Nagar Panchayat is an urban local body (ULB) that administers a city having population of 1 lakh or above.

Under the urban local self governance system, the Nagar Panchayat Parishad is administratively part of the district it is located in. Nagar Panchayat are entrusted with some duties and responsibilities, as enshrined in the Constitutional (74th Amendment) Act, 1992. It interacts directly with the State Government.

The members of the Nagar Panchayat are elected representatives for a term of five years. The town is divided into wards according to its population, and representatives are elected from each ward and a chairman also elected by citizen of Nagar Panchayat.