This Municipality was constituted during the year 1974 as NAC and subsequently it has been declared as a smaller urban area i.e. Municipality vide Notification No. 34877 Dt.12.09.2002 of Govt. in H & U. D. Deptt. The total area of this Municipality is 72.872 sq. Kms. Altogether 08 revenue villages are coming under this Municipality. There are 16 wards in this Municipality. The total population of the Municipality is 35043, out of which 17955 are male and 17088 are female as per 2001 Census.