Structure of Local Government

Local government means the administration of the affairs of a fixed geographic region in both urban and rural areas by the people through their elected representatives. It refers to that administrative unit which is a popularly elected body charged with the administration and executive duties in matters concerning the inhabitants of the particular district or place and vested with powers to make bye laws for their guidance. The urban local government operates in towns and cities through Municipal Corporations, Municipal Committees, Cantonment Boards, Town and Notified Area Committees. The span of contribution of urban local government extends to the study of the phenomenon of urbanization and its problem, urban planning, structure of urban governments and their classification, municipal legislation, personnel management, financial administration, state local relations, special purpose agencies, organization and function of the union Ministry of urban Affairs and Employment and its subordinate and attached offices, as also that of the State departments of urban local government; Report of various commissions and committees appointed from time to time by the central and state governments to study the various aspects of the working of urban local governments and the recommendation made by them, municipal bureaucracy, role of political parties, research and evaluation and comparative urban local governments.

Structure of Local Government

Special Affairs Ministry		Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry
	Local Government in Special Areas	Rural Local Government	Urban Local Government
v  Raja/Circle Chief [Total Number: 3] v  Mouza Headmen / Karbari System [472]	v  Regional Council         [Total No.: 1] v  Hill District Council [3] v  Municipal Council [3] v  Upazila Council [21] v  Union Council [118] v  Village Council [1062]	v  District Council [Total No.: 64] v  Upazila (previously called Thana) Council [489] v  Union Council [4,552] v  Village Council	v  City Corporation [Total No.: 11] v  Municipalities