Agartala Municipal Corporation

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Agartala Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Manika Das Datta, BJP
Municipal Commissioner
Vishal Kumar, IAS [2]
Structure
Seats51
India Agartala Municipal Corporation 2021.svg
Political groups
Government (51)
  •   BJP (51)
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
 November 2021
Next election
2026
Meeting place
Agartala, Tripura
Website
agartalacity.tripura.gov.in

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.

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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.

YearPopulationArea
196154,8783 square miles (8 km2)
1971100,2643 square miles (8 km2)
1981132,18610.94 km2
1991157,35815.81 km2
2001188,54016.02 km2
2004367,82258.84 km2
2011399,68858.84 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.NoNameDesignationDepartmentsParty
1.Dipak MajumdarMayor
  • General Administration
  • Revenue
  • Market Development (including shopping complex)
  • Other affairs not allocated to Members
 BJP
2.Smt. Manika Das DattaDeputy Mayor
  • Accounts and Cash
  • Slum Development
  • Cultural affairs
 BJP
Mayor-in-Council
3.Hiralal DebnathMember
  • Vehicle
  • PWD
 BJP
4.Tushar Kanti BhattacharjeeMember
  • Public Health (excluding SWM)
  • Drinking Water
 BJP
5.Smt. Himani DebbarmaMember
  • ST Development
  • ICDS
 BJP
6.Hari Sadhan DebnathMember
  • Poverty alleviation (Housing Scheme)
  • Sports
 BJP
7.Uday Bhaskar ChakrabortyMember
  • Electric
  • SWM
 BJP
8.Jagadish DasMember
  • Municipal Properties
  • Literacy
 BJP
9.Smt. Sampa Sarkar SenMember
  • School Education
  • NULM
 BJP
10.Bapi DasMember
  • TUEP
  • SC Development
 BJP

Current members

Agartala Municipal Corporation has a total of 51 members or corporators, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in November 2021. The current mayor of Agartala is Dipak Majumder of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [5]

Mayor: Dipak Majumder
Deputy Mayor: Manika Das Datta
Ward No.Name of Councillor [6] PartyRemarks
1Mitra Rani Das Bharatiya Janata Party
2Sharmistha Bardhan
3Jagadish Das
4Suparna Debnath
5Lata Nath
6Mithun Das Baishnab
7Jaya Dhanuk
8Sampa Sarkar
9Uttam Kumar Ghosh
10Soma Majumder
11Hiralal Debnath
12Santana Saha
13Pradip Chanda
14Snigdha Das
15Nibas Das
16 Dipak Majumder
17Shikha Banerjee
18Abhishek Datta
19Bhaswati Debbarma
20Ratna Datta
21Alak Bhattacharjee
22Himani Debbarma
23Manimukta Bhattacharjee
24Sukhamoy Saha
25Sima Debnath
26Shilpi Dewan
27Subhash Bhowmik
28Nanda Dulal Debnath
29Ruma Das
30Pintu Ranjan Das
31Anjana Das
32Shilpi Sen
33Abhijit Mallik
34Jahnabai Das Chowdhury
35Tushar Kanti Bhattacharjee
36Nitu Dey
37Bapi Das
38Anjana Das
39Alok Roy
40Sampa Sarkar
41Abhijit Ghosh
42Sathi Rudra Paul
43Manika Das Datta
44Uday Bhaskar Chakraborty
45Apu Adya Datta
46Prasenjit Lodh
47Minarani Sarkar
48Sabita Kar
49Harisadhan Debnath
50Rinki Das
51Sushanta Chandra Bhowmik

Election

Date: 25 November 2021

Result: 28 November 2021

Total Seats : 51

Winning Party : BJP with 51 seats.

See also

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
  5. ↑ "Ruling BJP sweeps Tripura civic polls, wins all 51 seats in Agartala Municipal Corporation". The Print. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Current Members of Agartala Municipal Corporation" (PDF). Agartala Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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