Vellore Municipal Corporation


Vellore Municipal Corporation or City Municipal Corporation of Vellore is a civic body that governs the city of Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Vellore corporation consist of 60 wards and is headed by a mayor who presides over a Deputy Mayor and 60 Councillors who represent each wards in the city. Deputy collector in 1982 in Vellore was R.Kulandaivelu Pillai.

Demographics

As per the 2011 census results, Vellore UA has a population of above 8 lakhs. City Population grew from 423,425 in 2001 to 502,000 in 2011.
Vellore City consists of Sathuvachari, Vallalar, Dharapadavedu, Shenbakkam, Allapuram, Fort, Kaspa, Vasanthapuram, Thiyagarajapuram, Thottapalayam, Saidapet, Thorapadi, Hazrath makkan, Otteri, Velapadi, Salavanpet, Rangapuram, Bagayam, Kazhinjur, Gandhi Nagar, Katpadi, Palavansaathu, Virupakshipuram, Konavattam, Virudampet, Kangeyanallur, Idaynsaathu, sripuram, Alamelumangapuram and Chitheri.
Total area spans across 20 km approximately. Total area is 87.915 km² according to the G.O..No. 221 Dated 28.09.2010 issued by Tamil Nadu government. The population of Vellore Corporation based on that GO as of 2001 was 423,425. Vellore city is administrated by Mayor Mrs.P.Karthiyayini. Vellore City Municipal Corporation is divided into four zones namely katpadi, Sathuvachari, Vellore Fort and Shenbakkam.
According to 2011 census Vellore agglomeration population is 481,966. In 2011 Census Data they have missed out three places. The census bureau has listed the city population as UA population. Actual population of Vellore including the missed out places, will be 502,000 and the population of Vellore UA will be more than 7.5 Lakhs.

History

The Vellore City was constituted as municipality in 1866. The Municipality was upgraded to first grade in 1947 and to selection grade 1970. It was further upgraded to a special grade in 1979. In 2008 August 1, it became municipality corporation

Mayor

P.Karthiyayini, Ph.D..

Deputy mayor

V.D. Dharmalingam of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam of 45th ward is the elected deputy mayor of Vellore Corporation.

Members of council

Member of council for the 60 wards of the Vellore Corporation are,
  1. J.Ayub Khan
  2. K.Ganesan
  3. L.Chitra
  4. G.Ravikumar
  5. A.Umababy
  6. S.Raja
  7. M.Sunil Kumar
  8. E.Ilavarasi
  9. R.K.Naveen Kumar
  10. A.Surendhiran
  11. K.R.Selvi Ravi
  12. S.Vijayalakshmi
  13. P.Ramesh
  14. Samundeeswari Gunalan
  15. V.R.Nithya Kumar
  16. K.Dhamodharan
  17. S.Megala
  18. E.Pushpavalli
  19. Sasikumar
  20. R.Kulandaivelu Pillai
  21. K.Sivaji
  22. M.Sekar
  23. Sundharam
  24. Thangamani Aanandhan
  25. J.Porselvi
  26. N.Shakila Narayanan
  27. V.Barathbabu
  28. Kodhandabani
  29. K.Anwar Basha
  30. R.K.IYYAPAN
  31. S.Kumar
  32. Thavamani
  33. K.Seenigandhi
  34. Selvam
  35. S.Kuppusamy
  36. R.Sathyamoorthy
  37. S.Raja
  38. R.Anjanadevi
  39. A.Suganthi
  40. K.Sooryaaachari
  41. G.Anbu
  42. S.Sokkalingam
  43. G.Sanmugam
  44. V.D.Dharumalingam
  45. G.Muthusamy
  46. K.Iyappan
  47. A.G.Pandiyan
  48. K.Sugumar
  49. Murugan
  50. R.Renugopal
  51. zubair ahmed E.A.
  52. K.L.Muhammed Aneep
  53. M.Ushanandhini
  54. K.Loorthumary
  55. S.Amudha
  56. Mahalakshmi
  57. A.Dhurai Arasan
  58. A.Pichaimuthu
  59. K.Viji
  60. Anwar Basha