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[[File:Alappuzha loves Wikimedia IMG 7599.JPG|thumb|250px|Alleppey District Court]]<br />
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'''Alappuzha District''' has four types of administrative hierarchies: <br />
* Taluk and Village administration managed by the provincial government of Kerala state.<br />
* Panchayaths and Municipalities Administration managed by the constitutional local self government bodies<br />
* Parliament Constituencies for the Union of India<br />
* Assembly Constituencies for the provincial government of Kerala state<br />
M. Alexander IAS is the District Collector and District Magistrate of Alappuzha.{{cn|date=July 2020}}<br />
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==Municipalities==<br />
The municipalities in the district are:<br />
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* [[Alappuzha]]<br />
* [[Chengannur]]<br />
* [[Cherthala]]<br />
* [[Kayamkulam]]<br />
* [[Mavelikkara]]<br />
* [[Haripad]]<br />
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==Taluks==<br />
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Taluks in Alappuzha municipality are:<br />
* [[Cherthala]]<br />
* [[Ambalappuzha]]<br />
* [[kuttanad]]<br />
* [[Karthikappally]]<br />
* [[Chengannur]]<br />
* [[Mavelikkara]]<br />
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==Panchayats==<br />
The panchayats in the district are:<br />
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* [[Alaa, Alappuzha|Alaa]]<br />
* Arattupuzha<br />
* [[Arookutty]]<br />
* [[Aroor]]<br />
* [[Aryad]]<br />
* [[Bharanikkavu|Bharanikavu]]<br />
* [[Champakulam]]<br />
* [[Charummoodu]]<br />
* [[Chennam Pallippuram]]<br />
* [[Chennithala]]<br />
* [[Cherthala|Cherthala South]]<br />
* [[Cheruthana]]<br />
* [[Chettikulangara]]<br />
* [[Chunakkara]]<br />
* [[Edathua]]<br />
* [[Ezhupunna]]<br />
* [[Kadakkarappally]]<br />
* [[Kanjikkuzhi]]<br />
* [[Kodamthuruth]]<br />
* [[Krishnapuram, Alappuzha|Krishnapuram]]<br />
* [[Kuthiathode]]<br />
* [[Mannancherry]]<br />
* [[Mannar, Alappuzha|Mannar]]<br />
* [[Mararikulam|Mararikulam North]]<br />
* [[Mararikulam|Mararikulam South]]<br />
* [[Muhamma]]<br />
* [[Mulakuzha]]<br />
* [[Muthukulam]]<br />
* [[Muttar]]<br />
* [[Nedumudy]]<br />
* [[Nooranad]]<br />
* [[Palamel]]<br />
* [[Panavally]]<br />
* [[Pattanakkad]]<br />
* [[Perumbalam]]<br />
* [[Purakkad]]<br />
* [[Thaikattussery]]<br />
* [[Thakazhi, Alappuzha|Thakazhy]]<br />
* [[Thalavady]]<br />
* [[Thamarakkulam]]<br />
* [[Thanneermukkom]]<br />
* [[Thazhakara]]<br />
* [[Thiruvanvandoor]]<br />
* [[Thuravoor Thekku|Thuravoor]]<br />
* [[Vallikunnam]]<br />
* [[Vayalar]]<br />
* [[Venmony]]<br />
* [[Purakkad]]<br />
* [[Punnapra]]<br />
* [[Ambalappuzha]]<br />
* [[Veeyapuram]]<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin: 0 1em 0 0;"<br />
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!colspan="2"| Alappuzha city officials<br />
|-<br />
| Municipal chairman<br />
| Mr.Thomas Joseph<ref>"official {{cite web|url=http://www.alappuzha.nic.in/alp_muncpl_chrmns.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-06-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162743/http://www.alappuzha.nic.in/alp_muncpl_chrmns.htm |archivedate=2011-07-21 }}"</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[Superintendent of Police]]<br />
| Mr.E.Divakaran<ref>"sp {{cite web|url=http://alappuzha.nic.in/ele2009_phone.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-04-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807061530/http://alappuzha.nic.in/ele2009_phone.htm |archivedate=2011-08-07 }}"</ref><br />
|}<br />
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The two administrative systems prevailing in the district are [[revenue]] and [[local self-government in India|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.<br />
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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.<ref>"Administration {{cite web|url=http://www.alappuzha.nic.in/admin.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-06-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162712/http://www.alappuzha.nic.in/admin.htm |archivedate=2011-07-21 }}"</ref><br />
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There were nine [[Legislature of Kerala|legislative assembly]] segments in Alappuzha district for the [[2011 Kerala State legislative assembly election|2011 Assembly elections]]. They are [[Aroor]], [[Cherthala]], Alappuzha, [[Kuttanad]], [[Haripad]], [[Kayamkulam]], [[Mavelikkara]] and [[Chengannur]].<ref>"Niyamsabha official site [http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members.htm]"</ref><br />
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Alappuzha assembly constituency is part of Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency). The other [[Lok Sabha]] constituency of the district is [[Mavelikkara]]<ref>" constituency. [http://eci.nic.in/archive/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf]"</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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