There are a total of 23 municipal corporations in Maharashtra including Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli, Ulhasnagar, Nashik, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Aurangabad, Nanded, Nagpur, Amravati, Akola, Solapur, Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad, Kolhapur, Mira Bhayandar, Jalgaon, Bhiwandi, Nanded, Dhule, and Ahmednagar. These corporations have been categorized into 4 groups (A, B, C, and D) by the state government.