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Urban local bodies · Kerala

93 municipal bodies with 3,613 wards: 6 municipal corporations and 87 municipalities. 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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Urban local bodies
#17 of 35 states/UTs
3,613
Wards
93 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 Kerala.

Municipal Corporation
6
421 wards
Municipality
87
3,192 wards
Wards in total
3,613
about 39 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
3 of 93
3 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · ThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuram101wards
  2. Municipal Corporation · ErnakulamKochi76wards
  3. Municipal Corporation · KozhikodeKozhikode76wards · 1 assembly seat
  4. Municipal Corporation · KannurKannur56wards
  5. Municipal Corporation · KollamKollam56wards
  6. Municipal Corporation · ThrissurThrissur56wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Municipality · AlappuzhaAlappuzha53wards
  8. Municipality · MalappuramManjeri53wards
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93 of 93 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
Adoorഅടൂര്MunicipalityPathanamthitta29Not mapped
Alappuzhaആലപ്പുഴMunicipalityAlappuzha53Not mapped
AluvaആലുവMunicipalityErnakulam26Not mapped
Angamalyഅങ്കമാലിMunicipalityErnakulam31Not mapped
Anthurആന്തൂര്MunicipalityKannur29Not mapped
Attingalആറ്റിങ്ങല്MunicipalityThiruvananthapuram32Not mapped
Chalakudyചാലക്കുടിMunicipalityThrissur37Not mapped
Changanasseryചങ്ങനാശ്ശേരിMunicipalityKottayam37Not mapped
Chavakkadചാവക്കാട്MunicipalityThrissur32Not mapped
Chengannurചെങ്ങന്നൂര്MunicipalityAlappuzha27Not mapped
Cherpulasseryചെർപ്ലളശേശരിMunicipalityPalakkad33Not mapped
Cherthalaചേര്ത്തലMunicipalityAlappuzha36Not mapped
Chittur-Thathamangalamചിറ്റൂര്-തത്തമംഗലംMunicipalityPalakkad30Not mapped
Eloorഏലൂര്MunicipalityErnakulam32Not mapped
Erattupettaഈരാറ്റുപേട്ടMunicipalityKottayam29Not mapped
Ettumanoorഏറ്റുമാനൂര്MunicipalityKottayam36Not mapped
Ferokeഫറോക്ക്MunicipalityKozhikode39Not mapped
Guruvayoorഗുരുവായൂര്MunicipalityThrissur46Not mapped
Harippadഹരിപ്പാട്MunicipalityAlappuzha30Not mapped
Irinjalakudaഇരിങ്ങാലക്കുടMunicipalityThrissur43Not mapped
Irittyഇരിട്ടിMunicipalityKannur34Not mapped
Kalamasseryകളമശ്ശേരിMunicipalityErnakulam46Not mapped
Kalpettaകല്പ്പറ്റMunicipalityWayanad30Not mapped
Kanhangadകാഞ്ഞങ്ങാട്MunicipalityKasaragod2Not mapped
Kannurകണ്ണൂര്‍Municipal CorporationKannur56Not mapped
Karunagappallyകരുനാഗപ്പള്ളിMunicipalityKollam37Not mapped
Kasaragodകാസര്ഗോഡ്MunicipalityKasaragod39Not mapped
Kattappanaകട്ടപ്പനMunicipalityIdukki35Not mapped
KayamkulamകായംകുളംMunicipalityAlappuzha45Not mapped
Kochiകൊച്ചിMunicipal CorporationErnakulam76Not mapped
Kodungallurകൊടുങ്ങല്ലൂര്MunicipalityThrissur46Not mapped
Koduvallyകൊടുവള്ളിMunicipalityKozhikode37Not mapped
Kollamകൊല്ലംMunicipal CorporationKollam56Not mapped
Kondottyകൊണ്ടോട്ടിMunicipalityMalappuram41Not mapped
Koothattukulamകൂത്താട്ടുകുളംMunicipalityErnakulam26Not mapped
Koothuparambaകൂത്തുപറമ്പMunicipalityKannur29Not mapped
KothamangalamകോതമംഗലംMunicipalityErnakulam33Not mapped
Kottakkalകോട്ടക്കല്MunicipalityMalappuram35Not mapped
Kottarakkaraകൊട്ടാരക്കരMunicipalityKollam30Not mapped
Kottayamകോട്ടയംMunicipalityKottayam52Not mapped
Koyilandyകൊയിലാണ്ടിMunicipalityKozhikode46Not mapped
Kozhikodeകോഴിക്കോട്Municipal CorporationKozhikode76Kozhikode North
Kunnamkulamകുന്ദംകുളംMunicipalityThrissur39Not mapped
Malappuramമലപ്പുറംMunicipalityMalappuram45Not mapped
Mananthavadyമാനന്തവാടിMunicipalityWayanad37Not mapped
Manjeriമഞ്ചേരിMunicipalityMalappuram53Not mapped
Mannarkadമണ്ണാർക്കാട്MunicipalityPalakkad29Not mapped
Maraduമരട്MunicipalityErnakulam35Not mapped
Mattannurമട്ടന്നൂര്MunicipalityKannur35Not mapped
Mavelikkaraമാവേലിക്കരMunicipalityAlappuzha28Not mapped
Mukkomമുക്കംMunicipalityKozhikode34Not mapped
Muvattupuzhaമുവ്വാററുപുഴMunicipalityErnakulam30Not mapped
Nedumangadനെടുമങ്ങാട്MunicipalityThiruvananthapuram42Not mapped
Neyyattinkaraനെയ്യാറ്റിന്കരMunicipalityThiruvananthapuram46Not mapped
Nilamburനിലമ്പൂര്MunicipalityMalappuram36Not mapped
Nileshwarനീലേശ്വര്MunicipalityKasaragod34Not mapped
Ottappalamഒറ്റപ്പാലംMunicipalityPalakkad39Not mapped
PalaiപാലാMunicipalityKottayam26Not mapped
Palakkadപാലക്കാട്MunicipalityPalakkad53Not mapped
Pandalamപന്തളംMunicipalityPathanamthitta34Not mapped

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Kerala?

The Local Government Directory lists 93 urban local bodies in Kerala: 6 municipal corporations and 87 municipalities. Together they have 3,613 wards on record. That is the 17th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Kerala has the most wards?

Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 101. It is followed by Kochi Municipal Corporation (76) and Kozhikode Municipal Corporation (76). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Kerala?

There are 6 municipal corporations: Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Kerala?

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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