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
Zone[6] Ward No. Ward Name Name of Councillor[7] Areas Covered Assembly Constituency Party[8] Remarks
North 1 Mitra Rani Das Bharatiya Janata Party
North 2 Sharmistha Bardhan
North 3 Jagadish Das
North 4 Suparna Debnath
North 5 Lata Nath
North 6 Mithun Das Baishnab
North 7 Jaya Dhanuk
North 8 Sampa Sarkar
East 9 Uttam Kumar Ghosh
East 10 Soma Majumder
North 11 Hiralal Debnath
North 12 Santana Saha
North 13 Pradip Chanda
Central 14 Snigdha Das
Central 15 Nibas Das
Central 16 Dipak Majumder
Central 17 Shikha Banerjee
Central 18 Abhishek Datta
Central 19 Bhaswati Debbarma
Central 20 Ratna Datta
East 21 Alak Bhattacharjee
Central 22 Himani Debbarma
East 23 Manimukta Bhattacharjee
East 24 Sukhamoy Saha
East 25 Sima Debnath
East 26 Shilpi Dewan
East 27 Subhash Bhowmik
East 28 Nanda Dulal Debnath
East 29 Ruma Das
East 30 Pintu Ranjan Das
Central 31 Anjana Das
Central 32 Shilpi Sen
South 33 Abhijit Mallik
Central 34 Jahnabai Das Chowdhury
Central 35 Tushar Kanti Bhattacharjee
Central 36 Nitu Dey
South 37 Bapi Das
South 38 Anjana Das
South 39 Alok Roy
South 40 Sampa Sarkar
South 41 Abhijit Ghosh
South 42 Sathi Rudra Paul
South 43 Manika Das Datta
South 44 Uday Bhaskar Chakraborty
South 45 Apu Adya Datta
South 46 Prasenjit Lodh
South 47 Minarani Sarkar
South 48 Sabita Kar
South 49 Harisadhan Debnath
South 50 Rinki Das
South 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. ^ "AGARTALA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION - Ward Notification 2021" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Current Members of Agartala Municipal Corporation" (PDF). Agartala Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  8. ^ PTI (28 November 2021). "Ruling BJP sweeps Tripura civic polls, wins all 51 seats in Agartala Municipal Corporation". ThePrint. Retrieved 5 November 2025.