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List of municipal corporations in Kerala

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Kerala state is divided into 6 municipal corporations and 87 municipalities for urban governence. Compared to municipalities, municipal corporations have greater administrative authority and financial powers.

At the state government level, the Local Self Government Department (LSGD) is responsible for policy formulation and administration. The Department of Urban Affairs, functioning under the LSGD, oversees the administration of Municipal Corporations in Kerala. The Department of Urban Affairs with the Director (Urban) as the head functions as the controlling authority of entire Urban Local Bodies in their working. { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "properties": { "fill": "#32CD32", "stroke": "#0000ff", "stroke-width": 2 }, "query": "\nSELECT ?id ?idLabel (concat('', ?idLabel, '') as ?title) WHERE\n{\n?id wdt:P31 wd:Q6936225. # is a district\n?id wdt:P361 wd:Q17069989.\nSERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language 'en'.\n?id rdfs:label ?idLabel .\n}\n}"}

History

The urban councils of Kerala date back to the 17th century when the Dutch Malabar established the municipality of Fort Kochi. In 1664, the municipality of Fort Kochi was established by Dutch Malabar, making it the first municipality in Indian subcontinent, which got dissolved when the Dutch authority got weaker in 18th century. However, the first modern kind of municipalities were formed in the state in 1866 in Malabar District. In 1866, Fort Kochi municipality was reestablished. Kannur, Thalassery, Kozhikode, Palakkad, and Fort Kochi, which were parts of Malabar District until 1956, were made the first modern municipalities of Kerala on 1 November 1866, according to the Madras Act 10 of 1865 (Amendment of the Improvements in Towns act 1850) of the British Indian Empire. The Thiruvananthapuram Municipality came into existence in 1920. After two decades, during the reign of Sree Chithira Thirunal, Thiruvananthapuram Municipality was converted into Corporation on 30 October 1940, making it the oldest Municipal Corporation of Kerala. The first Municipal Corporation formed after the independence of India as well as the second-oldest Municipal Corporation of the state is Kozhikode Municipal Corporation established in the year 1962.

Functions

Municipal Corporations

No.	City	Year of formation	Wards{{cite web	Population (2011){{cite web	Density/km2	Area (km2)	District	Images
title=Final notification on ward delimitation for urban local bodies	url=https://delimitation.lsgkerala.gov.in/	publisher=Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala	access-date=26 December 2025}}	title=Census of India 2011 – Kerala Urban Local Bodies	url=https://censusindia.gov.in/	publisher=Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India	access-date=26 December 2025}}
Thiruvananthapuram	1940	101	955,494	4,447	214.86	Thiruvananthapuram	[[File:Trivandrum Pattam skykline.jpg	200px]]
Kozhikode	1962	76	609,214	5,149	118.312	Kozhikode	[[File:HiLITE City - Mixed Use Development Project in Calicut.jpg	200px]]
Kochi	1967	76	677,381	7,139	94.88	Ernakulam	[[File:Kochi International Marina, Bolgatty Island, Kerala, India.jpg	200px]]
Kollam	2000	56	388,288	5,316	73.03	Kollam	[[File:RP Mall, Kollam.jpg	200px]]
Thrissur	2000	56	315,596	3,111	101.42	Thrissur	[[File:Thrissur_city_in_business.jpg	200px]]
Kannur	2015	56	232,486	2,967	78.35	Kannur	[[File:Kannur Skyline 3.jpg	200px]]

References

Sources

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"Local Bodies in Kerala – 2015". Local Self Government Department, Kerala.
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M K Sunil Kumar. (26 September 2017). "50 years on, Kochi still has a long way to go". The Times of India.
"Chronological List of Central Acts (Updated up to 17-10-2014)".
(1883). "Imperial Census of 1881 Operations and Results in the Presidency of Madras". E.Keys at the Government Press.
(1915). "Madras District Gazetteers, Statistical Appendix For Malabar District". The Superintendent, Government Press.
(1908–1909). "Imperial Gazetteer of India". Clarendon Press.
"Thiruvananthapuram".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080209134539/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/05/stories/2008020561140500.htm Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency redrawn Delimitation impact], ''The Hindu'' 5 February 2008

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