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{{Short description|Local civic body in Agartala, Tripura, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Agartala Municipal Corporation
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| house_type = Municipal Corporation
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| term_limits = 5 years
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| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1 = [[Dipak Majumder]]
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mantras.tv/2021/12/06/bjps-deepak-majumder-elected-as-agartala-municipal-corporation-mayor-monika-das-datta-as-deputy-mayor/ |title=BJP's Deepak Majumder elected as Agartala Municipal Corporation Mayor, Monika das Datta as Deputy Mayor | Welcome to Mantra |access-date=7 December 2021 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=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/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader2 = Manika Das Datta
| party2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
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| leader3_type = Municipal Commissioner
| leader3 = Vishal Kumar, IAS<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agartalacity.tripura.gov.in/|title=Agartala Municipality Corporation}}</ref>
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'''Government (51)'''
*{{Color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (51)
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| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First-past-the-post]]
| last_election1 = [[2021 Tripura local elections|November 2021]]
| next_election1 = 2026
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| meeting_place = [[Agartala]], [[Tripura]]
| website = {{url|http://agartalacity.tripura.gov.in}}
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The '''Agartala Municipal Corporation''' or '''AMC''' is the municipal body which governs and maintains the city of [[Agartala]], the capital of the [[India]]n [[Indian state|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 [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].<ref name="ag ref1">{{cite news |title=Tripura Municipal Election Results 2021 Highlights: Assam CM says BJP's win testimony to popular support for PM Modi's leadership |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/tripura-municipal-election-results-2021-live-news-counting-of-votes-today-in-prestige-battle-for-tmc-bjp/2377523/ |access-date=28 November 2021 |publisher=The Financial Express |date=28 November 2021}}</ref>

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.<ref>agartala info</ref> The present municipal building is located near the City center of Agartala location namely Paradise Chowhamani.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Population
!Area
|-
| 1961 || 54,878 || {{convert|3|sqmi|km2|sigfig=1}}
|-
| 1971 || 100,264 || {{convert|3|sqmi|km2|sigfig=1}}
|-
| 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 ==

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" style="width: 10px;" | S.No
! scope="col" style="width: 10px;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 10px;" | Designation
! scope="col" style="width: 600px;" | Departments
! colspan="7" scope="col" | Party
|-
! colspan="6" style="text-align: Center;" "width: 200px;"|
|-
! 1.
| Dipak Majumdar
| Mayor
|
*General Administration
*Revenue
*Market Development (including shopping complex)
*Other affairs not allocated to Members
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
! colspan="6" style="text-align: Center;" "width: 200px;"|
|-
! 2.
| Smt. Manika Das Datta
| Deputy Mayor
|
*Accounts and Cash
*Slum Development
*Cultural affairs
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
! colspan="6" style="text-align: Center;" "width: 200px;"|'''Mayor-in-Council'''
|-
! 3.
| Hiralal Debnath
| Member
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*Vehicle
*PWD
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
! 4.
| Tushar Kanti Bhattacharjee
| Member
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*Public Health (excluding SWM)
*Drinking Water
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
! 5.
| Smt. Himani Debbarma
| Member
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*ST Development
*ICDS
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
! 6.
| Hari Sadhan Debnath
| Member
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*Poverty alleviation (Housing Scheme)
*Sports
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
! 7.
| Uday Bhaskar Chakraborty
| Member
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*Electric
*SWM
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
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! 8.
| Jagadish Das
| Member
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*Municipal Properties
*Literacy
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
! 9.
| Smt. Sampa Sarkar Sen
| Member
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*School Education
*NULM
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
! 10.
| Bapi Das
| Member
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*TUEP
*SC Development
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
|-
|}

==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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/ruling-bjp-sweeps-tripura-civic-polls-wins-all-51-seats-in-agartala-municipal-corporation/773286/|title=Ruling BJP sweeps Tripura civic polls, wins all 51 seats in Agartala Municipal Corporation|work=The Print|accessdate=28 November 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" colspan=5|Mayor: Dipak Majumder
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!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" colspan=5|Deputy Mayor: Manika Das Datta
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! Ward No.
! Name of Councillor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://agartalacity.tripura.gov.in/sites/default/files/member.pdf|title=Current Members of Agartala Municipal Corporation|work=Agartala Municipal Corporation|accessdate=28 September 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" | Party
! Remarks
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| 1 || Mitra Rani Das || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=51}}
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| 2 || Sharmistha Bardhan
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| 3 || Jagadish Das
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| 4 || Suparna Debnath
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| 5 || Lata Nath
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| 6 || Mithun Das Baishnab
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| 7 || Jaya Dhanuk
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| 8 || Sampa Sarkar
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| 9 || Uttam Kumar Ghosh
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| 10 || Soma Majumder
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| 11 || Hiralal Debnath
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| 12 || Santana Saha
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|-
| 13 || Pradip Chanda
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| 14 || Snigdha Das
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| 15 || Nibas Das
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| 16 || [[Dipak Majumder]]
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| 17 || Shikha Banerjee
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| 18 || Abhishek Datta
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| 19 || Bhaswati Debbarma
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| 20 || Ratna Datta
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| 21 || Alak Bhattacharjee
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| 22 || Himani Debbarma
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| 23 || Manimukta Bhattacharjee
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| 24 || Sukhamoy Saha
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| 25 || Sima Debnath
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| 26 || Shilpi Dewan
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| 27 || Subhash Bhowmik
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| 28 || Nanda Dulal Debnath
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| 29 || Ruma Das
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| 30 || Pintu Ranjan Das
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| 31 || Anjana Das
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| 32 || Shilpi Sen
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| 33 || Abhijit Mallik
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| 34 || Jahnabai Das Chowdhury
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| 35 || Tushar Kanti Bhattacharjee
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| 36 || Nitu Dey
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| 37 || Bapi Das
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| 38 || Anjana Das
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| 39 || Alok Roy
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| 40 || Sampa Sarkar
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| 41 || Abhijit Ghosh
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| 42 || Sathi Rudra Paul
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| 43 || Manika Das Datta
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|-
| 44 || Uday Bhaskar Chakraborty
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|-
| 45 || Apu Adya Datta
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|-
| 46 || Prasenjit Lodh
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|-
| 47 || Minarani Sarkar
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|-
| 48 || Sabita Kar
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| 49 || Harisadhan Debnath
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| 50 || Rinki Das
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|-
| 51 || Sushanta Chandra Bhowmik
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|-
|}

== Election ==

Date: 25 November 2021

Result: 28 November 2021

Total Seats : 51

Winning Party : [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] with 51 seats.

== See also ==
*[[List of cities and towns in Tripura]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060526084025/http://tripura.nic.in/amc/AboutAmc.htm AMC page]

[[Category:Agartala]]
[[Category:Municipal corporations in Tripura]]
[[Category:Local government in Tripura]]
[[Category:1871 establishments in India]]

Agartala Municipal Corporation - Revision history

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