List of urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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

Urban Development Authority
Municipal Corporation
Municipality
- Selection Grade Municipality
- Grade - 1 Municipality
- Grade - 2 Municipality
- Grade - 3 Municipality
Nagar Panchayat

Municipal corporations

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.^[4] Of the 17 corporations, 16 serve as district headquarters; the exception is the Mangalagiri-Tadepalli corporation.^[5]

The cities of Vizianagaram, Machilipatnam and Srikakulam were upgraded to municipal corporations on 9 December 2015.^[6] In March 2021 former municipalities of the Guntur district, Mangalagiri Municipality and Tadepalli Municipality, were merged into the Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation.

District	Municipal Corporations	Year of Upgradation as Municipal Corporation	Total
Anantapuram	Anantapur Municipal Corporation	2004	1
Chittoor	Chittoor Municipal Corporation	2012	1
East Godavari	Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation	1994	1
Eluru	Eluru Municipal Corporation	2005	1
Guntur	Guntur Municipal Corporation	1994	2
Guntur	Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation	2021	2
Kadapa	Kadapa Municipal Corporation	2004	1
Kakinada	Kakinada Municipal Corporation	2007	1
Krishna	Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation	2015	1
Kurnool	Kurnool Municipal Corporation	1994	1
Nellore	Nellore Municipal Corporation	2004	1
NTR	Vijayawada Municipal Corporation	1981	1
Prakasam	Ongole Municipal Corporation	2012	1
Srikakulam	Srikakulam Municipal Corporation	2015	1
Tirupati	Tirupati Municipal Corporation	2007	1
Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli	Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation	1979	1
Vizianagaram	Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation	2015	1
Nandyal	Nandyal Municipal Corporation		1
Total			18

Source: 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

Selection Grade Municipality- 14
Grade 1 Municipality- 15
Grade 2 Municipality- 32
Grade 3 Municipality- 18

Guntur district has the most municipalities with 12.^[7]^[4]

District	Selection Grade Municipality	1st Grade Municipality	2nd Grade Municipality	3rd Grade Municipality	Total
Alluri Sitarama Raju					0
Anakapalli				Narsipatnam, Elamanchili	2
Anantapur	Guntakal, Tadipatri		Rayadurgam	Gooty, Kalyandurgam	5
Annamayya	Madanapalle	Rayachoti	Rajampeta		3
Bapatla		Bapatla, Chirala Addanki	Repalle		4
Chittoor			Punganur	Palamaner, Nagari, Kuppam	4
East Godavari			Nidadavolu	Kovvur	2
Eluru			Jangareddygudem, Nuzvid		2
Guntur	Tenali		Ponnur		2
Kadapa	Proddatur		Pulivendula, Badvel	Mydukur	4
Kakinada			Samalkot, Peddapuram, Pithapuram, Tuni		4
Konaseema		Amalapuram	Ramachandrapuram, Mandapeta		3
Krishna	Gudivada	YSRTadigadapa		Pedana	3
Kurnool	Adoni	Yemmiganur			2
Parvathipuram Manyam		Parvathipuram	Salur		2
Nandyal	Nandyal		Dhone, Nandikotkur, Allagadda	Atmakur	5
Nellore		Kavali	Kandukur	Atmakur	3
NTR			Jaggaihpeta, Nandigama	Kondapalli	3
Palnadu	Narasaraopet	Chilakaluripet,	Macherla, Piduguralla, Sattenapalle, Vinukonda		6
Prakasam			Markapur, Kanigiri		2
Sri Satyasai	Dharmavaram, Hindupur, Kadiri, Puttaparthi.				4
Srikakulam			Amudalavalasa, Palasa-Kasibugga	Ichchapuram	3
Tirupati		Gudur, Srikalahasti		Sullurpeta, Puttur, Venkatagiri, Naidupeta	6
Visakhapatnam					0
Vizianagaram			Bobbili		1
West Godavari	Bhimavaram, Tadepalligudem	Narasapuram, Palakollu, Tanuku			5
Total	14	15	32	18	78

Source: 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.

District	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
Total		30

Municipalities formation year


S.No.	Municipality Name	District	Year of constitution
1	Srikakulam	Srikakulam	1856
2	Bheemunipatnam Merged with GVMC	Visakhapatnam	1861


S.No	Municipality Name	District	Year of constitution
1	Adoni	Kurnool	1865
2	Rajahmundry	East Godavari	1865
3	Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	1865


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


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


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.


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.


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


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.


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


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


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.


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.


S.No.	Municipality Name	District	Year of Constitution
1	Mangalagiri-Tadepalli	Guntur	2021
2	YSRTadigadapa	Krishna	2021

Source of Formation Year

http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ulbs/List%20of%20ULBs-27-2-2019.pdf Archived 17 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine

http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ULBS.html Archived 10 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine

Source:

Directorate of Town and Country Planning website. [1] Archived 10 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine

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