39 municipal bodies with 407 wards: 3 municipalities and 36 town councils. 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.
By type of body
- Municipality3
- Town Council36
Counts from the Local Government Directory. Names of types follow what the directory uses for Nagaland.
Largest by number of wards
- Municipality · DimapurDimapur Municipal Council23wards · 2 assembly seats
- Municipality · KohimaKohima Municipal Council19wards · 5 assembly seats
- Municipality · MokokchungMokokchung Municipal Council18wards · 5 assembly seats
- Town Council · WokhaWokha Town Council15wards · 1 assembly seat
- Town Council · TuensangTuensang Town Council13wards · 1 assembly seat
- Town Council · ZunhebotoZunheboto Town Council13wards · 1 assembly seat
- Town Council · MokokchungChangtongya Town Council11wards · 1 assembly seat
- Town Council · ChumoukedimaChumukedima Town Council11wards · 1 assembly seat
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39 of 39 local bodies
Ward boundary maps, past municipal results where the State Election Commission has published them, voter-list analysis by ward and verified ward surveys.
Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.
How many urban local bodies are there in Nagaland?
The Local Government Directory lists 39 urban local bodies in Nagaland: 3 municipalities and 36 town councils. Together they have 407 wards on record (ward lists are available for 38 of the 39 bodies). That is the 22nd highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.
Which urban local body in Nagaland has the most wards?
Dimapur Municipal Council has the most wards in the directory, 23. It is followed by Kohima Municipal Council (19) and Mokokchung Municipal Council (18). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.
Who conducts municipal elections in Nagaland?
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.
Each page below is built from an official source and credited on the page.
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