Panvel Municipal Corporation

Panvel Municipal Council was formed on August 25, 1852, as the first municipal council in the country. The initial notification for converting Panvel Municipal Council to Municipal Corporation came in the year 1991. After rapid urbanization post-2000, Panvel Municipal Council was eventually upgraded to Municipal Corporation in 2016. Panvel Municipal Corporation is the first Municipal Corporation in Raigad district, 9th in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, and 27th in the state of Maharashtra. The Municipal Corporation includes 29 revenue villages of Panvel taluka including CIDCO colonies of Taloja, Kharghar, Kalamboli, Kamothe, and New Panvel covering an area of 110km. Panvel is about 300 years old. Once upon a time, Panvel was famous for its rice market. Panvel Municipal Council (PMC) was established in the year 1852, and was the oldest municipal council of Maharashtra, before the formation of Panvel Municipal Corporation.