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Urban local bodies · Meghalaya

11 municipal bodies with 164 wards: 6 municipal boards and 5 town committees. 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
#28 of 35 states/UTs
164
Wards
11 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 Meghalaya.

Municipal Board
6
91 wards
Town Committee
5
73 wards
Wards in total
164
about 15 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
10 of 11
14 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Board · East Khasi HillsShillong27wards · 4 assembly seats
  2. Town Committee · Ri BhoiNongpoh23wards
  3. Town Committee · West Khasi HillsMairang21wards · 1 assembly seat
  4. Town Committee · West Khasi HillsNongstoin18wards · 1 assembly seat
  5. Municipal Board · South Garo HillsBaghmara13wards · 1 assembly seat
  6. Municipal Board · West Jaintia HillsJowai13wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Municipal Board · North Garo HillsResubelpara13wards · 1 assembly seat
  8. Municipal Board · West Garo HillsTura Municipal Board13wards · 2 assembly seats
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11 of 11 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
BaghmaraMunicipal BoardSouth Garo Hills13Baghmara
JowaiMunicipal BoardWest Jaintia Hills13Jowai
KhliehriatTown CommitteeEast Jaintia Hills5Khliehriat
MairangTown CommitteeWest Khasi Hills21Mairang
MawkyrwatTown CommitteeSouth West Khasi Hills6Mawkyrwat
NongpohTown CommitteeRi Bhoi23Not mapped
NongstoinTown CommitteeWest Khasi Hills18Nongstoin
ResubelparaMunicipal BoardNorth Garo Hills13Resubelpara
ShillongMunicipal BoardEast Khasi Hills27East ShillongNorth ShillongWest Shillong+1 more
Tura Municipal BoardMunicipal BoardWest Garo Hills13North TuraSouth Tura
WilliamnagarMunicipal BoardEast Garo Hills12William Nagar

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Meghalaya?

The Local Government Directory lists 11 urban local bodies in Meghalaya: 6 municipal boards and 5 town committees. Together they have 164 wards on record. That is the 28th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Meghalaya has the most wards?

Shillong Municipal Board has the most wards in the directory, 27. It is followed by Nongpoh Town Committee (23) and Mairang Town Committee (21). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

Who conducts municipal elections in Meghalaya?

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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