Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation

Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation is the civic body which administers the city of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, India. It consists of a legislative and an executive body. The legislative body is headed by the city mayor while the executive body is headed by a Chief Commissioner.

History

The Tirunelveli municipality was constituted on 1 November 1866 as per the Town Improvements Act of 1865.^[1] It, initially, covered the area of Tirunelveli alone while the city limits included the neighbouring municipality of Palayamkottai as well.^[1] Tirunelveli was upgraded to a municipal corporation in 1994 along with Tiruchirappalli and Salem.^[2]

Structure

For administrative purpose the Tirunelveli corporation is divided into four zones - Tirunelveli Zone, Thatcha nallur Zone, Palayamkottai Zone, Melapalayam Zone, Pettai Zone.

Notes

1 2 Imperial Gazetteer of India 23. Clarendon Press. 1908. pp. 379–380.
↑ Palanithurai, Ganapathy (2007). A handbook for panchayati raj administration (Tamil Nadu). Concept Publishing Company. p. 80. ISBN 81-8069-340-6, ISBN 978-81-8069-340-3.

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Tirunelveli district

District Headquarters	Tirunelveli

Country	India

State	Tamil Nadu

Region	Pandiya Nadu

Divisions	Cheranmahadevi Tenkasi Tirunelveli

Taluks	Alangulam Ambasamudram Nanguneri Palayamkottai Radhapuram Sankarankoil Shenkottai Sivagiri Tenkasi Tirunelveli Veerakeralamputhur

Revenue blocks	Alangulam Ambasamudram Cheranmahadevi Kadayanallur Kadayam Kalakadu Keelapavoor Kuruvikulam Manur Melaneelithanallur Nanguneri Palayamkottai Pappakudi block Radhapuram block Sankarankoil Shenkottai Tenkasi Valliyoor Vasudevanallur

Municipalities	Ambasamudram Kadayanallur Puliyankudi Sankarankoil Shenkottai Tenkasi Vikramasingapuram

Town Panchayats	Courtalam Manimutharu Sankarnagar Vadakkuvalliyur Alangulam Cheranmadevi Kalakkad Kalladaikurichi Keezhapavur Mukkudal Naranammalpuram Panagudi Sivagiri Surandai Thisayanvilai Veeravanallur Achampudur Alwarkurichi Aygudi Eruvadi Gopalasamudram Ilanji Melacheval Melagaram Moolakaraipatti Nanguneri Pathamadai Pudur Rayagiri Sambavar Vadagarai Vadakarai Keezhpadugai Vasudevanallur Panboli Sundarapandiapuram Thirukarungudi Thiruvenkatam

Rivers	Koraiyar Tamiraparani Pachaiyar Chittar Aluthakanniar Aintharuviar Jambunathi Ramanathi Gadananathi Hanumannathi Karuppanathi Gundar Mottaiyar Manimuthar Nambiyar Karunaiyar Vedamaliyaru Kottamalaiyaru Kothaiyaru Rajasingiyaru Mundhal Odai

History	Early Cholas Kalabhras Medieval Cholas Later Cholas Later Pandyas Vijayanagar Empire British Raj

Places of interest	Nellaiappar Temple Courtallam Koothankulam Bird Sanctuary

Universities	Manonmaniam Sundaranar University

Cities and towns People Villages

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