Administration of Malappuram district

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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.{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=New Malappuram Collector takes charge |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=311948&u=thiruvananthapuram-collector-k-gopalakrishnan-transferred-to-malappuram|access-date=1 July 2020|work=Keralakoumudi |date=27 May 2020 |language=en-IN}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/firstinindia-iso-tag-for-malappuram/article5720209.ece|title=First-in-India ISO tag for Malappuram|author=Staff Reporter|work=The Hindu|date=24 February 2014|access-date=28 July 2015}}

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.[https://malappuram.keralapolice.gov.in/wings/police-stations/malappuram-vanitha-ps Malappuram Police]{{Cite web |url=http://www.malappurampolice.gov.in/mlpol/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 August 2020 |archive-date=13 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813075828/http://www.malappurampolice.gov.in/mlpol/ |url-status=dead }}

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There is a demand to upgrade Malappuram Municipality to a Municipal Corporation by incorporating the local bodies in the Greater Malappuram region.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/A-Planned-City-on-cards/articleshow/35179378.cms |website= timesofindia.indiatimes.com |title= Proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation |date= 16 May 2014 |access-date= 29 June 2020}}

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

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.

• 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)

There are 16 legislative assembly constituencies in the district.

• Eranad assembly constituency
• Kondotty
• Kottakkal Assembly Constituency

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

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.

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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

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For the ease of rural administration, the rural district is divided into 94 Gram Panchayats which together form 15 blocks.{{cite web|url=https://malappuram.nic.in/panchayats/|title=Rural administration in Malappuram district|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Official website of Malappuram district}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://lsgkerala.gov.in/en/lbelection/electlbrpt/5/10/2015|title=Gram Panchayats and wards in Malappuram|access-date=2020-08-03|website=Local self government department, Government of Kerala}} However, Census towns (small towns with urban features) also come under the jurisdiction of Gram Panchayats.

• List of gram panchayats in Malappuram district

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

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• Education in Malappuram
• History of Malappuram
• List of desoms in Malappuram (1981)
• List of Gram Panchayats in Malappuram
• List of people from Malappuram
• List of villages in Malappuram
• Transportation in Malappuram
• Malappuram metropolitan area
• Malappuram district
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