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Urban local bodies · Maharashtra

422 municipal bodies with 7,256 wards: 29 municipal corporations, 244 municipalities and 149 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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Urban local bodies
#3 of 35 states/UTs
7,256
Wards
422 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 Maharashtra.

Municipal Corporation
29
1,579 wards
Municipality
244
3,167 wards
Nagar Panchayat
149
2,510 wards
Wards in total
7,256
about 17 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
418 of 422
277 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · Mumbai SuburbanGreater Mumbai227wards · 36 assembly seats
  2. Municipal Corporation · ThaneKalyan-Dombivli122wards · 4 assembly seats
  3. Municipal Corporation · Chhatrapati SambhajinagarAurangabad115wards · 4 assembly seats
  4. Municipal Corporation · ThaneNavi Mumbai111wards · 2 assembly seats
  5. Municipal Corporation · NashikNashik108wards · 1 assembly seat
  6. Municipal Corporation · KolhapurKolhapur81wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Municipal Corporation · NashikMalegaon79wards · 1 assembly seat
  8. Municipal Corporation · ThaneUlhasnagar78wards · 3 assembly seats
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422 of 422 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
AchalpurअचलपूरMunicipalityAmravati20Achalpur
AheriअहेरीNagar PanchayatGadchiroli17Aheri
AhmadnagarअहमदनगरMunicipal CorporationAhilyanagar68Parner
AhmadpurअहमदपूरMunicipalityLatur11Ahmadpur
AjaraआजराNagar PanchayatKolhapur17Radhanagari
Akkalkotअक्कलकोटMunicipalitySolapur11Akkalkot
AklujअकलूजMunicipalitySolapur13Malshiras
AkolaअकोलाMunicipal CorporationAkola20Akola WestAkola East
AkoleअकोलेNagar PanchayatAhilyanagar17Akole
AkotअकोटMunicipalityAkola17Akot
AlandiआळंदीMunicipalityPune9Khed Alandi
AlibagअलिबागMunicipalityRaigad10Alibag
AmalnerअंमळनेरMunicipalityJalgaon30Amalner
AmbadअंबडMunicipalityJalna9Badnapur
AmbajogaiअंबाजोगाईMunicipalityBeed14Kaij
AmbarnathअंबरनाथMunicipalityThane29Ambernath
AmgaonआमगांवMunicipalityGondia11Amgaon
AmravatiअमरावतीMunicipal CorporationAmravati33BadneraAmravati
AngarअनगरNagar PanchayatSolapur17Mohol
Anjangaonअंजनगाव सुर्जीMunicipalityAmravati14Daryapur
Ardhapurअर्धापूर्Nagar PanchayatNanded17Bhokar
Arjuniअर्जुनीNagar PanchayatGondia17Arjuni Morgaon
Arniआर्णीMunicipalityYavatmal11Arni
Arviआर्वीMunicipalityWardha11Arvi
Ashtaआष्टाMunicipalitySangli10Islampur
Ashtiआष्टीNagar PanchayatBeed17Ashti
Ashti (Wardha)आष्टीNagar PanchayatWardha17Arvi
AtpadiआटपाडीNagar PanchayatSangli17Khanapur
Aundha Nagnathऔंढा नागनाथNagar PanchayatHingoli17Kalamnuri
AurangabadऔरंगाबादMunicipal CorporationChhatrapati Sambhajinagar115PhulambriAurangabad CentralAurangabad West+1 more
AusaऔसाMunicipalityLatur10Ausa
Babhulgaon Nagar Panchayatबाभूळगाव नगर पंचायतNagar PanchayatYavatmal17Ralegaon
BadlapurबदलापूरMunicipalityThane24Murbad
BadnapurबदनापूरNagar PanchayatJalna17Badnapur
Bahadura Nagar PanchayatNagar PanchayatNagpur6Kamthi
BalapurबाळापूरMunicipalityAkola12Balapur
Ballarpurबल्लारपूरMunicipalityChandrapur16Ballarpur
BaramatiबारामतीMunicipalityPune19Baramati
Barshiबार्शीMunicipalitySolapur20Barshi
Barshitakliबार्शीटाकळीNagar PanchayatAkola17Murtizapur
BasmathवसमतMunicipalityHingoli14Basmath
Besa Pipla Nagar PanchayatNagar PanchayatNagpur9Kamthi
BhadgaonभडगावMunicipalityJalgaon12Pachora
Bhadravatiभद्रावतीMunicipalityChandrapur13Warora
BhagurभगूरMunicipalityNashik17Deolali
BhamragadभामरागडNagar PanchayatGadchiroli17Aheri
BhandaraभंडाराMunicipalityBhandara16Bhandara
BhatkuliभातकूलीNagar PanchayatAmravati17Badnera
BhisiभिसीNagar PanchayatChandrapur17Chimur
BhiwandiभिवंडीMunicipal CorporationThane65Bhiwandi WestBhiwandi East
BhiwapurभिवापूरNagar PanchayatNagpur17Umred
BhokarभोकरMunicipalityNanded11Bhokar
BhokardanभोकरदनMunicipalityJalna8Bhokardan
BhorभोरMunicipalityPune8Bhor
BhumभूमMunicipalityDharashiv8Paranda
BhusawalभुसावळMunicipalityJalgaon24Bhusawal
BidबीडMunicipalityBeed25Beed
Bidgaon Tarodi Khurd PandhurnaNagar PanchayatNagpur17Kamthi
BiloliबिलोलीMunicipalityNanded8Deglur
BodwadबोदवडNagar PanchayatJalgaon17Muktainagar

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Maharashtra?

The Local Government Directory lists 422 urban local bodies in Maharashtra: 29 municipal corporations, 244 municipalities and 149 nagar panchayats. Together they have 7,256 wards on record. That is the 3rd highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Maharashtra has the most wards?

Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 227. It is followed by Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (122) and Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (115). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Maharashtra?

There are 29 municipal corporations, including Greater Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivli, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai, Nashik, Kolhapur, Malegaon, Ulhasnagar. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Maharashtra?

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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