LOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

MAHARASHTRA MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS & COUNCILS

Maharashtra is the third most urbanized state in India with 42.23% of its population living in urban areas, compared with the national average of 31.16%. The urban population grew by 23.7% in the 2001–11 period to 50.8 million and now has the highest number of people living in urban areas. Maharashtra has 255 Statutory Towns and 279 Census Towns.

 

Municipal Acts

There are three municipal acts in effect in Maharashtra;

Name of Act	Area of Effect
Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965	All Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats, and Industrial Townships in Maharashtra
Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act	All Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra, except Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

 

Section 3 of Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, and Sections 3,4, and 341A of Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 create the following categories of urban areas based on their population.

 

Types of Urban Areas according to the Municipal Acts in Maharashtra
Type		Population Criteria	Type of Local Body
Larger Urban Area		Population more than 300,000	Municipal Corporation
Smaller Urban Area	Type A	Population more than 100,000	Municipal Council
	Type B	Population of more than 40,000 but not more than 100,000
	Type C	Population of 40,000 or less but more than 25,000
Transitional Area		10,000 to 25,000	Nagar Panchayat

 

Further, depending on the population size, the Acts prescribes the minimum and maximum number of councilors / wards allowed within each type of local government.

Minimum and Maximum number of Councilors Allowed in Municipalities in Maharashtra
Population Range	Minimum	Incremental Number	Maximum
Municipal Corporations
Above 2.4 million	145	For every additional population of 100,000, one additional councilor	221
1.2 million – 2.4 million	115	For every additional population of 40,000 above 1.2 million, one additional councilor	145
600,000 – 1.2 million	85	For every additional population of 20,000 above 600,000, one additional councilor	115
300,000 – 600,000	65	For every additional population of 15,000 above 300,000, one additional councilor	85
Municipal Council
Class 'A' Municipal Council	38	For every 8,000 of the population above 100,000, there shall be one additional elected Councilor	65
Class 'B' Municipal Council	23	For every 5,000 of the population above 40,000 there shall be one additional elected Councilor	37
Class 'C' Municipal Council	17	For every 3,000 of the population above 25,000 there shall be one additional elected Councilor	23
Nagar Panchayat
Nagar Panchayat	126	-	126

 

 

Municipal Corporations

There are 27 Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra, as follows:

Rank	Name	City	District	Established	Grade	Population (2011)
1	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation	Mumbai	Mumbai City District, Mumbai Suburban District	1888	A+	11,914,398
2	Pune Municipal Corporation	Pune	Pune	1950	A	3,115,431
3	Nagpur Municipal Corporation	Nagpur	Nagpur	1951	A	2,405,421
4	Thane Municipal Corporation	Thane	Thane	1982	B	1,818,872
5	Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation	Pune	Pune	1982	A	1,729,359
6	Nashik Municipal Corporation	Nashik	Nashik	1982	B	1,486,973
7	Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation	Kalyan-Dombivli	Thane	1982	C	1,246,381
8	Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation	Vasai-Virar	Palghar	2009	C	1,221,233
9	Aurangabad Municipal Corporation	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	1982	C	1,171,330
10	Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation	Navi Mumbai	Thane	1992	C	1,119,477
11	Solapur Municipal Corporation	Solapur	Solapur	1964	D	951,118
12	Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation	Mira-Bhayandar	Thane	2002	D	814,655
13	Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation	Bhiwandi-Nizampur	Thane	2002	D	711,329
14	Amravati Municipal Corporation	Amravati	Amravati	1983	D	646,801
15	Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation	Nanded-Waghala	Nanded	1997	D	550,564
16	Kolhapur Municipal Corporation	Kolhapur	Kolhapur	1972	D	549,283
17	Akola Municipal Corporation	Akola	Akola	2001	D	537,489
18	Panvel Municipal Corporation	Panvel	Raigad	2016	D	509,901
19	Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation	Ulhasnagar	Thane	1998	D	506,937
20	Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation	Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad	Sangli	1998	D	502,697
21	Malegaon Municipal Corporation	Malegaon	Nashik	2003	D	471,006
22	Jalgaon Municipal Corporation	Jalgaon	Jalgaon	2003	D	460,468
23	Latur Municipal Corporation	Latur	Latur	2011	D	382,754
24	Dhule Municipal Corporation	Dhule	Dhule	2003	D	376,093
25	Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation	Ahmednagar	Ahmednagar	2003	D	350,905
26	Chandrapur Municipal Corporation	Chandrapur	Chandrapur	2011	D	321,036
27	Parbhani Municipal Corporation	Parbhani	Parbhani	2011	D	307,191

 

 

Municipal councils

There are 226 municipalities in Maharashtra. Some Municipal Councils are:

Name	City	District	Established	Grade	Population (2011)
Sailu Municipal Council	Sailu	Parbhani	1951	B	46,915
Gondia Municipal Council	Gondia	Gondia District		A
Tirora Municipal Council	Tirora	Gondia District	1957	C	27,515
Katol Municipal Council	Katol	Nagpur District		A
Kopergaon Municipal Council	Kopergaon	Ahmednagar District		B
Chikhi Municipal Council	Chikhli	Buldhana District		B
Rahata Municipal Council	Rahata	Ahmednagar District	1987	B
Karjat Municipal Council	Karjat	Raigad district	1992	C	29,663