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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 Tamil Nadu District Police Act, 1859; The Tamil Nadu Dr ...
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.
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
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 ...
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.
A municipal corporation is a type of local government in India which administers an urban area having a population of one million or more. The growing population and urbanization of various Indian cities highlighted the need for a type of local governing body that could provide services such as healthcare, education, housing and transport by collecting property taxes and administering grants ...
The CMDA was constituted as an ad hoc body in 1972 under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act 1971. It was formed as the nodal Town planning authority for the city of Madras (now Chennai) and its suburbs and became a statutory body in 1974. [2]
As early as December 1923, the municipality had passed a resolution prohibiting the sale of liquor and intoxicants in Madurai city. [3] Madurai was upgraded to a municipal corporation on 1 May 1971 [4] as per the Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971. [5] It is the second oldest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu, after Chennai. [4]