[2] Chittoor Municipal Corporation is headed by Mayor of city and governed by Commissioner.

[3] The corporation is spread over an area of 95.97 km2 (37.05 sq mi) with 51 election wards.

It also includes fourteen villages namely, Obanapalli, Mangasamudram, Santhapet, Anupalli, Bandapalle, Doddipalle, Kukkalapalli, Mapakshi, Murakambattu, Muthirevula, Narigapalle, Ramapuram, Thenebanda, Thimmsanipalle and Varigapalle which were merged into the corporation.

The corporation is administered by an elected body, headed by a mayor.

The present commissioner of the corporation is P Narasimha prasadh and the mayor is S Amudha.