Administration of Malappuram district

The Malappuram district has four types of administrative hierarchies: Taluk and Village administration managed by the Revenue Department of the government of Kerala Panchayath administration managed by the rural local bodies such as gram panchayats, block panchayats and district panchayat. Municipal administration managed by the urban local bodies such as Municipalities. Parliament Electoral Constituencies for the federal government of India Assembly Electoral Constituencies for the provincial government of Kerala

Civic administration

Being the headquarters city, Malappuram comprises the Civil Station area which consists of administrative and other Government offices of the district such as District Collectorate, District Treasury, RTO, PWD Division Office, District Panchayat, Town planning Office, Text depot, District Medical office, etc. to name a few. The city is administered by the Malappuram Municipality, headed by a Municipal Chairman. For administrative purposes, the city is divided into 40 wards, from which the members of the municipal council are elected for five years. The Chairman of Malappuram Municipality is Sri mujeeb Kaderi (IUML) and the Deputy Chairperson is Sri. Konnola fousiya (INC). The present Malappuram District Collector is K. Gopalakrishnan.

ISO Certification Malappuram is the first municipal body in India to win an ISO 9001-2008 certification for quality management. It has been on a track of fast reforms for the past couple of years and has achieved the distinction of having zero pendency of files.

Law and order City police is headed by a DySP (Deputy Superintendent of police) of Malappuram. And Office of Superintendent of Police is also at Malappuram. Apart from regular law and order, city police comprise the Malappuram Traffic Police, Bomb Squad, Dog Squad, Women's Cell, Narcotics Cell, Malabar Special Police, Armed Police Camp, District Crime Records Bureau.Malappuram Police

Proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation

There is a demand to upgrade Malappuram Municipality to a Municipal Corporation by incorporating the local bodies in the Greater Malappuram region. The proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation comprises: Malappuram Municipality Manjeri Municipality Kottakkal Municipality Anakkayam Outgrowth. Trikkalangode, a suburb village of Manjeri Koottilangadi, a suburb village of Malappuram Pookkottur, a suburb village of Malappuram Kodur, a suburb village of Malappuram Ponmala, a suburb village of Malappuram Othukkungal, an outgrowth of Malappuram Makkaraparamba

Political Divisions The federal, provincial and local administration of Malappuram district has a complex structure.

Political divisions include 3 Lok Sabha constituencies for the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) and 16 legislative assembly constituencies for the Kerala Legislative Assembly in the district. Each represented by a Member of Parliament (MP) and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) respectively.

Parliament constituencies (Lok Sabha)

Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency (Consists minor portion of Palakkad district; Thrithala) Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency (Minor portion: Eranad, Nilambur, Wandoor LACs)

Legislative Assembly constituencies

Sl.no Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None) Local segments Member of the 15th Niyamasabha Party Alliance 33 Kondotty None T. V. IbrahimIUML 34 Eranad None P. K. BasheerIUML 35 Nilambur None Aryadan ShoukathIndependent 36 Wandoor SC A. P. Anil KumarINC 37 Manjeri None U. A. LatheefIUML 38 Perinthalmanna None Najeeb KanthapuramIUML 39 Mankada None Manjalamkuzhi AliIUML 40 Malappuram None P. UbaidullaIUML 41 Vengara None P. K. KunhalikuttyIUML 42 Vallikunnu None P. Abdul HameedIUML 43 Tirurangadi None K. P. A. MajeedIUML 44 Tanur None V. AbdurahimanINL 45 Tirur None Kurukkoli MoideenIUML 46 Kottakkal None K. K. Abid Hussain ThangalIUML 47 Thavanur None K. T. JaleelIndependent 48 Ponnani None P. NandakumarCPI(M)

Parliament constituencies Parliamentary constituency Assembly constituencies MP Political party Malappuram Malappuram, Manjeri, Mankada, Perinthalmanna, Vallikunnu, Kondotty and Vengara. MP Abdussamad Samadani IUML Ponnani (Major portion) Tirurangadi, Tirur, Tanur, Ponnani, Kottakkal and Thavanur. ET Mohammed Basheer IUML Wayanad (Minor portion) Eranad, Wandoor and Nilambur. Priyanka Gandhi INC

Administrative sub-divisions The district consists of two revenue divisions (Tirur and Perintalmanna), seven subdistricts, 135 villages, 15 blocks, twelve municipalities and 100 panchayats.

Revenue administration The Collectrate, headed by the District Collector, coordinates and administers revenue administration, headquartered in Malappuram. For the ease of revenue administration, there are 7 subdistricts in the district, which are again divided into 138 revenue villages. These 7 subdistricts are combined in 2 revenue divisions namely Tirur and Perinthalmanna. Revenue divisional offices (RDOs) are situated in Tirur and Perinthalmanna, respectively, and are headed by Revenue Divisional Officers (RDOs)/Sub-Collectors.

SubdistrictArea(in km2)Population(2011)Villages Ponnani 200 379,798 11 Tirur 448 928,672 30 Tirurangadi 290* 631,906* 17 Kondotty 254* 410,577* 12 Eranad 491* 581,512* 23 Perinthalmanna 506 606,396 24 Nilambur 1,343 574,059 21 Sources: 2011 Census of India, Official website of Malappuram district

Ponnani, Tirur, Tirurangadi, and Kondotty are included in the Tirur revenue division, whereas the remaining Taluks together form Perinthalmanna revenue division.

List of revenue villages in Malappuram district List of desoms in Malappuram district

Rural administration

For the ease of rural administration, the rural district is divided into 94 Gram Panchayats which together form 15 blocks. These 15 block panchayats combine to form the Malappuram district Panchayat, which is the apex body of rural governance in the district. The 94 Gram Panchayats are again divided into 1,778 wards. However, Census towns (small towns with urban features) also come under the jurisdiction of Gram Panchayats.

List of gram panchayats in Malappuram district

Urban administration For the ease of urban administration, 12 municipalities are there in the district.

Municipality Wards Population(2011) Chairperson Political Party Pre-pollAlliance 1 Manjeri 50 97,102 V. M. Subaida IUML 2 Ponnani 51 90,491 Sivadasan Attupurath CPI(M) 3 Parappanangadi 45 71,239 A. Usman IUML 4 Tanur 44 69,534 P. P. Shamsudheen IUML 5 Malappuram 40 68,088 Mujeeb Kaderi IUML 6 Kondotty 40 59,256 Fathimath Suhrabi. C. T IUML 7 Tirurangadi 39 56,632 K. P. Muhammad Kutty IUML 8 Tirur 38 56,058 Naseema IUML 9 Perinthalmanna 34 49,723 P. Shaji CPI(M) 10 Kottakkal 32 48,342 Bushra Shabeer IUML 11 Nilambur 33 46,342 Mattummal Saleem CPI(M) 12 Valanchery 33 44,437 Ashraf Ambalathingal IUML

Administration of Malappuram district

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