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.
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. 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 2026, there are 25 municipal corporations in the state.
List of municipal corporations Note: Sorted by date of formation followed by alphabetical order +List of municipal corporationsNoCityDistrictNamePopulation (revised)Population (2011) Date of formationNumber of zonesWardsArea (km2) 1 Chennai Chennai district Greater Chennai Corporation 29 September 1688 15 200 426.00 2 Madurai Madurai district Madurai Municipal Corporation 1 May 1971 5 100 147.99 3 Coimbatore Coimbatore district Coimbatore Municipal Corporation 1 July 1981 5 100 456.0 4 Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli district Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation 1 June 1994 4 65 167.20 5 Salem Salem district Salem Municipal Corporation 1 June 1994 4 60 91.34 6 Tirunelveli Tirunelveli district Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation 1 June 1994 4 55 108.65 7 Vellore Vellore district Vellore Municipal Corporation 1 August 2008 4 60 153.14 8 Tiruppur Tiruppur district Tiruppur Municipal Corporation 1 January 2008 4 60 159.35 9 Erode Erode district Erode Municipal Corporation 1 January 2008 4 60 109.52 10 Thoothukudi Thoothukudi district Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation 5 August 2008 4 60 90.66 11 Dindigul Dindigul district Dindigul Municipal Corporation 19 February 2014 NA 48 14.01 12 Thanjavur Thanjavur district Thanjavur Municipal Corporation 19 February 2014 NA 51 128.02 13 Nagercoil Kanyakumari district Nagercoil Municipal Corporation 20 February 2019 NA 52 80.73 14 Hosur Krishnagiri district Hosur Municipal Corporation NA 45 72.41 15 Avadi Thiruvallur district Avadi Municipal Corporation 17 June 2019 NA 48 65.00 16 Kumbakonam Thanjavur district Kumbakonam Municipal Corporation 24 August 2021 NA 48 64.02 17 Cuddalore Cuddalore district Cuddalore Municipal corporation 21 October 2021 NA 45 27.69 18 Kancheepuram Kancheepuram district Kancheepuram Municipal Corporation NA 51 36.14 19 Karur Karur district Karur Municipal corporation NA 48 53.26 20 Sivakasi Virudhunagar district Sivakasi Municipal corporation NA 48 19.89 21 Tambaram Chengalpattu district Tambaram Municipal Corporation 5 70 87.64 22 Karaikudi Sivaganga district Karaikudi Municipal Corporation 15 March 2024 NA 48 85.68 23 Namakkal Namakkal district Namakkal Municipal Corporation NA 48 55.24 24 Pudukkottai Pudukkottai district Pudukottai Municipal Corporation NA 48 121.00 25 Tiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai district Tiruvannamalai Municipal Corporation NA 48 102.99
See also List of municipalities in Tamil Nadu List of nagar panchayats in Tamil Nadu 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
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