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List of urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh

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This article lists all the urban local bodies in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, including municipal corporations, municipalities and Nagar panchayats. According to the Directorate of Town and Country Planning under the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the state comprises 123 urban local bodies across its 26 districts. These include 17 municipal corporations, 77 municipalities, and 29 Nagar panchayats.{{cite news |last1=Vadlapatla |first1=Sribala |date=11 August 2015 |title=Amaravati among 32 AP cities selected for Amruth development |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Amaravati-among-32-AP-cities-selected-for-Amruth-development/articleshow/48431080.cms |access-date=18 December 2015 |work=The Times of India |location=Hyderabad}}{{cite web |title=Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs |url=http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ulbs/List%20of%20ULBs-27-2-2019.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717151418/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ulbs/List%20of%20ULBs-27-2-2019.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2019 |access-date=23 June 2016 |website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |format=PDF}}{{Cite web |title=Andhra government notifies five new nagar panchayats, rejigs 13 civic bodies |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2021/jan/06/andhra-governmentnotifies-five-new-nagar-panchayatsrejigs-13-civic-bodies-2246162.html |access-date=2021-01-07 |website=The New Indian Express}}

Based on available data, Bheemunipatnam is the oldest municipality in Andhra Pradesh and the second oldest in India, after Chennapatnam (modern-day Chennai). Currently, Bheemunipatnam is part of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). In the Rayalaseema region, Adoni, located in the Kurnool district, holds the distinction of being the oldest municipality, followed by Kurnool.

The hierarchy of Urban Local Bodies

  1. Urban Development Authority
  2. Municipal Corporation
  3. Municipality
  4. * Selection Grade Municipality
  5. * Grade - 1 Municipality
  6. * Grade - 2 Municipality
  7. * Grade - 3 Municipality
  8. Nagar Panchayat

Municipal corporations

File:Municipal Corporations in Andhra Pradesh.png

The state of Andhra Pradesh comprises 18 municipal corporations across its 26 districts. The Guntur district has two municipal corporations whereas all other districts have one each.{{cite web |title=Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs |url=http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ulbs/List%20of%20ULBs-27-2-2019.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717151418/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ulbs/List%20of%20ULBs-27-2-2019.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2019 |access-date=23 June 2016 |website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |format=PDF}} Of the 17 corporations, 16 serve as district headquarters; the exception is the Mangalagiri-Tadepalli corporation.{{cite news|title=Municipal Corporation Status for All District HQs in AP|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Municipal-Corporation-Status-for-All-District-HQs-in-AP/2015/02/17/article2672622.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616233830/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Municipal-Corporation-Status-for-All-District-HQs-in-AP/2015/02/17/article2672622.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2015|access-date=7 February 2016|work=The New Indian Express|date=17 February 2015|location=Hyderabad}}

The cities of Vizianagaram, Machilipatnam and Srikakulam were upgraded to municipal corporations on 9 December 2015.{{cite news|title=Masula, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram upgraded into corporations|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/masula-srikakulam-vizianagaram-upgraded-into-corporations/article7967915.ece|access-date=10 December 2015|work=The Hindu|date=10 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409032222/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/vijayawada/masula-srikakulam-vizianagaram-upgraded-into-corporations/article7967915.ece|archive-date=9 April 2016|location=Vijayawada}} In March 2021 former municipalities of the Guntur district, Mangalagiri Municipality and Tadepalli Municipality, were merged into the Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation.

class="sortable wikitable"
S.No

! class="unsortable" | District

! class="unsortable" | Municipal Corporation's

!Year of Upgradation as

Municipal Corporation

1

| Anantapuram

| Anantapur Municipal Corporation (AMC)

|2004

2

| Chittoor

| Chittoor Municipal Corporation (CMC)

|2012

3

| East Godavari

| Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation (RMC)

|1994

4

|Eluru

|Eluru Municipal Corporation (EMC)

|2005

5

| rowspan="2" | Guntur

| Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC)

|1994

6

|Mangalagiri–Tadepalli Municipal Corporation

|2021

7

| Kadapa

| Kadapa Municipal Corporation (KMC)

|2004

8

| Kakinada

| Kakinada Municipal Corporation (KMC)

|2007

9

| Krishna

|Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation (MMC)

|2015

10

| Kurnool

| Kurnool Municipal Corporation (KMC)

|1994

11

| Nellore

| Nellore Municipal Corporation (NMC)

|2004

12

| NTR

| Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC)

|1981

13

| Prakasam

| Ongole Municipal Corporation (OMC)

|2012

14

|Srikakulam

|Srikakulam Municipal Corporation (SMC)

|2015

15

| Tirupati

| Tirupati Municipal Corporation (TMC)

|2007

16

|Visakhapatnam,
Anakapalli

|Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC)

|1979

17

|Vizianagaram

|Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation (VMC)

|2015

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Total

! || style="text-align:center" |17

Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160808132411/http://www.dtcp.ap.gov.in/webdtcp/pdf/List%20of%20ULBs.pdf Statistical Information of ULBs and UDAs]

Municipalities

Municipalities in the state of Andhra Pradesh are categorised into four types. They are in the following hierarchy

  1. Selection Grade Municipality- 16
  2. Grade 1 Municipality- 15
  3. Grade 2 Municipality- 31
  4. Grade 3 Municipality- 18

Guntur district has the most municipalities with 12.{{cite news|title=Dachepalli, Gurazala in Palnadu district get municipality status|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2020/jan/27/dachepalli-gurazala-in-guntur-district-get-municipality-status-2095047.html|access-date=27 January 2020|work=The New Indian Express}}

class="sortable wikitable"
District

! Selection Grade

Municipality

! 1st Grade

Municipality

! 2nd Grade

Municipality

! 3rd Grade

Municipality

! Total

Alluri Sitarama Raju

|

|

|

|

| style="text-align:center" |0

Anakapalli

|

|

|

|Narsipatnam, Elamanchili

| style="text-align:center" |2

Anantapur

|Guntakal, Tadipatri

|

|Rayadurgam

|Gooty, Kalyandurgam

| style="text-align:center" | 5

Annamayya

|Madanapalle

|Rayachoti

|Rajampeta

|

| style="text-align:center" | 3

Bapatla

|

|Bapatla, Chirala

Addanki

|Repalle

|

| style="text-align:center" | 4

Chittoor

|

|

|Punganur

|Palamaner, Nagari, Kuppam

| style="text-align:center" | 4

East Godavari

|

|

|Nidadavolu

|Kovvur

| style="text-align:center" | 2

Eluru

|

|

|Jangareddygudem, Nuzvid

|

| style="text-align:center" |2

Guntur

|Tenali

|

|Ponnur

|

| style="text-align:center" | 2

Kadapa

|Proddatur

|

|Pulivendula, Badvel

|Mydukur

| style="text-align:center" |4

Kakinada

| Tuni

|

|Samalkot, Peddapuram, Pithapuram,

|

| style="text-align:center" |4

Konaseema

|

|Amalapuram

|Ramachandrapuram, Mandapeta

|

| style="text-align:center" |3

Krishna

|Gudivada

|Tadigadapa

|

|Pedana

| style="text-align:center" | 3

Kurnool

|Adoni, Yemmiganur

|

|

|

| style="text-align:center" | 2

Parvathipuram Manyam

|

|Parvathipuram

| Salur

|

| style="text-align:center" |2

Nandyal

|Nandyal

|

|Dhone, Nandikotkur, Allagadda

|Atmakur

| style="text-align:center" | 5

Nellore

|

|Kavali

|Kandukur

|Atmakur

| style="text-align:center" |3

NTR

|

|

|Jaggaihpeta, Nandigama

|Kondapalli

| style="text-align:center" |3

Palnadu

|Narasaraopet

|Chilakaluripet,

|Macherla, Piduguralla, Sattenapalle, Vinukonda

|

| style="text-align:center" | 6

Prakasam

|

|

|Markapur, Kanigiri

|

| style="text-align:center" | 2

Sri Satyasai

|Dharmavaram, Hindupur, Kadiri, Puttaparthi.

|

|

|

| style="text-align:center" | 4

Srikakulam

|

|

|Amudalavalasa, Palasa–Kasibugga

|Ichchapuram

| style="text-align:center" | 3

Tirupati

|

|Gudur, Srikalahasti

|

|Sullurpeta, Puttur, Venkatagiri, Naidupeta

| style="text-align:center" | 6

Visakhapatnam

|

|

|

|

| style="text-align:center" | 0

Vizianagaram

|

|

|Bobbili

|

| style="text-align:center" | 1

West Godavari

|Bhimavaram, Tadepalligudem

|Narasapuram, Palakollu, Tanuku

|

|

| style="text-align:center" |5

style="text-align:center;" |Total

|16

|15

|31

|18

style="text-align:center" |80

Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160808132411/http://www.dtcp.ap.gov.in/webdtcp/pdf/List%20of%20ULBs.pdf Statistical Information of ULBs and UDAs]

Nagar panchayats

The state of Andhra Pradesh has a total of 29 nagar panchayats.

Prakasam district has the most nagar panchayats of four.

class="sortable wikitable"
District

! class="unsortable" |Nagar panchayats

! Total

Annamayya

|Pileru, B.Kothakota

|2

Parvathipuram Manyam

|Palakonda

|1

Vizianagaram

|Nellimarla, Rajam

|2

Konaseema

|Mummidivaram

|1

Kakinada

|Gollaprolu, Yeleswaram

|2

West Godavari

|Akividu

|1

Eluru

|Chintalapudi

|1

Krishna

|Vuyyuru

|1

NTR

|Tiruvuru

|1

Palnadu

|Dachepalle, Gurazala

|2

Prakasam

|Chimakurthy, Darsi, Giddaluru, Podili

|4

Nellore

|Allur, Buchireddypalem

|2

Kurnool

|Gudur

|1

Nandyal

|Bethamcherla

|1

Anantapur

|Pamidi

|1

Sri Satyasai

|Madakasira, Penukonda

|2

Kadapa

|Jammalamadugu, Yerraguntla, Kamalapuram

|3

colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Totalstyle="text-align:center" |29

Municipalities formation year

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

constitution

1

|Srikakulam

|Srikakulam

|1856

2

|Bheemunipatnam Merged with GVMC

|Visakhapatnam

|1861

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

constitution

1

|Adoni

|Kurnool

|1865

2

|Rajahmundry

|East Godavari

|1865

3

|Visakhapatnam

|Visakhapatnam

|1865

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

constitution

1

|Guntur

|Guntur

|1866

2

|Kurnool

|Kurnnol

|1866

3

|Nellore

|Nellore

|1866

4

|Machilipatnam

|Krishna

|1866

5

|Kakinada

|Kakinada

|1866

6

|Eluru

|Eluru

|1866

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

Constitution

1

|Kadapa

|Kadapa

|1868

2

|Anantapuram

|Anantapuram

|1869

3

|Ongole

|Prakasam

|1876

4

|Tirupati

|Tirupati

|1886

5

|Vizianagaram

|Vizianagaram

|1888

6

|Vijayawada

|NTR

|1888

7

|Nandyal

|Nandyal

|2000

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

Constitution

1

|Tenali

|Guntur

|1912

2

|Proddatur

|Kadapa

|1915

3

|Peddapuram

|Kakinada

|1915

4

|Pithapuram

|Kakinada

|1915

5

|Narasaraopet

|Palnadu

|1915

6

|Chittoor

|Chittoor

|1915 

7

|Palakollu

|West Godavari

|1919

8

|Hindupuram

|Sri Sathya Sai

|1920

9

|Tadipatri

|Anantapuram

|1920

10

|Gudivada

|Krishna

|1937

Above 28 are the municipalities formed before Independence.

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

Constitution

1

|Guntakal

|Anantapuram

|1948

2

|Amalapuram

|Konaseema

|1948

3

|Bhimavaram

|West Godavari

|1948

4

|Chirala

|Bapatla

|1948

5

|Saluru

|Parvathipuram Manyam

|1950

6

|Bapatla

|Bapatla

|1951

7

|Gudur

| Tirupati

|1951

8

|Bobbili

|Vizianagaram

|1956

9

|Narsapur

|West Godavari

|1956

10

|Repalle

|Bapatla

|1956

11

|Mandapeta

|Konaseema

|1958

12

|Samalkota

|Kakinada

|1958

13

|Tadepalligudem

|West Godavari

|1958

14

|Srikalahasti

|Tirupati

|1958

15

|Parvathipuram

|Parvathipuram Manyam

|1959

16

|Ramachandrapuram

|Konaseema

|1959

17

|Tuni

|Kakinada

|1959

18

|Madanapalli

|Annamayya

|1961

19

|Rayadurgam

|Anantapuram

|1963

20

|Nidadavole

|East Godavari

|1964

21

|Chilakaluripet

|Palnadu

|1964

22

|Ponnur

|Guntur

|1964

23

|Markapuram

|Prakasam

|1964

24

|Dharmavaram

|Sri Sathya Sai

|1964

25

|Kadiri

|Sri Sathya Sai

|1964

26

|Kovvur

|East Godavari

|1965

27

|Yemmiganur

|Kurnool

|1965

28

|Kavali

|Nellore

|1967

29

|Mangalagiri [Merged with MTMC]

|Guntur

|1969

30

|Tanuku

|West Godavari

|1979

31

|Nuzvid

|Eluru

|1983

32

|Macherla

|Palnadu

|1983

33

|Sattenapalle

|Palnadu

|1984

34

|Pedana

|Krishna

|1985

35

|Punganur

|Chittoor

|1985

36

|Ichapuram

|Srikakulam

|1986

37

|Amadalavalasa

|Srikakulam

|1987

38

|Kandukur

|Nellore

|1987

39

|Jaggaiahpeta

|NTR

|1988

40

|Palasa - Kasibugga

|Srikakulam

|2000

In 2005, the government of Andhra Pradesh upgraded 12 areas as municipalities.

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

Constitution

1

|Rajam

|Vizianagaram

|2005

2

|Piduguralla

|Palnadu

|2005

3

|Vinukonda

|Palnadu

|2005

4

|Dhone

|Nandyal

|2005

5

|Jammalamadugu

|Kadapa

|2005

6

|Pulivendula

|Kadapa

|2005

7

|Rajampeta

|Annamayya

|2005

8

|Rayachoty

|Annamayya

|2005

9

|Palamaneru

|Chittoor

|2005

10

|Nagari

|Chittoor

|2005

11

|Puttur

|Tirupati

|2005

12

|Venkatagiri

|Tirupati

|2005

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

Constitution

1

|Badvel

|Kadapa

|2006

2

|Tadepalle [Merged with MTMC]

|Guntur

|2009

In 2011, the government of Andhra Pradesh upgraded 21 areas as municipalities.

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

Constitution

1

|Narsipatnam

|Anakapalli

|2011

2

|Yelamanchili

|Anakapalli

|2011

3

|Gollaprolu

|Kakinada

|2011

4

|Mummidivaram

|Konaseema

|2011

5

|Yeleswaram

|Kakinada

|2011

6

|Janga reddy gudem

|Eluru

|2011

7

|Nandigama

|NTR

|2011

8

|Tiruvuru

|NTR

|2011

9

|Vuyyuru

|Krishna

|2011

10

|Addanki

|Bapatla

|2011

11

|Chimakurthy

|Prakasam

|2011

12

|Giddalur

|Prakasam

|2011

13

|Kanigiri

|Prakasam

|2011

14

|Gooty

|Anantapur

|2011

15

|Madakasira

|Sri Satya Sai

|2011

16

|Puttaparthi

|Sri Sathya Sai

|2011

17

|Allagadda

|Nandyal

|2011

18

|Atmakur - N

|Nandyal

|2011

19

|Gudur - K

|Kurnool

|2011

20

|Nandikotkur

|Nandyal

|2011

21

|Mydukur

|Kadapa

|2011

In 2012, 6 more Towns were upgraded as Municipal Bodies

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

Constitution

1

|Kalyanadurgam

|Anantapur

|2012

2

|Pamidi

|Anantapur

|2012

3

|Yerraguntla

|Kadapa

|2012

4

|Sullurupeta

|Tirupati

|2012

5

|Naidupeta

|Tirupati

|2012

6

|Atmakur - N

|Nellore

|2012

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

Constitution

1

|Palakonda

|Parvathipuram Manyam

|2013

2

|Nellimarla

|Vizianagaram

|2013

As of 2020, the government of Andhra Pradesh has upgraded 10 areas as Municipal Bodies.

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

Constitution

1

|Kamalapuram

|Kadapa

|2020

2

|Bethamcherla

|Nandyal

|2020

3

|Kuppam

|Chittoor

|2020

4

|Penukonda

|Sri Sathya Sai

|2020

5

|Buchireddy Palem

|Nellore

|2020

6

|Darsi

|Prakasam

|2020

7

|Dachepalle

|Palnadu

|2020

8

|Guruzala

|Palnadu

|2020

9

|Kondapalli

|NTR

|2020

10

|Akiveedu

|West Godavari

|2020

In 2021, the government of Andhra Pradesh created 1 municipal corporation and 1 Municipality.

class="wikitable"

|+

!S.No.

!Municipality Name

!District

!Year of

Constitution

!Notes

1

|MTMC

|Guntur

|2021

|Merged Mangalagiri & Tadepalli to form MTMC

2

|Tadigadapa

|Krishna

|2021

|Renamed from YSRTadigadapa to Tadigadapa in 2025

Source of Formation Year

http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ulbs/List%20of%20ULBs-27-2-2019.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717151418/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ulbs/List%20of%20ULBs-27-2-2019.pdf |date=17 July 2019 }}

http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ULBS.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510190534/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ULBS.html |date=10 May 2021 }}

Source:

Directorate of Town and Country Planning website. [http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ULBS.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510190534/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ULBS.html |date=10 May 2021 }}

See also

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