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>Toddy1: Undid revision 1028349898 by Ari Bandho (talk) The Official Languages of Tripura State are Bengali, English and Kokborok. see https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox Organization
|name = Agartala Municipal Corporation
|image = Logo of Agartala Municipal Council.jpg
|size = 150px
|caption = Logo of the Agartala Municipal Council
|map =
|msize =
|mcaption =
|motto = Serve all Help all
|formation = 1871<ref>http://agartalacity.tripura.gov.in/at_glance.htm</ref>
|type = Municipal
|headquarters = Agartala
|membership =
|language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], Tripuri ([[Kokborok]]), [[English language|English]]
|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name = Dr. Prafulla Jit Sinha<ref>agartalacity.tripura.gov.in/</ref>
|key_people = Dr. Milind Ramteke, IAS
|num_staff =
|budget =
|website = {{URL|http://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 [[India]]n [[Indian state|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.

==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 (Tripura)|Left Front]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://agartalacity.tripura.gov.in/PDF/Budget_2012.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024046/http://agartalacity.tripura.gov.in/PDF/Budget_2012.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</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.

== 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

HGNJanell4801: general add references for accuracy and corrected details for clarity

>Toddy1: Undid revision 1028349898 by Ari Bandho (talk) The Official Languages of Tripura State are Bengali, English and Kokborok. see https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf

>Soumo Dutt at 10:01, 21 November 2020