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Urban local bodies · Madhya Pradesh

413 municipal bodies with 7,711 wards: 16 municipal corporations, 99 municipalities and 298 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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  • Municipal Corporation16
  • Municipality99
  • Town Panchayat298

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Urban local bodies
#4 of 35 states/UTs
7,711
Wards
413 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 Madhya Pradesh.

Municipal Corporation
16
895 wards
Municipality
99
2,343 wards
Town Panchayat
298
4,473 wards
Wards in total
7,711
about 19 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
413 of 413
206 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · BhopalBhopal85wards · 1 assembly seat
  2. Municipal Corporation · IndoreIndore85wards · 1 assembly seat
  3. Municipal Corporation · JabalpurJabalpur82wards · 2 assembly seats
  4. Municipal Corporation · GwaliorGwalior66wards · 5 assembly seats
  5. Municipality · BhindBhind60wards · 1 assembly seat
  6. Municipal Corporation · UjjainUjjain54wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Municipal Corporation · ChhindwaraChhindwara50wards · 1 assembly seat
  8. Municipal Corporation · Khandwa (East Nimar)Khandwa50wards · 1 assembly seat
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413 of 413 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
AgarMunicipalityAgar-Malwa23Agar
AjaygarhTown PanchayatPanna15Pawai
AkodaTown PanchayatBhind15Bhind
AkodiaTown PanchayatShajapur15Shujalpur
AlampurTown PanchayatBhind15Lahar
AlirajpurMunicipalityAlirajpur18Alirajpur
AlotTown PanchayatRatlam15Alot
AmanganjTown PanchayatPanna15Pawai
AmarkantakTown PanchayatAnuppur15Pushprajgarh
AmarpatanTown PanchayatMaihar15Amarpatan
AmarwaraMunicipalityChhindwara15Amarwara
AmbahMunicipalityMorena18Ambah
AmlaMunicipalityBetul18Amla
AnjadTown PanchayatBarwani15Rajpur
AntariTown PanchayatGwalior15Dabra
Anuppur NpअनूपपुरMunicipalityAnuppur15Anuppur
AronTown PanchayatGuna15Raghogarh
AshoknagarMunicipalityAshoknagar22Ashok Nagar
Ashtaआष्टाMunicipalitySehore18Ashta
AthanaअठानाTown PanchayatNeemuch15Neemuch
AthnerTown PanchayatBetul15Betul
BabaiTown PanchayatNarmadapuram15Sohagpur
Bada -MalheraTown PanchayatChhatarpur15Malhara
BadagaonTown PanchayatTikamgarh15Tikamgarh
Badagaon ShajapurTown PanchayatAgar-Malwa15Susner
BadarwasTown PanchayatShivpuri15Kolaras
BadawadaTown PanchayatRatlam15Alot
BadiTown PanchayatRaisen15Bhojpur
BadkuhiTown PanchayatChhindwara15Parasia
BadnagarMunicipalityUjjain18Badnagar
BadnawarTown PanchayatDhar15Badnawar
BadodTown PanchayatAgar-Malwa15Agar
BadodaTown PanchayatSheopur15Sheopur
BadoneeबडोनीTown PanchayatDatia15Datia
BagaliTown PanchayatDewas15Bagali
BaiharTown PanchayatBalaghat15Baihar
BaikunthpurTown PanchayatRewa15Mangawan
BairadTown PanchayatShivpuri15Pohari
BakhoTown PanchayatShahdol15Jaitpur
BalaghatMunicipalityBalaghat33Balaghat
BaldevgarhTown PanchayatTikamgarh15Khargapur
Bamhni BanjarTown PanchayatMandla15Niwas
BandaTown PanchayatSagar15Banda
BandriबाँदरीTown PanchayatSagar15Khurai
BankhediTown PanchayatNarmadapuram15Pipariya
BanmorTown PanchayatMorena15Morena
BarelaTown PanchayatJabalpur15Panagar
BareliTown PanchayatRaisen15Bhojpur
BargawanबरगवाँTown PanchayatSingrauli15Devsar
Bargawan (Amlai)बरगवाँ (अमलाई)Town PanchayatAnuppur15Anuppur
BarghatTown PanchayatSeoni15Barghat
BarhiTown PanchayatKatni15Bahoriband
BarigarhTown PanchayatChhatarpur15Chandla
BarodiyakalanबरोदियाकलांTown PanchayatSagar15Khurai
Barwahaबड़वाहMunicipalityKhargone (West Nimar)18Barwara
Barwaniबड़वानीMunicipalityBarwani24Badwani
BegamganjMunicipalityRaisen18Silwani
BeohariTown PanchayatShahdol15Beohari
BerasiaMunicipalityBhopal18Berasia
BetmaTown PanchayatIndore15Depalpur

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Madhya Pradesh?

The Local Government Directory lists 413 urban local bodies in Madhya Pradesh: 16 municipal corporations, 99 municipalities and 298 town panchayats. Together they have 7,711 wards on record. That is the 4th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Madhya Pradesh has the most wards?

Bhopal Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 85. It is followed by Indore Municipal Corporation (85) and Jabalpur Municipal Corporation (82). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Madhya Pradesh?

There are 16 municipal corporations: Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhindwara, Dewas, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Khandwa, Morena, Murwara - Katni, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Singrauli, Ujjain. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Madhya Pradesh?

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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