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 Third-largest develop city 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 sq km. AMC is headed by Dr. Prafulla Jit Sinha the present Mayor of Agartala.

Agartala Municipal Corporation
Logo of the Agartala Municipal Council
MottoServe all Help all
Formation1871[1]
TypeMunicipal
HeadquartersAgartala
Official language
Bengali, Tripuri (Kokborok), English
Dr. Prafulla Jit Sinha[2]
Key people
Dr. Milind Ramteke, IAS
Websiteagartalacity.tripura.gov.in

Present

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 Left Front.[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
196154,8783 square miles (8 km2)
1971100,2643 square miles (8 km2)
1981132,18610.94 km2
1991157,35815.81 km2
2001188,54016.02 km2
2004367,82258.84 km2
2011399,68858.84 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.

References
  1. http://agartalacity.tripura.gov.in/at_glance.htm
  2. agartalacity.tripura.gov.in/
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. agartala info
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