Erode Corporation is a civic administrative body that governs the City of

Erode Erode () is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in the state, after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruppur and Salem. It is also the administrative headquarters of the E ...

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. The Corporation consists of a legislative body, headed by the City Mayor and an executive body headed by the Corporation Commissioner. The Corporation's headquarters is in the Municipal Corporation Building, Erode, near Panneer selvam Park.

History

Erode Municipal Council came into existence in the year of 1871, covering a mere area of around 8.4 km². In 1917,

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the 'Fa ...

the then Municipal Chairman of Erode has proposed the expansion of town limits by merging the adjoining local bodies such as Veerappan Chatram, Vairapalayam and Periyasemur. But however things were kept only on paper and in 1980 it was upgraded as Special Grade Municipality with the same area of just 8.4 km². In 2007, the State Government announced the upgradation of Erode Municipality as a Municipal Corporation. Erode Municipal Corporation started functioning from 2008, administering the same civic limit of 8.4 km² covering only the Central Business District which had a population of about 1,59,728. In 2011, four Municipalities (Grade-III) of

Surampatti Surampatti is a neighbourhood locality in the City of Erode. As of 2011, the town had a population of 41,782. And presently, this has been converted as the Zonal Headquarters for one of the four zones of Erode Municipal Corporation, combining 1 ...

, Veerappan Chatram, Periya Semur, Kasipalayam and the Town Panchayats of BP Agraharam and

suriyampalayam Suriyampalayam is a panchayat town in the city of Erode, Tamil Nadu. It is the Headquarters for one of the four zones of Erode Municipal Corporation. In 2011, Suriyampalayam was an independent panchayat town, but has since been merged with Erode ...

along with

Thindal Thindal is a neighborhood of Erode city in Tamil Nadu. It is located 8 km from Erode Junction and 7 km from Central Bus Terminus, Erode. It is now officially a part of Erode Municipal Corporation. The locality is well known for the ...

Villarasampatti Villarasampatti is a neighbourhood in the city of Erode, Tamil Nadu. It functioned as an independent Village Panchayat until the corporation expansion in 2011. Now officially, it is a part of Erode Municipal Corporation. Demographics India ce ...

, Gangapuram, Ellapalayam,

Lakkapuram Lakkapuram or Punjai Lakkapuram is a Village Panchayat located in Erode district, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Lakkapuram village falls under Modakurichi taluk. Demographics census, Lakkapuram village had a total population of 9,739 ...

, 46 Pudur and

Muthampalayam Muthampalayam is a neighbourhood locality in Erode city, Tamil Nadu. It was a village panchayat till 2011. Later during the expansion of Erode Municipal Corporation, this officially became a part of it. Demographics India census A census is ...

village panchayats were proposed to be merged with Erode Municipal Corporation. Later,

and 46 Pudur Panchayats backed up the plan and the Erode Municipal Corporation expanded to all other civic bodies, over an area of 109.52 km² lying between River

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in the East and NH-544 Bypass in the West, containing more than half-a-million population as per the census of 2011.

Srinivasa Mudaliyar

Srinivasa Mudaliar was an Indian politician and social worker who server as Chairman of Erode municipality for 3 terms. He was the founder of Erode Water works,

VOC Park, Erode V.O.Chidambaranar Park or VOC Park is a recreational park located in the South Indian city of Erode in Tamil Nadu. The park is owned and maintained by Erode Municipal Corporation. This park was built in British India period by chairman Srinivasa ...

and present urban structure of Erode.

Chronological List of Chairmen

* A. M. Mac Riker (1871) * Verner Alexander Brodie (1885–1888) * K. C. Mahadeva Raja (1888–1891) * G. M. Dance (1891–1893) * T. M. Swaminatha Iyer (1893–1897) * L. G. Moore (1897–1898) * R. Ramachand Rao (1898–1899) * M. Young (1899–1900) * E. L. R. THornson (1900–1901) * T. V. Gopalasami Iyer (1901–1902) * Chappan Menon (1902–1903) * A. W. Brough (1904–1905) * M. V. Narayanasami Pillai (1905–1906) * P. S. Singaravelu Pillai (1906–1907) * A. Rangasamy Iyengar (1907–1908) * W. H. H. Chatterton (1909–1910) * U. R. Venkata Rao (1910–1911) * T. Srinivasa Mudaliyar (1911–1917) * E. V. Ramasamy Naicker (1917–1920) * K. A. Kadir Mohideen Saheb (1920–1921) * S. Sambasivam Pillai (1921–1925) * T. Srinivasa Mudaliyar (1925–1927) * K. Balasubbarayalu Naidu (1927–1930) * Khan Saheb K. A. Sheik Dawood Saheb (1930–1935) * K.N. Kuppusamy Pillai (1935–1940) * S. Meenakshisundara Mudaliyar (1953–1955) * V.R.A. Manika Mudaliar * S. Arangarasan (1986-1991 , 1996-2001) * Ma. subramaiyan (2001–2006) * K. Kumar Murugesh (2006–2007)

Chronological List of Mayors and Deputy Mayors

* K. Kumar Murugesh & B. Venkatachalam (2008–2011) * Mallika Paramasivam & K. C. Palanisamy (2011–2016)

Zones and Wards

The area under Erode City Municipal Corporation has been administratively divided into 4 Zones with 15 Sub-divisions (Wards) in each. Each Ward containing nearly 10,000 of population and an average of 1.5lakhs in each Zone. The Corporation Mayor presides over the aligned 60

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who represent the 60 wards in the city. The Zonal headquarters were located at

Suriyampalayam Suriyampalayam is a panchayat town in the city of Erode, Tamil Nadu. It is the Headquarters for one of the four zones of Erode Municipal Corporation. In 2011, Suriyampalayam was an independent panchayat town, but has since been merged with Erode ...

Periyasemur Periyasemur is a neighbourhood of the city of Erode in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Until 2010, it was an independent Municipal Administrative body with a population of about 35,000 and in 2011, it has been officially combined with the Integr ...

and Kasipalayam for Zone-1, 2, 3 & 4 respectively.

References

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