A Town Area Committee is a semi-municipal authority constituted for the administration of small towns in India. It is assigned a limited number of civic functions like street lighting, drainage, roads, conservancy etc. Town area committees is established by a separate act passed by a state legislature. The act mentions the composition, functions, and other matters related to the town area committee. The members may be partly elected and partly nominated by the state government or wholly nominated or wholly elected. In some states, District Collectors are given powers of surveillance and control over the Town Area Committees.
