The Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation ( TCMC; ta, தூத்துக்குடி மாநகராட்சி, IAST: ) is the governing civic body of

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, the sea gate of the southern

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. It was established by the

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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 legislative body is headed by the

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and assisted by a Deputy Mayor, while the executive body is headed by a Commissioner of the corporation. It consists of 60

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s within the city's limit. 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

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in the state of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukkudi was constituted as a municipality as per the Town Improvement Act of 1865 on 1st November 1866. It upgraded the status of

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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 Sq.km. to 90.66 Sq.km. 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

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and

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. The town is also well connected by two

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: NH-138 to Tirunelveli, which it turn connects to NH-44 (

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to Srinagar) and NH-38 to Madurai, the temple-city of

. The town is also linked with

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bay. The town is well connected by rail to other parts of the country with linkage to the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust. The total length of national highways covered in this corporation is and the length of

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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 City Municipal Corporation are * Thoothukkudi North * Thoothukkudi East * Thoothukkudi West * Thoothukkudi South

Departments

List of mayors

List of deputy mayors

List of commissioners

References

External links

* * http://www.thoothukudicorporation.com/contactus.html * http://www.thoothukudicorporation.com/rate-and-reviews.html * http://www.thoothukudicorporation.com/about_corporation_act.html

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* http://www.thoothukudicorporation.com/thoothukudi-corporation-thooimai-thinam.html * http://www.thoothukudicorporation.com/thooimai-thoothukudi.html {{Municipalities of Tamil Nadu Municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu Thoothukudi 1866 establishments in British India 2008 establishments in Tamil Nadu