List of municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu

Municipal corporations of Tamil Nadu are the local governing bodies of the cities in Tamil Nadu. As of 2024, there are 25 municipal corporations in the state. Chennai Corporation is the oldest corporation in India and is the second oldest in the world after London.[1]

List of municipal corporations

Note: Sorted by date of formation followed by alphabetical order

List of Municipal Corporations[2]
NoCityDistrictNamePopulation
(Revised)[a]
Population
(2011)[b][3]
Date of formationNumber of zonesWardsArea (km2)
1ChennaiChennai districtGreater Chennai Corporation6,748,026[4]4,646,73229 September 168823200426
2MaduraiMadurai districtMadurai Municipal Corporation1,470,755[5]1,573,61601 May 19715100147.997
3CoimbatoreCoimbatore districtCoimbatore Municipal Corporation1,601,438[6]1,050,72101 July 19815100246.75
4SalemSalem districtSalem Municipal Corporation831,038[7]829,26701 June 199446091.34
5TiruchirappalliTiruchirappalli districtTiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation916,674[8]847,38701 June 1994565167
6TirunelveliTirunelveli districtTirunelveli Municipal Corporation474,838[9]473,63701 June 1994555189.9
7TiruppurTiruppur districtTiruppur Municipal Corporation877,778[10]444,35231 December 2007460160
8ErodeErode districtErode Municipal Corporation498,129[11]157,10101 January 2008460109.52
9VelloreVellore districtVellore Municipal Corporation504,079[12]185,80301 August 200846087.915
10ThoothukudiThoothukudi districtThoothukudi Municipal Corporation237,83001 February 200846076.1
11DindigulDindigul districtDindigul Municipal Corporation207,32719 February 201444814.01
12ThanjavurThanjavur districtThanjavur Municipal Corporation222,94319 February 2014451128.02
13HosurKrishnagiri districtHosur Municipal Corporation116,82114 February 201944575.4
14NagercoilKanyakumari districtNagercoil Municipal Corporation224,84914 February 201945257
15AvadiThiruvallur districtAvadi Municipal Corporation344,90119 June 201944865
16CuddaloreCuddalore districtCuddalore Municipal corporation173,63621 October 202144567.69
17KanchipuramKanchipuram districtKanchipuram Municipal Corporation164,38421 October 202145136.14
18KarurKarur districtKarur Municipal corporation70,98021 October 202144853.26
19SivakasiVirudhunagar districtSivakasi Municipal corporation71,04021 October 202144821
20TambaramChengalpattu districtTambaram Municipal Corporation174,7873 November 202157087.64
21KumbakonamThanjavur districtKumbakonam Municipal Corporation140,15620 December 2021NA4843
22KaraikudiSivaganga districtKaraikudi Municipal Corporation234,523[13]106,78415 March 2024NANANA
23NamakkalNamakkal districtNamakkal Municipal Corporation119,49115 March 2024NANANA
24PudukkottaiPudukkottai districtPudukottai Municipal Corporation117,63015 March 2024NANANA
25TiruvannamalaiTiruvannamalai districtTiruvannamalai Municipal Corporation145,27815 March 2024NANANA

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