Types of urban governments in India

It is created for the administration of big cities
They are established by an act of state legislatures and in the case of UTs, it is by an act of Parliament
The corporation has three organs- council, standing committees and commissioner
The council is the deliberative body consisting of elected and few nominated representatives. They enact laws and policies. The council is headed by a mayor who is to preside over the council meetings. He is elected by the members amongst themselves. He has a renewable one-year term
Standing committees are created to simplify the working of the council. They take decision in their respective fields for which they have been made responsible. Ex: Health, education, public works etc
Municipal commissioner is responsible for implementing the policies and decisions taken by the council and the committees

It is established for administration of smaller towns and cities
They are established by an act of state legislatures and in the case of UTs, it is by an act of Parliament
It also has three authorities- council, standing committees and chief executive officer
The council is the deliberative and legislative body. It is headed by a chairperson.
Unlike the mayor in a municipal corporation, chairperson here has executive powers
The CEO is responsible for day-to-day administration

It is created for fast-developing areas that have not yet achieved the numbers to become a municipality
It is notified by state government gazette
Only those provisions which are specified in the gazette apply to this area
It is entirely a nominated body

It is setup for the administration of a small town
It is created by a separate act of the state legislature
It may be a wholly elected, wholly nominated or party elected and nominated as specified by the state government

It is setup for the civic administration for civilian population living in cantonment areas
It is setup under the provisions of the cantonment act, 2006
It works under the administrative control of the Union defence ministry
It consists of partly elected and partly nominated representatives
The commanding officer of the station is the ex-officio chairperson
The board will also consists of an executive engineer, health officer, first class magistrate, chief executive officer
The nominated members hold office as long as they are part of the station
Elected members have a tenure of 5 years

It is established by a public sector enterprise to ensure civic administration of their workers in the region
The township has no elected members
It is an extension of bureaucratic structure of the PSE

These are setup to address specific issues which are usually the domain of municipalities
They are also known as single-purpose or uni-purpose because of the singular role based on which they are created for
They are established by an act of state legislature or as departments by an executive resolution
They function as autonomous bodies