List of municipalities in Andhra Pradesh

This article is about list of municipalities in Andhra Pradesh state of India. The statistical data is based on 2011 Census of India, conducted by The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Statistics

The state of Andhra Pradesh has a total of 71 municipalities. These municipalities include, 4 selection grade, 7 special grade, 12 first grade, 25 second grade and 23 third grade municipalities.[1] Guntur district has the most number of municipalities with 12 and Visakhapatnam district has the least with 2. Former municipalities of Anakapalle and Bheemunipatnam of Visakhapatnam district were merged into Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation.[2] Machilipatnam, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram were upgraded as municipal corporations on 9 December 2015.[3] But, Machilipatnam and Vizianagaram continues to be as municipality till the expiry of its present elected council.[4][5]

List of municipalities

District Municipalities[1][6] Total Ref
Anantapur Dharmavaram, Gooty, Guntakal, Hindupur, Kadiri, Kalyandurg,
Rayadurg, Tadpatri,		 8
Chittoor Madanapalle, Nagari, Palamaner, Punganur, Puttur, Srikalahasti 6
East Godavari Amalapuram, Mandapeta, Peddapuram, Pithapuram,
Ramachandrapuram, Samalkot, Tuni		 7
Guntur Bapatla, Chilakaluripet, Macherla, Mangalagiri, Narasaraopet
Piduguralla, Ponnur, Repalle, Sattenapalle, Tadepalle, Tenali,
Vinukonda		 12
Kadapa Badvel, Mydukur, Proddatur, Pulivendula,
Rayachoti		 5
Krishna Gudivada, Jaggaiahpet, Machilipatnam, Nuzvid, Pedana 5 [7]
Kurnool Adoni, Nandikotkur, Nandyal, Yemmiganur 4
Nellore Gudur, Kavali, Sullurpeta, Venkatagiri, Atmakur 5 [8]
Prakasam Chirala, Kandukur, Markapur 3
Srikakulam Amudalavalasa, Ichchapuram, Palasa-Kasibugga 3 [9]
West Godavari Bhimavaram, Kovvur, Narasapuram, Nidadavole, Palakollu, Tadepalligudem, Tanuku 7
Visakhapatnam Narsipatnam, Yelamanchili 2
Vizianagaram Bobbili, Parvathipuram, Salur, Vizianagaram 4
No. of Municipalities 71

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Two municipalities merged in GVMC". Visakhapatnam: Deccan Chronicle. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Masula, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram upgraded into corporations". The Hindu. Vijayawada. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Masula to remain a municipality". Hyderabad. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Vizianagaram, Masula to continue as municipalities". Hyderabad. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Municipal Websites". Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Administrative Setup". Krishna District Official Website. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Geographic Information". The official website of Nellore District. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "District Profile : Demographic Details". Official webasite of Srikakulam District. National Informatics Centre – Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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