Mannarkad Municipality

Mannarkad Municipality (also spelled Mannarkkad) is an urban local government body (Municipality) located in the Mannarkkad taluk of Palakkad district in the Indian state of Kerala. It was constituted on 14 January 2015 and covers an area of 33.12 square kilometres, comprising 29 wards. Its boundaries are the Kanjirapuzha Panchayat to the east, Karakurissi Panchayat to the south, Kumaramputhur Panchayat to the west, and Thenkara Panchayat to the north. A substantial portion of the 89-square-kilometre Silent Valley National Park, the core of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats, lies within the municipality's jurisdiction. As a municipality, Mannarkad is a constitutionalised Urban Local Government under the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992, which added Part IX-A (Articles 243-P to 243-ZG) to the Constitution of India. Its functioning is governed by the Kerala Municipality Act of 1994, which sets out the pattern, functions and services of municipalities in Kerala and aims to secure greater public participation in planned development. The municipality operates under the Local Self Government Department of the Government of Kerala and is supported by the Information Kerala Mission, which develops and maintains its official website. Mannarkad Municipality delivers a range of citizen services and certificates, largely through the state's K-Smart platform. These include birth, death and marriage certificates, building certificates and permissions, civil registration, property tax, trade licences, welfare pensions, annual plans, meeting minutes, and a public grievance redressal (PGR) and complaints system. The official website also links to central and state government services and to programmes such as Kudumbashree, Harithakarma Sena, AMRUT, e-Tender, GEM and LSG Tender. Leadership is provided by an elected Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson together with an administrative Secretary. At the time of the official website content, the Chairperson was Sajna K., the Deputy Chairperson was K. Balakrishnan (Balu), and the Secretary was Satheesh Kumar M. The municipality's contact details include the email mannarkkadmunicipalitypkd@gmail.com and the phone number 04924222336.

Mannarkad Municipality is an urban local government body in the Mannarkkad taluk of Palakkad district, Kerala, India. It was constituted on 14 January 2015, covering an area of 33.12 square kilometres and comprising 29 wards. Its boundaries are the Kanjirapuzha Panchayat to the east, Karakurissi Panchayat to the south, Kumaramputhur Panchayat to the west, and Thenkara Panchayat to the north. A significant portion of the 89-square-kilometre Silent Valley National Park, the core of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats, lies within the municipality's jurisdiction. The legal framework for Mannarkad Municipality, like other urban local governments in India, derives from the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992, which added Part IX-A (Articles 243-P to 243-ZG) to the Constitution of India and constitutionalised municipalities. In Kerala, the Kerala Municipality Act of 1994 governs the pattern, functions and services of municipalities, enacted to secure greater public participation in planned development. The municipality operates under the Local Self Government Department of the Government of Kerala, and its official website is developed and maintained by the Information Kerala Mission. Over time the municipality has adopted digital service delivery, notably through the state's K-Smart platform, through which citizens can obtain birth, death and marriage certificates, building certificates and permissions, civil registration, property tax, trade licences, welfare pensions, annual plans, meeting minutes, and lodge public grievances. The website also provides links to central and state government services and to programmes such as Kudumbashree, Harithakarma Sena, AMRUT, e-Tender, GEM and LSG Tender. Recent updates published on the site include the draft voter list for the 2025 general election and the LIFE-2020 list of landless homeless persons.

• 2025

  Draft voter list for the 2025 general election published.

• 2020

  LIFE-2020 list of landless homeless persons published on the municipality website.

• 2015

  Mannarkad Municipality constituted on 14 January 2015, covering 33.12 sq km with 29 wards.

• 1994

  Kerala Municipality Act enacted to govern the pattern, functions and services of municipalities in Kerala.

• 1992

  74th Constitutional Amendment Act adds Part IX-A to the Constitution of India, constitutionalising municipalities.

A constitutionally mandated Urban Local Government in Kerala delivering citizen-centric municipal services, certificates and welfare administration under the state's Local Self Government Department.

• Birth Certificate

• Death Certificate

• Marriage Certificate

• Building Certificate and Building Permissions

• Civil Registration

• Property Tax

• Trade License

• Welfare Pension

• Annual Plan

• Public Grievance Redressal (PGR) and Complaints

1. 1Mannarkkad Municipality official websitemannarkkadmunicipality.lsgkerala.gov.in
2. 2Mannarkkad Municipality – Historymannarkkadmunicipality.lsgkerala.gov.in
3. 3Mannarkkad Municipality – Aboutmannarkkadmunicipality.lsgkerala.gov.in
4. 4Mannarkkad Municipality – node/116mannarkkadmunicipality.lsgkerala.gov.in
5. 5Wikidata – Mannarkad Municipalitywikidata.org
6. 6Malayalam Wikipedia – മണ്ണാർക്കാട് നഗരസഭml.wikipedia.org