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Urban local bodies · Tamil Nadu

650 municipal bodies with 12,729 wards: 23 municipal corporations, 147 municipalities and 480 town 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 Corporation23
  • Municipality147
  • Town Panchayat480

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Urban local bodies
#2 of 35 states/UTs
12,729
Wards
649 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 Tamil Nadu.

Municipal Corporation
23
1,435 wards
Municipality
147
3,855 wards
Town Panchayat
480
7,439 wards
Wards in total
12,729
about 20 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
636 of 650
223 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · ChennaiGreater Chennai Corporation200wards · 24 assembly seats
  2. Municipal Corporation · CoimbatoreCoimbatore100wards · 6 assembly seats
  3. Municipal Corporation · MaduraiMadurai100wards · 5 assembly seats
  4. Municipal Corporation · ChengalpattuTambaram71wards · 1 assembly seat
  5. Municipal Corporation · TiruchirappalliTiruchirappalli65wards · 4 assembly seats
  6. Municipal Corporation · ErodeErode60wards · 2 assembly seats
  7. Municipal Corporation · SalemSalem60wards · 2 assembly seats
  8. Municipal Corporation · ThoothukkudiThoothukudi60wards · 2 assembly seats
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650 of 650 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
A.Vellalapattiஅ.வெள்ளாளபட்டிTown PanchayatMadurai15Melur
Abiramamஅபிராமம்Town PanchayatRamanathapuram15Paramakudi
Achampudurஅச்சன்புதூர்Town PanchayatTenkasi15Kadayanallur
Acharapakkamஅச்சரபாக்கம்Town PanchayatChengalpattu15Madurantakam
Adikarattiஅதிகரட்டிTown PanchayatThe Nilgiris18Anaikattu
Adiramapattinamஅதிராமப்பட்டிணம்MunicipalityThanjavur27Pattukkottai
AduthuraiஆடுதுறைTown PanchayatThanjavur15Thiruvidaimarudur
Agaramஅகரம்Town PanchayatDindigul15Athoor
Agastheeswaramஅகஸ்தீஸ்வரம்Town PanchayatKanniyakumari15Kanniyakumari
Alampalayamஆலம்பாளையம்Town PanchayatNamakkal15Kumarapalayam
Alanganallurஅலங்காநல்லுhர்Town PanchayatMadurai15Sholavandan
Alangayamஆலங்காயம்Town PanchayatTirupathur15Vaniyambadi
Alangudiஆலங்குடிTown PanchayatPudukkottai15Alangudi
Alangulamஆலங்குளம்Town PanchayatTenkasi15Alangulam
Alanthuraiஆலந்துரைTown PanchayatCoimbatore15Thondamuthur
Alwarkurichiஆழ்வார்குறிச்சிTown PanchayatTenkasi15Alangulam
Alwarthirunagiriஆழ்வார்திருநகரிTown PanchayatThoothukkudi15Srivaikuntam
AmbasamudramMunicipalityTirunelveli21Ambasamudram
AmburMunicipalityTirupathur36Ambur
Ammainaickanurஅம்மைநாயக்கனூர்Town PanchayatDindigul18Nilakkottai
Ammapettaiஅம்மாபேட்டைTown PanchayatThanjavur15Papanasam
Ammapettaiஅம்மாப்பேட்டைTown PanchayatErode15Bhavani
Ammoorஅம்மூர்Town PanchayatRanipet15Ranipet
AnaimalaiஆனைமலைTown PanchayatCoimbatore18Valparai
Ananthapuramஅனந்தபுரம்Town PanchayatViluppuram15Gingee
Anjugrammamஅஞ்சுகிராமம்Town PanchayatKanniyakumari15Kanniyakumari
Annamalai Nagarஅண்ணாமலைநகர்Town PanchayatCuddalore15Chidambaram
Annavasalஅன்னவாசல்Town PanchayatPudukkottai15Viralimalai
Annurஅன்னூர்Town PanchayatCoimbatore15Avanashi
Anthiyurஅந்தியூர்Town PanchayatErode18Anthiyur
Appakudalஆப்பக்கூடல்Town PanchayatErode15Bhavani
Arachalurஅரச்சலூர்Town PanchayatErode15Modakkurichi
Arakandanallurஅரகண்டநல்லூர்Town PanchayatViluppuram12Tirukkoyilur
ArakkonamMunicipalityRanipet36Arakkonam
Aralvaimozhiஆரல்வாய்மொழிTown PanchayatKanniyakumari18Kanniyakumari
AraniMunicipalityTiruvannamalai33Arani
AraniஆரணிTown PanchayatThiruvallur15Ponneri
AranthangiMunicipalityPudukkottai27Aranthangi
ArasiramaniஅரசிராமணிTown PanchayatSalem15Sankari
Aravakurichiஅரவக்குறிச்சிTown PanchayatKarur15Aravakurichi
ArcotMunicipalityRanipet30Arcot
Arimalamஅரிமளம்Town PanchayatPudukkottai15Thirumayam
AriyalurMunicipalityAriyalur18Ariyalur
Ariyappampalayamஅரியப்பம்பாளையம்Town PanchayatErode15Bhavanisagar
ArumanaiஅருமனைTown PanchayatKanniyakumari15Vilavancode
Arumbavurஅரும்பாவூர்Town PanchayatPerambalur15Perambalur
ArumuganeriஆறுமுகனேரிTown PanchayatThoothukkudi18Tiruchendur
AruppukkottaiMunicipalityVirudhunagar36Aruppukkottai
Athaniஅத்தானிTown PanchayatErode15Anthiyur
Athanurஅத்தனூர்Town PanchayatNamakkal15Rasipuram
Athurஆத்தூர்Town PanchayatThoothukkudi15Tiruchendur
Athurஆத்தூர்Town PanchayatKanniyakumari15Padmanabhapuram
Attayampattiஆட்டையாம்பட்டிTown PanchayatSalem15Veerapandi
AtturMunicipalitySalem33Attur
Aundipattiஆண்டிப்பட்டிTown PanchayatTheni18Andipatti
AvadiMunicipal CorporationThiruvallur48Avadi
Avalpoonduraiஅவல்பூந்துரைTown PanchayatErode15Modakkurichi
AvinashiஅவிநாசிMunicipalityTiruppur18Not mapped
Ayakudiஆயக்குடிTown PanchayatDindigul18Palani
Aygudiஆய்க்குடிTown PanchayatTenkasi15Kadayanallur

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Tamil Nadu?

The Local Government Directory lists 650 urban local bodies in Tamil Nadu: 23 municipal corporations, 147 municipalities and 480 town panchayats. Together they have 12,729 wards on record (ward lists are available for 649 of the 650 bodies). That is the 2nd highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Tamil Nadu has the most wards?

Greater Chennai Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 200. It is followed by Coimbatore Municipal Corporation (100) and Madurai Municipal Corporation (100). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Tamil Nadu?

There are 23 municipal corporations, including Greater Chennai Corporation, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tambaram, Tiruchirappalli, Erode, Salem, Thoothukudi. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Tamil Nadu?

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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