List of municipal corporations in Kerala

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. Year of becoming a corporation 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.Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency redrawn Delimitation impact, The Hindu 5 February 2008

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Municipal Corporations + Municipal Corporations in Kerala No. City Year of formation Wards Population (2011) Density/km2 Area (km2) District Images 1 Thiruvananthapuram 1940 101 955,494 4,447 214.86 Thiruvananthapuram 2 Kozhikode 1962 76 609,214 5,149 118.312 Kozhikode 3 Kochi 1967 76 677,381 7,139 94.88 Ernakulam 4 Kollam 2000 56 388,288 5,316 73.03 Kollam 5 Thrissur 2000 56 315,596 3,111 101.42 Thrissur 6 Kannur 2015 56 232,486 2,967 78.35 Kannur

List of municipal corporations in Kerala

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