Agartala Municipal Corporation

The Agartala Municipal Corporation or AMC is the municipal body which governs and maintains the city of Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of Tripura and is the Second-largest develop city after Guwahati metropolitan in North-east India. Formed in the year 1871 the oldest municipal body in Northeast India, AMC had a vital role in developing & modernizing the state and managing in its various activities. This civic administrative body administers an area of 76.5 km². AMC is headed by Dipak Majumder the present Mayor of Agartala.

Agartala Municipal Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Mayor	Dipak Majumder, BJP[1]
Deputy Mayor	Smt. Manika Das Datta, BJP
Municipal Commissioner	Dr. Shailesh Kumar Yadav, IAS [2]
Structure
Seats	51
Political groups	Government (51)   BJP (51)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	November 2021
Next election	2026
Meeting place
Agartala, Tripura
Website
agartalacity.tripura.gov.in

Objective

The Municipal Corporation consists of councillors elected by the residents of the city. The city is divided into municipal wards and each ward elects a councillor to the Council.

The current majority of AMC belongs to the BJP.^[3]

The municipal area was 16.012 km² with a population of 1,89,329 at the 2001 census. The Urban Development Department Notification No.F.2(2)–UDD /2003 dated 2 July 2004 the Agartala Municipal Council has further been extended taking 16 No. of Grams of Dukli R.D.Block, 7 No. of Grams of Mohanpur R.D. Block and 2 No. of Grams of Jirania R.D. Block with an area of 42.83 square kilometers and a population of 178,495.^[4] The present municipal building is located near the City center of Agartala location namely Paradise Chowhamani.

Year	Population	Area
1961	54,878	3 square miles (8 km2)
1971	100,264	3 square miles (8 km2)
1981	132,186	10.94 km2
1991	157,358	15.81 km2
2001	188,540	16.02 km2
2004	367,822	58.84 km2
2011	399,688	58.84 km2 (Greater Agartala Planning Area: 512,264 and 92 km2)

An estimated value of the population of Agartala in each decades as shown here from 1961 along with its size in area.

Members of the Mayor-in-Council

S.No	Name	Designation	Departments	Party
1.	Dipak Majumdar	Mayor	General Administration Revenue Market Development (including shopping complex) Other affairs not allocated to Members	BJP
2.	Smt. Manika Das Datta	Deputy Mayor	Accounts and Cash Slum Development Cultural affairs	BJP
Mayor-in-Council
3.	Hiralal Debnath	Member	Vehicle PWD	BJP
4.	Tushar Kanti Bhattacharjee	Member	Public Health (excluding SWM) Drinking Water	BJP
5.	Smt. Himani Debbarma	Member	ST Development ICDS	BJP
6.	Hari Sadhan Debnath	Member	Poverty alleviation (Housing Scheme) Sports	BJP
7.	Uday Bhaskar Chakraborty	Member	Electric SWM	BJP
8.	Jagadish Das	Member	Municipal Properties Literacy	BJP
9.	Smt. Sampa Sarkar Sen	Member	School Education NULM	BJP
10.	Bapi Das	Member	TUEP SC Development	BJP

Election

Date: 25 November 2021

Result: 28 November 2021

Total Seats : 51

Winning Party : BJP with 51 seats.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Tripura

References

1. "BJP's Deepak Majumder elected as Agartala Municipal Corporation Mayor, Monika das Datta as Deputy Mayor | Welcome to Mantra". Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
2. "Agartala Municipality Corporation".
3. "Tripura Municipal Election Results 2021 Highlights: Assam CM says BJP's win testimony to popular support for PM Modi's leadership". The Financial Express. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
4. agartala info

External links

• AMC page