Rajasthan Municipalities

"Municipality" means an institution of self-government constituted under the Article 243Q of the Seventy-Fourth Amendment Act of 1992, of the Constitution.

Municipality is an organ of self government system that functions in the townships and urban areas. The Municipal area refers to the territorial domain of a Municipality as ascertained by the Governor of a state.

The Rajasthan Municipalities Act or the Rajasthan Act 38 was passed in 1959. The state of Rajasthan has 183 municipalities, a Municipal Council for a smaller urban region and a Municipal Corporation for a bigger urban area. The composition varies with the urban population of the state. In the year 2001, the urban population accounted for 23.38 per cent of the total population of the state of Rajasthan.

The Municipalities of Rajasthan functions as the institutions of self-government and the powers are devolved by the state. Articles 243 of the Constitution of India lay provisions regarding the election, composition, powers, and duration and so on of the Municipalities. The Municipalities are responsible for bringing out social and economic development and social justice. They are authorized to implement developmental schemes and also have the power to impose taxes.

The State Election Commission is vested with the preparation of electoral rolls for the elections and also the direction, control and supervision of the election to the Municipalities of Rajasthan.