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The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 158

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                                        [PART IXA
                              THE MUNICIPALITIES
       243P.    Definitions.—In      this Part,    unless the context otherwise
requires,—
           (a) “Committee” means a Committee constituted under article 243S;
           (b) “district” means a district in a State;
          (c) “Metropolitan area” means an area having a population of ten
       lakhs or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two
       or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas,
                                                         e
                                                    od
       specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan
       area for the purposes of this Part;      aC
          (d) “Municipal area” means the territorial area of a Municipality as is
                                           di
       notified by the Governor;         In
          (e) “Municipality” means            an   institution   of   self-government
       constituted under article 243Q;
           (f) “Panchayat” means a Panchayat constituted under article 243B;
          (g) “population” means the population as ascertained at the last
       preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published.
       243Q. Constitution of Municipalities.—(1) There shall be constituted
in every State,—
          (a) a Nagar Panchayat (by whatever name called) for a transitional
       area, that is to say, an area in transition from a rural area to an urban
       area;
          (b) a Municipal Council for a smaller urban area; and
          (c) a Municipal Corporation for a larger urban area,
in accordance with the provisions of this Part:


1. Part IXA ins. by the Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, s. 2
   (w.e.f. 1-6-1993).

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