Administration of Alappuzha district

Alappuzha District has four types of administrative hierarchies:

  • Taluk and Village administration managed by the provincial government of Kerala state.
  • Panchayaths and Municipalities Administration managed by the constitutional local self government bodies
  • Parliament Constituencies for the Union of India
  • Assembly Constituencies for the provincial government of Kerala state

Alleppey District Court

V. R. Krishna Teja IAS is the District Collector and District Magistrate of Alappuzha.

Municipalities

The municipalities in the district are:

Taluks

Panchayats

The panchayats in the district are:

Alappuzha city officials
Municipal chairperson Mrs.Soumya Raj [1]
Superintendent of Police Chaitra Teresa John IPS [2]

The two administrative systems prevailing in the district are revenue and local self-government. Under the revenue system, the district is divided into two revenue divisions, six taluks and 91 villages. The two revenue divisions are Alappuzha division comprising Cherthala, Ambalapuzha and Kuttanad taluks consisting of 47 villages and Chengannur division comprising Karthikapally, Chengannur and Mavelikkara taluks consisting of 44 villages. For census purposes, Aroor, Arookutty, Kodamthuruth, Thanneermukkom Vadakku, Thaneermukkam Thekku, Vayalar East and Kokkothamangalam village, except the portions included in Cherthala municipality are treated in the 1981 census as census towns based on the threefold criteria adopted for treating a place as census town.

Under the local self-government system, the district is divided into five statutory towns and development blocks consisting of 71 panchayats. The jurisdiction of a Development Block includes the areas falling in census towns also.[3]

There were nine legislative assembly segments in Alappuzha district for the 2011 Assembly elections. They are Aroor, Cherthala, Alappuzha, Kuttanad, Haripad, Kayamkulam, Mavelikkara and Chengannur.[4]

Alappuzha assembly constituency is part of Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency). The other Lok Sabha constituency of the district is Mavelikkara[5]

References

  1. "official "Official Web Site of Alappuzha, Kerala, India". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011."
  2. "sp "Election 2009 - Alappuzha District, Kerala State, India - Observers". Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012."
  3. "Administration "Official Web Site of Alappuzha, Kerala, India". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011."
  4. "Niyamsabha official site "
  5. " constituency. "
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