INTRODUCTION TO AGARTALA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

 

1.                  The Capital Agartala (new) was founded in 1838 AD by Maharaja Krishna Kishore Manikya (1830-49 AD).

 

2.                  The Agartala Municipality was instituted in 1871 AD during the reign of Maharaja Chandra Manikya (1862-96 AD). The 1^st British Political Agent, Mr. A.W.B. Power appointed for hill Tipprah in 1871 AD, was offered the honour of being the Chairman of the Agartala Municipality. The municipality located at the crossing of Latitude N 23 –50` and Longitude E 91-17` covering 3 Sq. Km. Area during that period.

 

3.                  The Agartala Municipality functions and discharges obligatory duties following provisions of the Municipal Acts listed below:

 

a.                  Act of 1874

b.                  Act of 1912

c.                  Act of 1939

d.                  B.M. Act `32 extended to Tripura in 1961

e.                  T.M. act `94

 

4.                  The Municipal area, wards and councilors since inception were / are as follows:

 

Year Area in sq. km. No. of wards No. of councilors Total Nominated Elected 1874 7.77 8       1912 7.77 8 7   7 1920 7.77 8 9   9 1939 7.77 6 6 6 12 1951 7.77 6   18 18 1978 10.946 10   10 10 1983 15.810 13   13 13 1885 16.012 17 3 17 20

5.         The particulars and density of population within Agartala Municipality time to time are appended below:

Year Area in Sq. Km. Population Density of Population / Sq. Km. 1874 7.77 875 112 1901 7.77 6415 826 1951 7.77 42595 5482 1991 15.810 157636 9971 2000 16.012 200000(approx.) 12491   Agartala Municipality collects revenue from following heads of A/Cs:   a)                  Property Tax (Assessment & Revenue)         b)                  Tax on Carts & Carriage c)                  Fee on Licence & Permits d)                  Fee on advertisement permit e)                  Fee on other services                                                                                                                                                         The statistics of the existing position in different sector of the City is given as under   1.Name of the City Agartala  2.Location 23.51longitude & 21.02 latitude.  3.Area 16,02 sq.K.M  4.Length of public roads              286 K.M.  5.Length of public drains   385 K.M.  6.No. of offices/Institutions 182  7.No. of Markets (identified)    10  8. No. of Markets( unidentified) 21  9.No.of water bodies owned  by Govt./A.M.C.  36  10. No. of Bus stand 4                                                  Population 11.Total                                              Male                                                  Female                                                 6-6  group                                                             1,88,540 93,793  94,747   15,175  12. Man Workers 58,893 13. Marginal Workers 2,705 14. Non-workers  1,26,942 15. Cultivation 35 16. Agricultural Laborers 334 17. House hold Industries 384 18. Other workers 60,861 19. No. of families 42,941 20. No. of S/C families 5,537 21 No. of S/T families 3,363 22. No. of O.B.C. families 5,832 23. No. of  religious minority families 4,067 24. No. of govt. service families  23,750 25. No. of E.W.S. families 11,295 26. No. of L.I.G.  families 13,519 27. No. of M.I.G. families 7,773 28. No. of H.I.G families 5128                                                      Housing                                  Go To Top 29. No. of House hold 35,074 30. No. of family without own house 12,523 31. No. of families with housetead land but no house 2,996 32. No. of Katcha houses 16,318 33. No. of Pucca houses 18,756 34. No. of house hold with Katcha 7737 35. No. of house with Sanitary latrine  26,265 37. No. of houses with sulabh sauchalaya 10,275                                                  Drinking water   38. Pipeline water supply domestic connection 20,592 39.Tube-wells 498 40. No. of Hydrant points  :------                                                           Slum 41. No. of slums 16 42. Area (total) 2,886 sq. K.M. 43. Families 5,841 44. Population 27,586                                                     Education                                         Go To Top 45.Literacy(2001census)                                                                                                        Male-82,560 Female-77,790 Total-60,350 46. No of degree colleges 5 47. No. of S.S.(+2) stages school 12 48. No. High School 09 49. No. of Sr.Basic School 05 50. No.of Primary School 17 51. No. of social education centre 39 52. No. of Angwadi Centre 93                                            Health & Sanitation 1. No. of government hospital/sub centre 16 Nos 2. No. of pathology 52 Nos 3. No of Nursing homes 10 nos 4. No. of house hold without latrine 1072 Nos. 5. No. of house hold with Katcha Latrine 7737 Nos 6. No of house with Sanitary latrine 26,265 Nos 7. No of house with Sulabh sauchalaya 10,275 Nos                                                                                                              More Details       Go To top