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.

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.
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–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. The present municipal building is located near the City center of Agartala location namely Paradise Chowhamani.
YearPopulationArea
196154,878
1971100,264
1981132,18610.94 km2
1991157,35815.81 km2
2001188,54016.02 km2
2004367,82258.84 km2
2011399,68858.84 km2

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

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.

Election

Date: 25 November 2021
Result: 28 November 2021
Total Seats : 51
Winning Party : BJP with 51 seats.