List of municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu

Municipal Corporations are the local governing bodies of the urban areas in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A municipal corporation carries out its functions through well organized divisions or departments. The 74th Amendment to the Constitution of India defined the formations of urban local governments and their activities.^[1]

The Greater Chennai Corporation, which was established on 29 September 1688 as the Corporation of Madras, is the oldest municipal corporation in India and the second oldest in the world after London.^[2] It is the largest city corporation of Tamil Nadu, both in area and population. Madurai Municipal Corporation was established in 1971 and Coimbatore Municipal Corporation in 1981. Three more were established in 1994 and the count remained at six till 2007. Since then 19 more urban bodies have been upgraded as municipal corporations. As of 2024, there are 25 municipal corporations in the state.

Main article: List of municipalities in Tamil Nadu

Main article: List of nagar panchayats in Tamil Nadu

List of municipal corporations

Note: Sorted by date of formation followed by alphabetical order

List of Municipal Corporations^[3]

No	City	District	Name	Population (Revised)[a]	Population (2011)[b][4]	Date of formation	Grade	Number of zones	Wards	Area (km2)
1	Chennai	Chennai district	Greater Chennai Corporation	6,672,000[5]	4,646,732	29 September 1688[5]	A+	15[6]	200[7]	426.00[8]
2	Madurai	Madurai district	Madurai Municipal Corporation	1,470,755[9]	1,573,616	1 May 1971[10]	A	5[11]	100[11]	147.99[11]
3	Coimbatore	Coimbatore district	Coimbatore Municipal Corporation	1,601,438[12]	1,050,721	1 July 1981[13]	A	5[14]	100[14]	257.04[14]
4	Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli district	Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation	916,674[15]	847,387	1 June 1994[16]	B+	4[17]	65[17]	167.20[18]
5	Salem	Salem district	Salem Municipal Corporation	831,038[19]	829,267	1 June 1994[20]	B+	4[21]	60[22]	91.34[21]
6	Tirunelveli	Tirunelveli district	Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation	474,838[23]	473,637	1 June 1994[24]	B	4[25]	55[25]	108.65[25]
7	Vellore	Vellore district	Vellore Municipal Corporation	781,966[26]	185,803	1 August 2008[27][28]	B	4[29]	60[29]	153.14[29]
8	Tiruppur	Tiruppur district	Tiruppur Municipal Corporation	877,778[30]	444,352	1 January 2008[31]	A	4[32]	60[32]	159.35[32]
9	Erode	Erode district	Erode Municipal Corporation	498,129[33]	157,101	1 January 2008[34]	B	4[35]	60[35]	109.52[35]
10	Thoothukudi	Thoothukudi district	Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation	372,408[36]	237,830	5 August 2008[37][38]	B	4[36]	60[36]	90.66[36]
11	Dindigul	Dindigul district	Dindigul Municipal Corporation	207,327[39]	207,327	19 February 2014[40][41]	C	NA	48[39]	14.01[42]
12	Thanjavur	Thanjavur district	Thanjavur Municipal Corporation	251,655[43]	222,943	19 February 2014[44][45]	C+	NA	51[43]	128.02[43]
13	Nagercoil	Kanyakumari district	Nagercoil Municipal Corporation	236,774[46]	224,849	20 February 2019[47][48]	C+	4	52[46]	80.73[46]
14	Hosur	Krishnagiri district	Hosur Municipal Corporation	245,354[49]	116,821	20 February 2019[50][49]	C+	NA	45[49]	72.41[49]
15	Avadi	Thiruvallur district	Avadi Municipal Corporation	344,701[51]	344,701	17 June 2019[52]	B	NA	48[51]	65.00[51]
16	Kumbakonam	Thanjavur district	Kumbakonam Municipal Corporation	222,524[53]	140,113	24 August 2021[54]	C	NA	48[55]	64.02[56]
17	Cuddalore	Cuddalore district	Cuddalore Municipal corporation	173,639[57]	173,639	21 October 2021[58]	C	NA	45[57]	27.69[57]
18	Kancheepuram	Kancheepuram district	Kancheepuram Municipal Corporation	232,816[59]	164,384	21 October 2021[60]	C	NA	51[61]	36.14[59]
19	Karur	Karur district	Karur Municipal corporation	145,278[62]	70,980	21 October 2021[63]	C	NA	48[62]	53.26[62]
20	Sivakasi	Virudhunagar district	Sivakasi Municipal corporation	126,402[64]	71,040	21 October 2021[65]	C	NA	48[66]	19.89[66]
21	Tambaram	Chengalpattu district	Tambaram Municipal Corporation	723,017[67]	174,787	21 October 2021[68]	B+	5[67]	70[67]	87.64[67]
22	Karaikudi	Sivaganga district	Karaikudi Municipal Corporation	303,291[69]	106,784	15 March 2024[70]	C	NA	NA	NA
23	Namakkal	Namakkal district	Namakkal Municipal Corporation	119,491	119,491		C	NA	NA	NA
24	Pudukkottai	Pudukkottai district	Pudukottai Municipal Corporation	216,000[71]	117,630		C	NA	NA	NA[71]
25	Tiruvannamalai	Tiruvannamalai district	Tiruvannamalai Municipal Corporation	145,278	145,278		C	NA	NA	NA

See also

• List of urban local bodies in Tamil Nadu
• List of metropolitan areas in Tamil Nadu
• List of most populous metropolitan areas in India
• List of most populous cities in India

Notes

1. For corporations which were expanded or newly formed by combining multiple existent administrative units, the figures correspond to the revised estimates based on the 2011 census (wherever data is available). For corporations with no change in limits, the population is quoted as such as per the census.
2. The figures correspond to the limits of the local bodies as existent during the 2011 census