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Urban local bodies · Odisha

143 municipal bodies with 2,586 wards: 6 municipal corporations, 53 municipalities and 84 notified area 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.

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  • Municipal Corporation6
  • Municipality53
  • Notified Area Council84

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Urban local bodies
#12 of 35 states/UTs
2,586
Wards
143 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 Odisha.

Municipal Corporation
6
281 wards
Municipality
53
1,128 wards
Notified Area Council
84
1,177 wards
Wards in total
2,586
about 18 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
142 of 143
113 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · KhordhaBhubaneswar67wards · 3 assembly seats
  2. Municipal Corporation · KatakaCuttack59wards · 3 assembly seats
  3. Municipality · BaleshwarBaleshwar52wards
  4. Notified Area Council · NayagadaRanapur45wards · 1 assembly seat
  5. Municipal Corporation · GanjamBerhampur42wards · 2 assembly seats
  6. Municipal Corporation · SambalpurSambalpur41wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Municipal Corporation · SundaragadaRaurkela40wards · 1 assembly seat
  8. Municipality · GanjamChhatrapur36wards · 1 assembly seat
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143 of 143 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
AnandapurMunicipalityKendujhar16Anandapur
AnugolaଅନୁଗୋଲାMunicipalityAnugola23Angul
AsikaMunicipalityGanjam23Aska
AthagadNotified Area CouncilKataka18Athagarh
AthamallikNotified Area CouncilAnugola11Athamallik
AttabiraNotified Area CouncilBaragada12Attabira
Badambaବଦାମ୍ବାNotified Area CouncilKataka15Baramba
BalangirMunicipalityBalangir21Bolangir
BaleshwarMunicipalityBaleshwar52Not mapped
BaligudaNotified Area CouncilKandhamala13Baliguda
BalimelaNotified Area CouncilMalkangiri12Chitrakonda
BalugaonNotified Area CouncilKhordha11Chilika
Bamraବାମ୍ରାNotified Area CouncilSambalpur12Kuchinda
BanapurNotified Area CouncilKhordha15Chilika
BangiriposhiNotified Area CouncilMayurbhanj14Bangriposi
BankiNotified Area CouncilKataka17Banki
BarapaliNotified Area CouncilBaragada11Bijepur
BarbilMunicipalityKendujhar15Champua
BargarhMunicipalityBaragada19Bargarh
BaripadaMunicipalityMayurbhanj28Baripada
Bastaବାସ୍ଟାNotified Area CouncilBaleshwar15Basta
BasudebpurMunicipalityBhadrak23Basudevpur
BellagunthaNotified Area CouncilGanjam13Surada
BelpaharMunicipalityJharsuguda19Brajarajnagar
BerhampurMunicipal CorporationGanjam42GopalpurBerhampur
BetnotiNotified Area CouncilMayurbhanj17Badasahi
BhadrakMunicipalityBhadrak30Bhadrak
BhanjanagarMunicipalityGanjam27Bhanjanagar
BhawanipatnaMunicipalityKalahandi20Bhawanipatna
BhubanNotified Area CouncilDhenkanal15Kamakhyanagar
BhubaneswarMunicipal CorporationKhordha67Bhubaneswar CentralBhubaneswar NorthEkamra-Bhubaneswar
BijepurNotified Area CouncilBaragada11Bijepur
BinikaNotified Area CouncilSubarnapur12Birmaharajpur
BiramaharajpurNotified Area CouncilSubarnapur17Birmaharajpur
BiramitrapurMunicipalitySundaragada11Biramitrapur
BissamcuttackବିସାମକଟାକNotified Area CouncilRayagada11Bissam Cuttack
Borigummaବୋରିଗୁମ୍ମାNotified Area CouncilKoraput14Jeypore
BoudhgarhMunicipalityBoudh25Boudh
BrajarajnagarMunicipalityJharsuguda23Brajarajnagar
BugudaNotified Area CouncilGanjam13Polasara
ChampuaNotified Area CouncilKendujhar13Champua
ChandabaliNotified Area CouncilBhadrak15Chandabali
Chandikholଚଣ୍ଡିଖୋଲNotified Area CouncilJajpur12Dharmasala
ChhatrapurMunicipalityGanjam36Chhatrapur
ChikitiNotified Area CouncilGanjam12Chikiti
ChitradaNotified Area CouncilMayurbhanj12Morada
ChoudwarMunicipalityKataka30Choudwar-Cuttack
CuttackMunicipal CorporationKataka59Barabati-CuttackChoudwar-CuttackCuttack Sadar
DasapallaNotified Area CouncilNayagada16Daspalla
DebagarhMunicipalityDebagada11Deogarh
DhamanagarNotified Area CouncilBhadrak11Dhamnagar
DharmagarhNotified Area CouncilKalahandi14Dharamgarh
DhenkanalMunicipalityDhenkanal23Dhenkanal
DhusuriଧୁସୁରୀNotified Area CouncilBhadrak14Dhamnagar
DigapahandiNotified Area CouncilGanjam11Digapahandi
G. UdayagiriNotified Area CouncilKandhamala13G. Udayagiri
GanjamNotified Area CouncilGanjam12Chhatrapur
Gondiaଗୋଣ୍ଡିଆNotified Area CouncilDhenkanal15Dhenkanal
GopalpurNotified Area CouncilGanjam11Gopalpur
GudariNotified Area CouncilRayagada11Gunupur

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Odisha?

The Local Government Directory lists 143 urban local bodies in Odisha: 6 municipal corporations, 53 municipalities and 84 notified area councils. Together they have 2,586 wards on record. That is the 12th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Odisha has the most wards?

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 67. It is followed by Cuttack Municipal Corporation (59) and Baleshwar Municipality (52). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Odisha?

There are 6 municipal corporations: Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Raurkela, Sambalpur. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Odisha?

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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