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Urban local bodies · Karnataka

330 municipal bodies with 7,512 wards: 18 city corporations, 66 city municipal councils, 118 town municipal councils, 4 notified area committees and 124 town 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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  • City Corporation18
  • City Municipal Council66
  • Town Municipal Council118
  • Notified Area Committee4
  • Town Panchayat124

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Urban local bodies
#5 of 35 states/UTs
7,512
Wards
315 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 Karnataka.

City Corporation
18
983 wards
City Municipal Council
66
2,023 wards
Town Municipal Council
118
2,724 wards
Notified Area Committee
4
14 wards
Town Panchayat
124
1,768 wards
Wards in total
7,512
about 24 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
288 of 330
180 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. City Corporation · Bengaluru UrbanBengaluru West City Corporation (Gba)112wards
  2. City Corporation · DharwadHubballi-Dharwad82wards · 4 assembly seats
  3. City Corporation · Bengaluru UrbanBengaluru North City Corporation (Gba)72wards
  4. City Corporation · Bengaluru UrbanBengaluru South City Corporation (Gba)72wards
  5. City Corporation · MysuruMysuru65wards · 4 assembly seats
  6. City Corporation · Bengaluru UrbanBengaluru Central City Corporation(Gba)63wards
  7. City Corporation · Dakshina KannadaMangaluru60wards · 2 assembly seats
  8. City Corporation · BelagaviBelagavi58wards · 3 assembly seats
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330 of 330 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
AfzalpurTown Municipal CouncilKalaburagi23Afzalpur
AinapurTown PanchayatBelagavi19Kagwad
AjjampuraTown PanchayatChikkamagaluru11Tarikere
AlamelaTown PanchayatVijayapura19Sindgi
AlandTown Municipal CouncilKalaburagi27Aland
AllipurTown PanchayatChikkaballapura—Not mapped
AlnavarTown PanchayatDharwad18Kalghatgi
AlurTown PanchayatHassan11Sakleshpur
AminagadTown PanchayatBagalkote16Bagalkot
AnavattiTown PanchayatShivamogga18Sorab
AnekalTown Municipal CouncilBengaluru Urban27Anekal
Ankalagi-AkkathangerahalTown PanchayatBelagavi17Gokak
AnkolaTown Municipal CouncilUttara Kannada23Karwar
AnnigeriTown Municipal CouncilDharwad23Navalgund
ArabhaviTown PanchayatBelagavi16Arabhavi
ArkalgudTown PanchayatHassan17Arkalgud
ArsikereCity Municipal CouncilHassan31Arsikere
AthniTown Municipal CouncilBelagavi27Athani
AttibeleTown Municipal CouncilBengaluru Urban23Anekal
AuradTown PanchayatBidar20Aurad
BabaleshwarTown PanchayatVijayapura14Babaleshwar
BadamiTown Municipal CouncilBagalkote23Badami
BagalkotCity Municipal CouncilBagalkote35Bagalkot
BagepalliTown Municipal CouncilChikkaballapura23Bagepalli
Bail HongalCity Municipal CouncilBelagavi27Not mapped
BainduruಬೈಂದೂರುTown PanchayatUdupi20Byndoor
BajapeTown PanchayatDakshina Kannada19Moodabidri
BalaganurTown PanchayatRaichur12Maski
BallariCity CorporationBallari39Bellary City
BanavarTown PanchayatHassan—Not mapped
BangarpeteCity Municipal CouncilKolar31Not mapped
BankapuraTown Municipal CouncilHaveri23Shiggaon
BannurTown Municipal CouncilMysuru23T.narasipur
BantvalTown Municipal CouncilDakshina Kannada27Bantval
BasavakalyanCity Municipal CouncilBidar31Basavakalyan
Basavana BagevadiTown Municipal CouncilVijayapura23Basavana Bagevadi
BashettihalliTown PanchayatBengaluru Rural19Doddaballapur
BelagaliTown PanchayatBagalkote18Mudhol
BelagaviCity CorporationBelagavi58Belgaum UttarBelgaum DakshinBelgaum Rural
BelluruTown PanchayatMandya13Nagamangala
BeltangadiTown PanchayatDakshina Kannada11Belthangady
BelurTown Municipal CouncilHassan23Belur
BenakanahalliTown PanchayatBelagavi—Not mapped
Bengaluru Central City Corporation(Gba)City CorporationBengaluru Urban63Not mapped
Bengaluru East City CorporationCity CorporationBengaluru Urban50Not mapped
Bengaluru North City Corporation (Gba)City CorporationBengaluru Urban72Not mapped
Bengaluru South City Corporation (Gba)City CorporationBengaluru Urban72Not mapped
Bengaluru West City Corporation (Gba)City CorporationBengaluru Urban112Not mapped
BhadravatiCity Municipal CouncilShivamogga35Bhadravati
BhagyanagaraTown PanchayatKoppal19Koppal
BhalkiTown Municipal CouncilBidar27Bhalki
BhatkalCity Municipal CouncilUttara Kannada23Not mapped
BhimarayanagudiNotified Area CommitteeYadgir5Shahapur
BidadiTown Municipal CouncilBengaluru South23Badami
BidarCity CorporationBidar35Not mapped
BilgiTown PanchayatBagalkote18Bilgi
BirurTown Municipal CouncilChikkamagaluru23Kadur
BogadiTown PanchayatMysuru—Not mapped
BommasandraTown Municipal CouncilBengaluru Urban23Anekal
BoragaonTown PanchayatBelagavi17Nippani

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Karnataka?

The Local Government Directory lists 330 urban local bodies in Karnataka: 18 city corporations, 66 city municipal councils, 118 town municipal councils, 4 notified area committees and 124 town panchayats. Together they have 7,512 wards on record (ward lists are available for 315 of the 330 bodies). That is the 5th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Karnataka has the most wards?

Bengaluru West City Corporation (Gba) has the most wards in the directory, 112. It is followed by Hubballi-Dharwad City Corporation (82) and Bengaluru North City Corporation (Gba) (72). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Karnataka?

There are 18 municipal corporations: Ballari, Belagavi, Bengaluru Central City Corporation(Gba), Bengaluru East City Corporation, Bengaluru North City Corporation (Gba), Bengaluru South City Corporation (Gba), Bengaluru West City Corporation (Gba), Bidar, Davanagere, Hassan, Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi City Corporation, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Raichur, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Vijayapura. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Karnataka?

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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