Jamshedpur East
ManjhiaonNagar PanchayatGarhwa12Bishrampur
Medininagar (Daltonganj) Municipal CorporationमेदिनीनगरMunicipal CorporationPalamu35Daltonganj
MihijamमिहिजामMunicipalityJamtara20Jamtara
Nagar Untari Nagar Panchayatनगर उन्तरी नगर पंचयातNagar PanchayatGarhwa17Bhawanathpur
PakurMunicipalityPakur20Pakaur
PhusroफुसरोMunicipalityBokaro28Bermo
RajmahalराजमहलNagar PanchayatSahebganj14Rajmahal
Ramgarh Nagar Parishadरामगढ़ नगर परिषदMunicipalityRamgarh32Ramgarh
RanchiरांचीMunicipal CorporationRanchi55RanchiKanke
SahibganjसाहिबगंजMunicipalitySahebganj28Rajmahal
SeraikellaसराइकेलाNagar PanchayatSaraikela Kharsawan11Seraikella
SimdegaMunicipalitySimdega20Simdega

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Jharkhand?

The Local Government Directory lists 49 urban local bodies in Jharkhand: 10 municipal corporations, 20 municipalities, 1 notified area council and 18 nagar panchayats. Together they have 1,104 wards on record. That is the 21st highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Jharkhand has the most wards?

Dhanbad Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 58. It is followed by Ranchi Municipal Corporation (55) and Deoghar Municipal Corporation (38). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Jharkhand?

There are 10 municipal corporations: Adityapur, Chas, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Giridih Municipal Corporation, Hariharganj Municipal Corporation, Hazaribag, Mango, Medininagar (Daltonganj) Municipal Corporation, Ranchi. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Jharkhand?

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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