Administration of Malappuram district

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The Malappuram district has four types of administrative hierarchies:

  • Taluk and Village administration managed by the provincial government of Kerala
  • Panchayath Administration managed by the local bodies
  • Parliament Constituencies for the federal government of India
  • Assembly Constituencies for the provincial government of Kerala
File:Subdistricts of Malappuram 1 (August 2020).svg
Malappuram district

Civic administration

File:Map of Malappuram District (April 2021).svg
Map of Malappuram District
File:Distribution of Population in Malappuram District.svg
Distribution of Population in Local Bodies (2011)

Being the headquarters city, Malappuram comprises the Civil Station area which consists of administrative and other Government offices of the district such as District Collectorate, District Treasury, RTO, PWD Division Office, District Panchayat, Town planning Office, Text depot, District Medical office, etc. to name a few. The city is administered by the Malappuram Municipality, headed by a Municipal Chairman. For administrative purposes, the city is divided into 40 wards, from which the members of the municipal council are elected for five years. The Chairman of Malappuram Municipality is Sri mujeeb Kaderi (IUML) and the Deputy Chairperson is Sri. Konnola fousiya (INC). The present Malappuram District Collector is K. Gopalakrishnan.[1]

ISO Certification

Malappuram is the first municipal body in India to win an ISO 9001-2008 certification for quality management. It has been on a track of fast reforms for the past couple of years and has achieved the distinction of having zero pendency of files.[2]

Law and order

City police is headed by a DySP (Deputy Superindent of police) of Malappuram. And Office of Superintendent of Police is also at Malappuram. Apart from regular law and order, city police comprise the Malappuram Traffic Police, Bomb Squad, Dog Squad, Women's Cell, Narcotics Cell, Malabar Special Police, Armed Police Camp, District Crime Records Bureau.[3][4]

Proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation

File:Greater Malappuram Map.png
Malappuram City Map showing proposed corporation limit

There is a demand to upgrade Malappuram Municipality to a Municipal Corporation by incorporating the local bodies in the Greater Malappuram region.[5] The proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation comprises:

There is another demand for Perinthalmanna municipal corporation by merging Angadippuram, Mankada, Pulamanthole Panjayaths

Political Divisions

The federal, provincial and local administration of Malappuram district has a complex structure.

Legislative Assembly constituencies

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Sl.no Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) 		Local segments Member of the
15th Niyamasabha 		Party Alliance
33 Kondotty None Template:Collapsible list T. V. Ibrahim bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
34 Eranad None Template:Collapsible list P. K. Basheer bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
35 Nilambur None Template:Collapsible list P. V. Anvar bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Independent Template:Legend2
36 Wandoor SC Template:Collapsible list A. P. Anil Kumar bgcolor="Template:Party color" |INC Template:Legend2
37 Manjeri None Template:Collapsible list U. A. Latheef bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
38 Perinthalmanna None Template:Collapsible list Najeeb Kanthapuram bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
39 Mankada None Template:Collapsible list Manjalamkuzhi Ali bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
40 Malappuram None Template:Collapsible list P. Ubaidulla bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
41 Vengara None Template:Collapsible list P. K. Kunhalikutty bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
42 Vallikunnu None Template:Collapsible list P. Abdul Hameed bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
43 Tirurangadi None Template:Collapsible list K. P. A. Majeed bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
44 Tanur None Template:Collapsible list V. Abdurahiman bgcolor="Template:Party color" |INL Template:Legend2
45 Tirur None Template:Collapsible list Kurukkoli Moideen bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
46 Kottakkal None Template:Collapsible list K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal bgcolor="Template:Party color" |IUML Template:Legend2
47 Thavanur None Template:Collapsible list K. T. Jaleel bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Independent Template:Legend2
48 Ponnani None Template:Collapsible list P. Nandakumar bgcolor="Template:Party color" |CPI(M) Template:Legend2

Parliament constituencies

Parliamentary constituency Assembly constituencies MP Political party
Malappuram Malappuram, Manjeri, Mankada, Perinthalmanna, Vallikunnu, Kondotty and Vengara. M. P. Abdussamad Samadani IUML
Ponnani (Major portion) Tirurangadi, Tirur, Tanur, Ponnani, Kottakkal and Thavanur. E. T. Mohammed Basheer IUML
Wayanad (Minor portion) Eranad, Wandoor and Nilambur. Rahul Gandhi INC

Administrative subdivisions

The district consists of two revenue divisions (Tirur and Perintalmanna), seven subdistricts, 135 villages, 15 blocks, twelve municipalities and 100 panchayats.

Revenue administration

For the ease of revenue administration, there are 7 subdistricts in the district, which are again divided into 138 villages. These 7 subdistricts are combined in 2 revenue divisions namely Tirur and Perinthalmanna.

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Subdistrict Area
(in km2) 		Population
(2011) 		Villages
Ponnani 200 379,798 11
Tirur 448 928,672 30
Tirurangadi 290* 631,906* 17
Kondotty 254* 410,577* 12
Eranad 491* 581,512* 23
Perinthalmanna 506 606,396 24
Nilambur 1,343 574,059 21
Sources: 2011 Census of India,[6] Official website of Malappuram district[7]

Template:Clear Ponnani, Tirur, Tirurangadi, and Kondotty are included in the Tirur revenue division, whereas the remaining Taluks together form Perinthalmanna revenue division.

Rural administration

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File:2020 Kerala Local body Elections - Malappuram District (Gram Panchayats and Municipalities).svg
An election map showing the results of 2020 Kerala local elections in Malappuram district

For the ease of rural administration, the rural district is divided into 94 Gram Panchayats which together form 15 blocks.[8] These 15 block panchayats combine to form the Malappuram district Panchayat, which is the apex body of rural governance in the district. The 94 Gram Panchayats are again divided into 1,778 wards.[9] However, Census towns (small towns with urban features) also come under the jurisdiction of Gram Panchayats.

Urban administration

For the ease of urban administration, 12 municipalities are there in the district. Template:Municipal towns/cities in Malappuram

Municipality[10] Wards[11] Population
(2011)[12] 		Chairperson [13] Political
Party 		Pre-poll
Alliance
1 Manjeri 50 97,102 V. M. Subaida style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|IUML Template:Legend2
2 Ponnani 51 90,491 Sivadasan Attupurath style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|CPI(M) Template:Legend2
3 Parappanangadi 45 71,239 A. Usman style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|IUML Template:Legend2
4 Tanur 44 69,534 P. P. Shamsudheen style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|IUML Template:Legend2
5 Malappuram 40 68,088 Mujeeb Kaderi style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|IUML Template:Legend2
6 Kondotty 40 59,256 Fathimath Suhrabi. C. T style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|IUML Template:Legend2
7 Tirurangadi 39 56,632 K. P. Muhammad Kutty style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|IUML Template:Legend2
8 Tirur 38 56,058 Naseema style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|IUML Template:Legend2
9 Perinthalmanna 34 49,723 P. Shaji style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|CPI(M) Template:Legend2
10 Kottakkal 32 48,342 Bushra Shabeer style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|IUML Template:Legend2
11 Nilambur 33 46,342 Mattummal Saleem style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|CPI(M) Template:Legend2
12 Valanchery 33 44,437 Ashraf Ambalathingal style="background-color:Template:Party color;"|IUML Template:Legend2

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See also

References

  1. ↑ New Malappuram Collector takes charge. Keralakoumudi(27 May 2020). Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ↑ First-in-India ISO tag for Malappuram. The Hindu(24 February 2014). Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Malappuram Police
  4. ↑ http://www.malappurampolice.gov.in/mlpol/
  5. ↑ Proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation. timesofindia.indiatimes.com(16 May 2014). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Taluk-wise demography of Malappuram. censusindia.gov.in. Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Villages in Malappuram. malappuram.nic.in. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. ↑ Rural administration in Malappuram district. Official website of Malappuram district. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  9. ↑ Gram Panchayats and wards in Malappuram. Local self government department, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  10. ↑ Municipalities in Malappuram. malappuram.nic.in. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  11. ↑ No. of wards in Malappuram. lsgkerala.gov.in.
  12. ↑ Population of urban bodies. Urban Affairs Kerala. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Chairpersons of municipalities in Malappuram. lsgkerala.gov.in. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

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