Kerala's local self-government map: 941 grama panchayats, 87 municipalities and 6 corporations
Background
The Local Self Government Department records that Kerala State has 941 Grama Panchayats, 152 Block Panchayats, 14 District Panchayats, 87 Municipalities and 6 Corporations.
The three-tier system came into existence in India consequent to the 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution.
In Kerala the local self-government institutions have been empowered through transfer of resources as well as administrative powers.
Developmental programmes are identified and implemented through Grama Sabhas.
The Panchayat Directorate, the Directorate of Urban Affairs, the Commissionerate of Rural Development and the Town and Country Planning Department are the major allied departments of local administration.
Allied institutions and training centres also function under the department.
In plain words
Grama Sabha The assembly of all registered voters of a ward of a grama panchayat — Kerala identifies and implements development programmes through Grama Sabhas.
LSGD Local Self Government Department — The Kerala department in charge of panchayats, municipalities and corporations.