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.
Agartala Municipal Corporation | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
| Leadership | |
Mayor | |
Deputy Mayor | Smt. Manika Das Datta, BJP |
Municipal Commissioner | Dr. Shailesh Kumar Yadav, IAS [1] |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 51 |
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Political groups | Government (51)
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | November 2021 |
Next election | 2026 |
| Meeting place | |
| Agartala, Tripura | |
| Website | |
| agartalacity | |
Objective
editThe 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
edit| S.No | Name | Designation | Departments | Party | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dipak Majumdar | Mayor |
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BJP | ||||||
| 2. | Smt. Manika Das Datta | Deputy Mayor |
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BJP | ||||||
| Mayor-in-Council | ||||||||||
| 3. | Hiralal Debnath | Member |
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BJP | ||||||
| 4. | Tushar Kanti Bhattacharjee | Member |
|
BJP | ||||||
| 5. | Smt. Himani Debbarma | Member |
|
BJP | ||||||
| 6. | Hari Sadhan Debnath | Member |
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BJP | ||||||
| 7. | Uday Bhaskar Chakraborty | Member |
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BJP | ||||||
| 8. | Jagadish Das | Member |
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BJP | ||||||
| 9. | Smt. Sampa Sarkar Sen | Member |
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BJP | ||||||
| 10. | Bapi Das | Member |
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BJP | ||||||
Election
editDate: 25 November 2021
Result: 28 November 2021
Total Seats : 51
Winning Party : BJP with 51 seats.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Agartala Municipality Corporation".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ agartala info