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 28 districts. These include 17 municipal corporations, 90 municipalities, and 16 Nagar panchayats.

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 Special Grade Municipality First Grade Municipality Second Grade Municipality Third Grade Municipality Nagar Panchayat

Municipal corporations

The state of Andhra Pradesh comprises 17 municipal corporations across its 28 districts. The Guntur district has two municipal corporations whereas all other districts have one each. Of the 17 corporations, 16 serve as district headquarters; the exception is the Mangalagiri-Tadepalli corporation.

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

# District Municipal CorporationYear of Upgradation 1 Anantapur Anantapur Municipal Corporation (AMC)2005 2 Chittoor Chittoor Municipal Corporation (CMC)2012 3 East Godavari Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation (RMC)1994 4EluruEluru Municipal Corporation (EMC)2005 5 Guntur Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC)1994 6Mangalagiri–Tadepalli Municipal Corporation (MTMC)2021 7 Kadapa Kadapa Municipal Corporation (KMC)2005 8 Kakinada Kakinada Municipal Corporation (KMC)2007 9 KrishnaMachilipatnam 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 14SrikakulamSrikakulam Municipal Corporation (SMC)2015 15 Tirupati Tirupati Municipal Corporation (TMC)2007 16Visakhapatnam,AnakapalliGreater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC)1979 17VizianagaramVizianagaram Municipal Corporation (VMC)2015

Source: Statistical Information of ULBs and UDAs

Municipalities

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

Selection Grade Municipality - 12 Special Grade Municipality - 9 First Grade Municipality - 15 Second Grade Municipality - 33 Third Grade Municipality - 18

Kadapa district and Palnadu district have the most municipalities of 6 among each.

District Selection GradeSpecial Grade First Grade Second Grade Third Grade TotalAlluri Sitarama Raju0AnakapalliNarsipatnam, Elamanchili2AnantapurGuntakalTadipatriRayadurgamGooty, Kalyandurg 5AnnamayyaMadanapalleRayachotyPunganur 3BapatlaBapatla, ChiralaRepalle 3ChittoorPalamaner, Nagari, Kuppam 3East GodavariNidadavolu,Kovvur 2EluruJangareddygudemNuzvid 2GunturTenaliPonnur 2KadapaProddaturPulivendulaBadvel, Rajampet, YerraguntlaMydukur6KakinadaPithapuramPeddapuramSamalkota, TuniGollaprolu5KonaseemaAmalapuramMandapeta, Ramachandrapuram3KrishnaGudivadaTadigadapaVuyyuruPedana 4KurnoolAdoni, Yemmiganur 2MarkapuramMarkapuram, Kanigiri 2NandyalNandyalDhone, Nandikotkur, AllagaddaAtmakur 5NelloreGudur, KavaliBuchireddypalem, KandukurAtmakur5NTRJaggayyapeta, NandigamaKondapalli3PalnaduNarasaraopetChilakaluripet Macherla, Piduguralla, Sattenapalle, Vinukonda 6Parvathipuram ManyamParvathipuram Salur2PrakasamAddankiChimakurthy, Darsi, Giddaluru4Polavaram0Sri SatyasaiDharmavaram, Hindupur, KadiriPuttaparthi 4SrikakulamAmudalavalasa, Palasa–KasibuggaIchchapuram 3TirupatiSrikalahastiSullurpeta, Puttur, Venkatagiri, Naidupeta 5Visakhapatnam 0VizianagaramBobbiliRajam 2West GodavariBhimavaram, TadepalligudemPalakollu, TanukuNarasapuram5Total12915331888

Source: Statistical Information of ULBs and UDAs

Nagar panchayats The state of Andhra Pradesh has a total of 16 nagar panchayats.

Palnadu district and Sri Sathya Sai district have the most nagar panchayats of 2 among each.

DistrictNagar panchayats TotalAnnamayya B.Kothakota 1Parvathipuram ManyamPalakonda1VizianagaramNellimarla, 1KonaseemaMummidivaram1Kakinada Yeleswaram1West GodavariAkividu 1EluruChinthalapudi1Krishna0NTR0PalnaduDachepalle, Gurajala2Prakasam0MarkapuramPodili1NelloreAllur1KurnoolGudur1NandyalBethamcherla1Anantapur0Sri SatyasaiMadakasira, Penukonda2KadapaKamalapuram1Total16

Municipalities formation year

+S.No.Municipality NameDistrictYear of constitution1SrikakulamSrikakulam18562Bheemunipatnam Merged with GVMCVisakhapatnam1861 +S.NoMunicipality NameDistrict Year of constitution 1AdoniKurnool18652RajamahendravaramEast Godavari18653VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam1865 +S.NoMunicipality NameDistrictYear of constitution1GunturGuntur18662KurnoolKurnnol18663NelloreNellore18664MachilipatnamKrishna18665KakinadaKakinada18666EluruEluru1866 +S.No.Municipality NameDistrict Year of Constitution1KadapaKadapa18682AnantapuramAnantapuram18693OngolePrakasam18764TirupatiTirupati18865VizianagaramVizianagaram18886VijayawadaNTR18887NandyalNandyal2000 +S.No.Municipality NameDistrict Year of Constitution1TenaliGuntur19122ProddaturKadapa19153PeddapuramKakinada19154PithapuramKakinada 19155NarasaraopetPalnadu19156ChittoorChittoor1915 7PalakolluWest Godavari19198HindupuramSri Sathya Sai19209TadipatriAnantapuram192010GudivadaKrishna1937 Above 28 are the municipalities formed before Independence.

+S.No.Municipality NameDistrictYear of Constitution1GuntakalAnantapuram19482AmalapuramKonaseema19483BhimavaramWest Godavari19484ChiralaBapatla19485SaluruParvathipuram Manyam19506BapatlaBapatla19517Gudur Nellore 19518BobbiliVizianagaram19569NarsapurWest Godavari195610RepalleBapatla195611MandapetaKonaseema195812SamalkotaKakinada195813TadepalligudemWest Godavari195814SrikalahastiTirupati 195815ParvathipuramParvathipuram Manyam195916RamachandrapuramKonaseema 195917TuniKakinada195918MadanapalliAnnamayya196119RayadurgamAnantapuram196320NidadavoleEast Godavari196421ChilakaluripetPalnadu196422PonnurGuntur196423MarkapuramMarkapuram196424DharmavaramSri Sathya Sai196425KadiriSri Sathya Sai196426KovvurEast Godavari196527YemmiganurKurnool196528KavaliNellore196729Mangalagiri [Merged with MTMC]Guntur196930TanukuWest Godavari197931NuzvidEluru198332MacherlaPalnadu198333SattenapallePalnadu198434PedanaKrishna198535PunganurAnnamayya198536IchapuramSrikakulam198637AmadalavalasaSrikakulam198738KandukurPrakasam198739JaggaiahpetaNTR198840Palasa - KasibuggaSrikakulam2000

In 2005, the government of Andhra Pradesh upgraded 12 areas as municipalities. +S.No.Municipality NameDistrict Year of Constitution1RajamVizianagaram20052PidugurallaPalnadu20053VinukondaPalnadu20054DhoneNandyal20055JammalamaduguKadapa20056PulivendulaKadapa20057RajampetaKadapa20058RayachotyAnnamayya20059PalamaneruChittoor200510NagariChittoor200511PutturTirupati200512VenkatagiriTirupati 2005 +S.No.Municipality NameDistrictYear of Constitution1BadvelKadapa20062Tadepalle [Merged with MTMC]Guntur2009

In 2011, the government of Andhra Pradesh upgraded 21 areas as municipalities. +S.No.Municipality NameDistrictYear of Constitution1NarsipatnamAnakapalli20112YelamanchiliAnakapalli20113GollaproluKakinada20114MummidivaramKonaseema20115YeleswaramKakinada20116Janga reddy gudemEluru 20117NandigamaNTR20118TiruvuruNTR20119VuyyuruKrishna201110AddankiBapatla201111ChimakurthyPrakasam201112GiddalurMarkapuram201113KanigiriMarkapuram201114GootyAnantapur201115MadakasiraSri Satya Sai201116PuttaparthiSri Sathya Sai201117AllagaddaNandyal201118Atmakur - NNandyal201119Gudur - KKurnool201120NandikotkurNandyal201121MydukurKadapa2011

In 2012, 6 more Towns were upgraded as Municipal Bodies +S.No.Municipality NameDistrict Year of Constitution1KalyanadurgamAnantapur20122PamidiAnantapur20123YerraguntlaKadapa20124SullurupetaTirupati 20125NaidupetaTirupati20126Atmakur - NNellore2012 +S.No.Municipality NameDistrictYear of Constitution1PalakondaParvathipuram Manyam20132NellimarlaVizianagaram2013

As of 2020, the government of Andhra Pradesh has upgraded 10 areas as Municipal Bodies. +S.No.Municipality NameDistrictYear of Constitution1KamalapuramKadapa20202BethamcherlaNandyal 20203KuppamChittoor20204PenukondaSri Sathya Sai20205Buchireddy PalemNellore20206DarsiPrakasam20207DachepallePalnadu20208GuruzalaPalnadu20209KondapalliNTR202010AkiveeduWest Godavari2020

In 2021, the government of Andhra Pradesh created 1 municipal corporation and 1 Municipality. +S.No.Municipality NameDistrictYear of ConstitutionNotes1MTMCGuntur2021Merged Mangalagiri & Tadepalli to form MTMC2TadigadapaKrishna2021Renamed from YSRTadigadapa to Tadigadapa in 2025 Source of Formation Year

http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ulbs/List%20of%20ULBs-27-2-2019.pdf

http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ULBS.html

Source:

Directorate of Town and Country Planning website.

References

External links Cities and towns in Andhra Pradesh and their governments as per Wikidata (125 as on 24 May 2026)