Agartala Municipal Corporation

Agartala Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Manika Das Datta, BJP
Municipal Commissioner
Vishal Kumar, IAS[1]
Structure
Seats51
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.

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

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] Party Remarks
1 Mitra Rani Das Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Sharmistha Bardhan
3 Jagadish Das
4 Suparna Debnath
5 Lata Nath
6 Mithun Das Baishnab
7 Jaya Dhanuk
8 Sampa Sarkar
9 Uttam Kumar Ghosh
10 Soma Majumder
11 Hiralal Debnath
12 Santana Saha
13 Pradip Chanda
14 Snigdha Das
15 Nibas Das
16 Dipak Majumder
17 Shikha Banerjee
18 Abhishek Datta
19 Bhaswati Debbarma
20 Ratna Datta
21 Alak Bhattacharjee
22 Himani Debbarma
23 Manimukta Bhattacharjee
24 Sukhamoy Saha
25 Sima Debnath
26 Shilpi Dewan
27 Subhash Bhowmik
28 Nanda Dulal Debnath
29 Ruma Das
30 Pintu Ranjan Das
31 Anjana Das
32 Shilpi Sen
33 Abhijit Mallik
34 Jahnabai Das Chowdhury
35 Tushar Kanti Bhattacharjee
36 Nitu Dey
37 Bapi Das
38 Anjana Das
39 Alok Roy
40 Sampa Sarkar
41 Abhijit Ghosh
42 Sathi Rudra Paul
43 Manika Das Datta
44 Uday Bhaskar Chakraborty
45 Apu Adya Datta
46 Prasenjit Lodh
47 Minarani Sarkar
48 Sabita Kar
49 Harisadhan Debnath
50 Rinki Das
51 Sushanta Chandra Bhowmik

Election

Date: 25 November 2021

Result: 28 November 2021

Total Seats : 51

Winning Party : BJP with 51 seats.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Agartala Municipality Corporation".
  2. ^ "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.
  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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