The Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation ( TCMC; , IAST: ) is the governing civic body of Thoothukkudi, the sea gate of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu under the Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 2008). The corporation is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city and some suburbs. The corporation consists of a legislative and an executive body. The corporation consists of a legislative and an executive body, which is headed by the mayor and assisted by a deputy mayor, while the executive body is headed by a commissioner of the corporation. It consists of 60 wards within the city's limits.
The headquarters of the corporation is located near Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Market at Tamizh Salai, Thoothukkudi.
History Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation is one of the 21 municipal corporations in the state of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukkudi was constituted as a municipality as per the Town Improvement Act of 1865 on 1 November 1866. It upgraded the status of municipal corporation on 5 August 2008 after 142 years of being a municipality in view of rapid increase in population and extension of administrative boundaries.
The jurisdiction of Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation has been extended in May 2011, to include the areas of the city Corporation, 3 Municipalities, 17 Town Panchayats and 11 Village Panchayats located around the corporation. Consequent to this extension, the total area of the corporation has increased considerably from 13.47 km2. to 90.66 km2. and the numbers of the wards have increased from 51 to 60. The extended Municipal Corporation had a population of 3,72,408 as per 2011 census.
Linkages and connectivity It is served by three main roads which radiate to Tiruchendur, Tirunelveli and Madurai. The town is also well connected by two National Highways: NH-138 to Tirunelveli, which it turn connects to NH-44 (Kanniyakumari to Srinagar) and NH-38 to Madurai, the temple-city of Tamil Nadu. The town is also linked with Gulf of Mannar bay.
The town is well connected by rail to other parts of the country with linkage to the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority. The total length of national highways covered in this corporation is and the length of state highways is about .
Topography The town is located at the longitude 78°13′E and latitude 8°45′N. The topography of the town is almost flat Terrain sloping from west to east direction towards the sea.
Climate The maximum temperature during summer is 39 °C and during winter it is 32 °C. Monsoon in Thoothukkudi is normally characterized by heavy rains and thunderstorms.
Structure Zones of Thoothukkudi Municipal Corporation are Thoothukkudi North Thoothukkudi East Thoothukkudi West Thoothukkudi South
Departments DepartmentSub-departmentAdministrationGeneralAccountsZoneEngineeringEngineeringHead WorksHealthHealthSanitationMedicalRevenueRevenueTown PlanningTown Planning
List of mayors No.NameWard numberTerm in officeAppointed byPolitical partyAssumed officeLeft officeTime in office1R. Kasthuri Thangam5 August 200824 October 20113 years, 80 daysR. LakshmiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam2Sasikala Pushpa25 October 201123 January 20142 years, 90 daysDinesh Ponraj OliverAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamrowspan=2 3A. P. R. Antony Grace24 September 201424 October 20162 years, 30 daysS. Madumathi4P. Jegan204 March 2022IncumbentT. CharusreeDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
List of deputy mayors No.NameWard numberTerm in officeAppointed byPolitical partyMayorAssumed officeLeft officeTime in office1S. Thommai Yesuadiyan9 August 200824 October 20113 years, 76 daysR. LakshmiDravida Munnetra KazhagamR. Kasthuri Thangam2P. Xavier29 October 201124 October 20164 years, 361 daysDinesh Ponraj OliverAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamSasikala Pushpa
A. P. R. Antony Grace3S. Jenitta464 March 2022IncumbentT. CharusreeDravida Munnetra KazhagamP. Jegan
List of commissioners No.NameTerm in officeAssumed officeLeft officeTime in office1R. Lakshmi5 August 20081 September 20091 year, 27 days2S. Kubendran2 September 20093 January 20111 year, 123 days–S. A. Rajagopalan4 January 201110 January 20116 days3M. Seeni Ajmal Khan10 January 201121 January 201111 days4Dinesh Ponraj Oliver21 January 20116 March 20121 year, 45 days5S. Madumathi7 March 20127 April 20142 years, 31 days–S. A. Rajagopalan7 April 201410 April 20143 days6V. K. Shunmugam10 April 201422 May 201442 days–S. A. Rajagopalan22 May 201430 May 20148 days(5)S. Madumathi30 May 201430 June 20151 year, 31 days–S. A. Rajagopalan30 June 20156 July 20156 days–S. M. Rakkappan6 July 20158 August 201533 days7R. Poongodi Arumaikkan8 August 201523 September 20161 year, 46 days8K. Rajamani23 September 201630 May 2017249 days–A. Lakshman30 May 20175 June 20176 days9Alby John Varghese5 June 201720 February 20191 year, 260 days–P. Ruban Suresh Ponniah21 February 201924 February 20193 days10V. P. Jeyaseelan25 February 20198 February 20211 year, 349 days11Sharanya Ari8 February 202116 June 2021128 days12T. Charusree19 June 20213 February 20231 year, 229 days13C. Dinesh Kumar5 February 202312 February 20241 year, 7 days14L. Madhubalan15 February 202425 June 20251 year, 130 days–K. Saravana Kumar26 June 202529 June 20253 days15Banoth Mrugender Lal30 June 202531 August 202562 days16S. Priyanka1 September 2025Incumbent
List of councillors (46) (5) (3) (3) (1) (1) (1)Ward No.Elected memberPolitical partyAllianceRemarks1P. GandhimaniDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA2P. SubbulakshmiDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA3R. RengasamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA4B. NageswariDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA5A. Antony Prakash MarsalinDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA6K. JeyaseeliDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA7T. Nirmal RajDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIAChairman of North Zone8M. BhavaniDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA9M. Sebastin SudhaDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA10S. PadmavathyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNDA11S. KarpagakaniIndian National CongressINDIA12S. DeivendranDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA13S. Jackuline JeyaDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA14M. MurugesanDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA15V. EsakkirajaDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA16P. KannanDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA17T. RamarDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA18T. SrinivasanDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA19S. SomasundariDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA20P. JeganDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIAMayor21M. JansiraniDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA22T. MageswariDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA23G. DhanalakshmiCommunist Party of IndiaINDIA24D. MetlidaDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA25P. EdlindaIndian National CongressINDIA26E. Maria GeethaDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA27S. SaranyaDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA28A. Ramu AmmalDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA29T. KalaiselviDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIAChairman of East Zone30R. AthistamaniDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA31S. P. KanagarajDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA32A. KandhasamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA33M. PonnappanDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA34S. ChandraboseIndian National CongressINDIA35R. VeerapaguAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNDA36R. VijayalakshmiDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA37A. PapathiIndependent38MumtajIndian Union Muslim LeagueINDIA39S. SureshkumarDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA40J. RictaDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA41P. Baby AngelinDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA42K. AnnalakshmiDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIAChairman of West Zone43R. MuthumariCommunist Party of India (Marxist)INDIA44J. JeyaraniIndependent45P. RamakrishnanDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA46S. JenittaDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIADeputy Mayor47S. RexlineDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA48S. RajendranDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA49P. VaithegiDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA50S. SaravanakumarDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA51S. ManthiramoorthyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNDA52G. VetriselvanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNDA53S. MuthuvelDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA54S. VijayakumarDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA55M. RajaduraiDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA56C. SuyambuDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA57S. JeyalakshmiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNDA58D. PatchirajDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIA59S. P. S. RajaIndependent60A. BalaguruswamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamINDIAChairman of South Zone
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