Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation is one of the 21
municipal corporations in the state of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukkudi was constituted as a municipality as per the Town Improvement Act of 1865 on 1 November 1866. It upgraded the status of
municipal corporation on 5 August 2008 after 142 years of being a municipality in view of rapid increase in population and extension of administrative boundaries. The jurisdiction of Thoothukkudi City Municipal Corporation has been extended in May 2011, to include the areas of the city Corporation, 3 Municipalities, 17 Town Panchayats and 11 Village Panchayats located around the corporation. Consequent to this extension, the total area of the corporation has increased considerably from 13.47 km2. to 90.66 km2. and the numbers of the wards have increased from 51 to 60. The extended Municipal Corporation had a population of 3,72,408 as per 2011 census.
Linkages and connectivity It is served by three main roads which radiate to
Tiruchendur,
Tirunelveli and
Madurai. The town is also well connected by two
National Highways:
NH-138 to Tirunelveli, which it turn connects to
NH-44 (
Kanniyakumari to
Srinagar) and
NH-38 to Madurai, the temple-city of
Tamil Nadu. The town is also linked with
Gulf of Mannar bay. The town is well connected by rail to other parts of the country with linkage to the
V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority. The total length of national highways covered in this corporation is and the length of
state highways is about .
Topography The town is located at the longitude 78°13′E and latitude 8°45′N. The topography of the town is almost flat Terrain sloping from west to east direction towards the sea.
Climate The maximum temperature during summer is 39 °C and during winter it is 32 °C. Monsoon in Thoothukkudi is normally characterized by heavy rains and thunderstorms. ==Structure==