Agartala Municipal Corporation Explained

Agartala Municipal Corporation
House Type:	Municipal Corporation
Term Limits:	5 years
Leader1 Type:	Mayor
Party1:	BJP^[1]
Leader2 Type:	Deputy Mayor
Leader2:	Smt. Manika Das Datta
Leader3 Type:	Municipal Commissioner
Leader3:	Dr. Shailesh Kumar Yadav, IAS ^[2]
Members:	51
Structure1:	File:India Agartala Municipal Corporation 2021.svg
Structure1 Res:	300px
Political Groups1:	Government (51) BJP (51)
Next Election1:	2026

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 Third-largest develop city after Imphal and 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.

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	3sqmi
1971	100,264	3sqmi
1981	132,186	10.94 km^2
1991	157,358	15.81 km^2
2001	188,540	16.02 km^2
2004	367,822	58.84 km^2
2011	399,688	58.84 km^2 (Greater Agartala Planning Area: 512,264 and 92 km^2)

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

External links

• AMC page

Notes and References

1. Web site: BJP's Deepak Majumder elected as Agartala Municipal Corporation Mayor, Monika das Datta as Deputy Mayor | Welcome to Mantra . 7 December 2021 . 7 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211207063719/https://mantras.tv/2021/12/06/bjps-deepak-majumder-elected-as-agartala-municipal-corporation-mayor-monika-das-datta-as-deputy-mayor/ . dead .
2. Web site: Agartala Municipality Corporation.
3. News: Tripura Municipal Election Results 2021 Highlights: Assam CM says BJP's win testimony to popular support for PM Modi's leadership . 28 November 2021 . The Financial Express . 28 November 2021.
4. agartala info