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Urban local bodies · Punjab

166 municipal bodies with 3,200 wards: 13 municipal corporations, 98 municipalities and 55 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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  • Municipal Corporation13
  • Municipality98
  • Nagar Panchayat55

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Urban local bodies
#10 of 35 states/UTs
3,200
Wards
166 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 Punjab.

Municipal Corporation
13
780 wards
Municipality
98
1,735 wards
Nagar Panchayat
55
685 wards
Wards in total
3,200
about 19 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
162 of 166
85 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · LudhianaLudhiana95wards · 1 assembly seat
  2. Municipal Corporation · AmritsarAmritsar90wards · 1 assembly seat
  3. Municipal Corporation · JalandharJalandhar80wards · 1 assembly seat
  4. Municipal Corporation · PatialaPatiala60wards · 1 assembly seat
  5. Municipal Corporation · GurdaspurBatala55wards · 1 assembly seat
  6. Municipal Corporation · FazilkaAbohar50wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Municipal Corporation · BathindaBathinda50wards · 1 assembly seat
  8. Municipal Corporation · HoshiarpurHoshiarpur50wards · 1 assembly seat
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166 of 166 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
AboharMunicipal CorporationFazilka50Abohar
AdampurMunicipalityJalandhar13Adampur
Adda Devigarhਅੱਡਾ ਦੇਵੀਗੜ੍ਹNagar PanchayatPatiala13Sanour
AhmedgarhMunicipalityMalerkotla17Dhuri
AjnalaMunicipalityAmritsar15Not mapped
AlawalpurMunicipalityJalandhar11Jalandhar North
Amargarhਅਮਰਗੜ੍ਹNagar PanchayatMalerkotla11Sangrur
AmlohMunicipalityFatehgarh Sahib13Amloh
AmritsarMunicipal CorporationAmritsar90Amritsar North
Anandpur Sahibਅਨੰਦਪੁਰ ਸਾਹਿਬMunicipalityRupnagar13Anandpur Sahib
Arniwala Shekh Subanਅਰਨ੍ਹੀਵਾਲਾ ਸ਼ੇਖ ਸੁਬਾਨNagar PanchayatFazilka11Fazilka
Baba Bakalaਬਾਬਾ ਬਕਾਲਾNagar PanchayatAmritsar13Baba Bakala
Badhni Kalanਬੰਧਨੀ ਕਲਾਂNagar PanchayatMoga13Moga
BalachaurMunicipalityShahid Bhagat Singh Nagar15Balachaur
BangaMunicipalityShahid Bhagat Singh Nagar15Banga
BanurMunicipalityS.A.S Nagar13Rajpura
BaretaMunicipalityMansa13Mansa
BariwalaਬਰੀਵਾਲਾNagar PanchayatSri Muktsar Sahib11Muktsar
BarnalaMunicipalityBarnala31Barnala
Bassi PathanaMunicipalityFatehgarh Sahib15Bassi Pathana
BatalaMunicipal CorporationGurdaspur55Batala
BathindaMunicipal CorporationBathinda50Bhucho Mandi
BegowalਬੇਗੋਵਾਲNagar PanchayatKapurthala13Kapurthala
BhadaurMunicipalityBarnala13Bhadaur
BhadsonਭਾਦਸੋਂNagar PanchayatPatiala11Nabha
Bhagha PuranaMunicipalityMoga15Bhagha Purana
Bhagta Bhai Ka Nagar Panchayatਭਗਤਾ ਭਾਈਕਾNagar PanchayatBathinda13Bathinda Rural
Bhai Rupaਭਾਈ ਰੂਪਾNagar PanchayatBathinda13Bhucho Mandi
BhawanigarhMunicipalitySangrur15Sangrur
BhikhiਭੀਖੀNagar PanchayatMansa13Mansa
BhikhiwindਭੀਖੀਵਿੰਡNagar PanchayatTarn Taran13Tarn Taran
BhogpurMunicipalityJalandhar13Jalandhar North
Bhucho MandiMunicipalityBathinda13Bhucho Mandi
BhulathਭੁਲੱਥNagar PanchayatKapurthala13Kapurthala
BilgaਬਿਲਗਾNagar PanchayatJalandhar13Jalandhar Central
BohaਬੋਹਾNagar PanchayatMansa13Mansa
BudhladaMunicipalityMansa19Budhlada
Chamkaur Sahibਚਮਕੌਰ ਸਾਹਿਬNagar PanchayatRupnagar13Chamkaur Sahib
CheemaਚੀਮਾਂNagar PanchayatSangrur13Dhuri
DasuaMunicipalityHoshiarpur15Dasuya
Dera Baba NanakMunicipalityGurdaspur13Dera Baba Nanak
Dera BassiMunicipalityS.A.S Nagar19Kharar
DhanaulaMunicipalityBarnala13Barnala
DharamkotMunicipalityMoga13Dharamkot
DhariwalMunicipalityGurdaspur13Batala
DhilwanਢਿੱਲਵਾਂNagar PanchayatKapurthala11Kapurthala
DhuriMunicipalitySangrur21Dhuri
DinanagarMunicipalityGurdaspur15Dina Nagar
Dirbaਦਿੜ੍ਹਬਾNagar PanchayatSangrur13Dirba
DorahaMunicipalityLudhiana15Ludhiana South
FaridkotMunicipalityFaridkot25Faridkot
Fatehgarh ChurianMunicipalityGurdaspur13Fatehgarh Churian
Fatehgarh Panjtoorਫਤਿਹਗੜ੍ਹ ਪੰਜਤੂਰNagar PanchayatMoga11Moga
FazilkaMunicipalityFazilka25Fazilka
FirozpurMunicipalityFerozepur33Firozpur City
GardhiwalaMunicipalityHoshiarpur11Hoshiarpur
GarhshankarMunicipalityHoshiarpur13Garhshankar
GhaggaਘੱਗਾNagar PanchayatPatiala13Patiala
GhanaurਘਨੌਰNagar PanchayatPatiala11Ghanaur
GharuanਘੰੜੂਆਂNagar PanchayatS.A.S Nagar11Chamkaur Sahib

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Punjab?

The Local Government Directory lists 166 urban local bodies in Punjab: 13 municipal corporations, 98 municipalities and 55 nagar panchayats. Together they have 3,200 wards on record. That is the 10th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Punjab has the most wards?

Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 95. It is followed by Amritsar Municipal Corporation (90) and Jalandhar Municipal Corporation (80). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Punjab?

There are 13 municipal corporations: Abohar, Amritsar, Batala, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Moga, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, S.A.S.Nagar - Mohali. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Punjab?

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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