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The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is divided into 38 districts. Districts are the major administrative divisions of a state and are further sub-divided into smaller taluks. During the British Raj, 12 districts of the erstwhile Madras Presidency had their boundaries within the present-day Tamil Nadu.
The Tamil Nadu District Development Council Act, 1958; The Tamil Nadu District Development Councils and Panchayats (Extension to Added Territory Act, 1961; The Tamil Nadu District Limits Act, 1865; The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Extension to the Transferred Territory) Act, 1959; The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920; The ...
From then, there came many legislation to ensure effective system of Local governance in Tamil Nadu. Notable legislative orders to Local Bodies by the centre-state governments include: Article 40 of Indian Constitution; Madras Village Panchayat Act, 1950; Tamil Nadu District Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 1950; Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1958
Municipal corporations cater to larger urban areas, municipalities serve smaller urban areas, and town panchayats cater to areas that are under transition from rural to urban. [2] As of 2024, there are 25 municipal corporations, 138 municipalities and 490 town panchayats in Tamil Nadu.
The local administration under the department consists of 15 municipal corporations, 121 municipalities and 528 town panchayats. [2] [3] Greater Chennai Corporation, established in 1688, is the second oldest in the world and Tamil Nadu was the first state to establish town panchayats as a new administrative unit.
Sivaganga district: Karaikudi Municipal Corporation: 303,291 [69] 106,784: 15 March 2024 [70] NA NA NA 23 Namakkal: Namakkal district: Namakkal Municipal Corporation: 119,491: 119,491: NA NA NA 24 Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai district: Pudukottai Municipal Corporation: 216,000 [71] 117,630: NA NA NA [71] 25 Tiruvannamalai: Tiruvannamalai district ...
Under the Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India, local governments of cities with a population of 1 lakh (100,000) and above are known as Municipal Corporations. This is a list of Municipal Corporation under State/Union Territory based on the 2011 Census of India .
Developmental administration of Tamil Nadu is carried out by Panchayat Unions or blocks in rural areas of Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. These panchayat unions have a set of panchayat villages under them. In urban areas, the governance is done by municipal corporations, municipalities or town panchayats based on the size of the town. [1]