Ponnur Municipality
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పొన్నూరు పురపాలక సంస్థ | |
| Formation | 1964 |
|---|---|
| Merger of | Municipal Corporation |
| Type | Governmental organization |
| Legal status | Local government |
| Purpose | Civic administration |
| Headquarters | Ponnur |
| Location | |
Official language | Telugu |
Chairperson | Sajja Hemalatha |
Commissioner | M.Ramesh Babu |
Main organ | Committee |
| Website | ponnurmunicipality |
Ponnur Municipality is the local self government in Ponnur, a town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is classified as a Grade–II municipality.[1]
As the 2011 census of India, the municipality had a population of 59,913, with 16,138 households.[2]
The municipality was constituted in the year 1964 as Grade–III and then got upgraded in the year 1984 as a Grade–II municipality.[3]
Administration
The jurisdictional area of the municipality is spread over an area of 25.64 km2 (9.90 sq mi) with 31 municipal and 16 revenue wards.[4] The Elected Wing of the municipality consists of a municipal council, which has elected members and is headed by a Chairperson.[5] Whereas, the Executive Wing is headed by a municipal commissioner.[5] The present chairperson of the municipality is Sajja Hemalatha[6] and the present commissioner is M.Ramesh Babu.[7]
As per the survey conducted in 2014, there exists 60,600 households. In 2014–15, the total income generated by the municipality was ₹ 8.8695 crore and the expenditure spent was ₹ 7.4132 crore.[4]
