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List of Municipal Corporations [3] No City District Name Population (Revised) [a] Population [b] [4] Date of formation Number of zones Wards Area (km 2) 1 Chennai: Chennai district: Greater Chennai Corporation: 6,672,000 [5] 4,646,732: 29 September 1688 [5] 15 [6] 200 [7] 426.00 [8] 2 Madurai: Madurai district: Madurai Municipal Corporation ...
15 Zones of the Chennai Corporation after expansion The city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India, is managed by the Corporation of Chennai. Established as Madras Corporation in 1688, it is the oldest municipal body in India. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 200 councillors each of whom represents a ward. The current mayor of Chennai was elected on 4 March 2022. Prior to its expansion in ...
Corporation Name City District(s) Area (km 2) Population (2011) No. of Wards Year Established Last Election Ruling Party Website 1 Greater Chennai Corporation: Chennai: Chennai: 426 71,39,630 200 1688 2022 DMK: 2 Madurai Municipal Corporation: Madurai: Madurai: 147.97 16,38,252 100 1971 2022 DMK: 3 Coimbatore Municipal Corporation: Coimbatore ...
Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) [2] is a local government for the City of Chennai in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India.Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by King James II of England on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain.
It is presided by a district panchayat chairperson, who is indirectly elected by its ward members. There are 31 district panchayats in this state except for the district of Chennai as it is an urban district. [19] District collector is the ex-officio chairman of the District rural development agency.
Between 1960 and 1980, three additional districts were formed. In the late eighties, five more districts were bifurcated from existing districts. Ten more districts were formed in the nineties, taking the total count to 30. Three new districts were bifurcated in the 2000s. In 2019–20, five more districts were formed for a total of 38 districts.
The CMDA administers the Chennai Metropolitan Region, spread over an area of 5,904 km 2 (2,280 sq mi) and covers the districts of Chennai, Thiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Ranipet and Kancheepuram. [1] It was set up for the purposes of planning, co-ordination, supervising, promoting and securing the planned development of the Chennai Metropolitan ...
Tamil Nadu, the 11th largest state in India by area. As of 2020, the state has 38 districts, 21 municipal corporations and 138 municipalities. [1] [2] On 14 February 2019, the state government announced in the Assembly that Hosur and Nagercoil will be upgraded to municipal corporations.