Question

The Municipal Council is found in ______.
A) Big cities
B) Small towns
C) Villages
D) Metropolitan cities

Answer 1

Hint: Municipal Councils are also known as Nagar Palika or Nagar Palika Parishads. They undertake the administration of a city that has a population around 1,00,000.

Complete answer:
Municipal Councils are also known as Municipalities or Nagar Palikas. They are urban local bodies that undertake the administration of small towns. These small towns are those, which generally have a population of around 1 lakh people.

Urban Local Governments can be divided into three bodies depending on their hierarchy. They are;
- The municipal corporation – which administers an area having a population that is more than one million.
- The municipal council – it is the body which administers the small towns.
- Nagar panchayat - it is Notified Area Council which administers the area which is at the transition from rural to urban settlements. The population in this case ranges from 12 thousand to 40 thousand people.

In the Municipal Council, the members are elected from all of the wards in a given town. The wards are small segments of the town which include a certain number of people. After the election, the members select a President for themselves who presides over them and conducts meetings. The Municipal council has the responsibility of providing; water supply, hospitals, roads, street lights, drainage, fire brigade, market places, birth and death records, solid waste management, gardens and parks, education to underprivileged children, etc.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (B) The Municipal Council is found in small towns.

Note: The Municipal Council requires a steady and adequate supply of funds for the efficient execution of all the above-mentioned purposes. Thus, the funds are generated through taxes of housing, entertainment, electricity, water, property etc. Toll taxes and other taxes from tourism, hotels, renting businesses etc. also contribute significantly to their income.