Paper I · 12 Local Self-Government · 12.4 Urban local bodies

12.4.2 Greater Hyderabad: GHMC, its Act, wards and the metropolitan bodies

Hyderabad's civic body grew from the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (under a 1955 Act) into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in 2007, swelled to about 2,053 sq km after 27 towns merged in December 2025, and on 11 February 2026 was split into three corporations (GHMC, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri), while planning, water and lake protection sit with separate bodies such as HMDA, HMWSSB and HYDRAA.

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Key terms

  • Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
  • GHMC Act 1955
  • Hyderabad Municipal Corporations Act 1955
  • Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad
  • 1869
  • Kotwal
  • Chaderghat
  • G.O. 261 of 2007
  • 12 municipalities
  • 625 sq km
  • 150 wards
  • six zones
  • 30 circles
  • Mayor
  • Commissioner
  • Standing Committee
  • 2020 GHMC amendment
  • 50 per cent women
  • ward committees
  • green budget
  • December 2020 GHMC election
  • 27 urban local bodies merged 2025
  • 300 wards
  • 2
  • 053 sq km
  • Cyberabad Municipal Corporation
  • Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation
  • trifurcation 11 February 2026
  • CURE Bill 2026
  • HYDRAA
  • G.O. 99
  • section 374B
  • HMDA
  • Regional Ring Road
  • HMWSSB
  • Secunderabad Cantonment Board

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