Agartala

Agartala
City
(clockwise from top) Ujjayanta Palace, Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala Railway Station, Tripura Legislative Assembly
Nickname: 
Below Agar Tree
Agartala is located in Tripura
Agartala
Agartala
Location of Agartala in Tripura
Agartala is located in India
Agartala
Agartala
Agartala (India)
Coordinates: 23°49′53″N 91°17′13″E / 23.83139°N 91.28694°E / 23.83139; 91.28694
Country India
State Tripura
DistrictWest Tripura
SubdivisionSadar
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyAgartala Municipal Corporation
 • MayorDipak Majumdar[1] (BJP)
 • Deputy MayorMonika Das Datta[1]
 • Municipal CommissionerShailesh Kumar Yadav, IAS[2]
Area
 • City76.504 km2 (auto sq mi)
 • Metro
92 km2 (auto sq mi)
Elevation
12.80 m (41.99 ft)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • City400,004
 • Estimate 
(2022)[4]
578,577
 • Density5,200/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
512,264
DemonymAgartalite
Languages
 • Official[5]
 • Regional[5]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
799 xxx
Telephone code+91 (0) 381
Vehicle registrationTR 01 XX YYYY
Ethnicities
Websiteagartalacity.nic.in

Agartala (/ˌʌɡərtəˈlɑː/, Bengali: [agorot̪ɔla] ⓘ, Kok Borok: [agaratala])[6] is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Tripura, situated on the banks of Haora/Saidra River, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the border with Bangladesh[7] and about 2,499 km (1,552 mi) from the national capital, New Delhi.[8] According to 2022 AMC data,[9] Agartala is the second most populous city after Guwahati in Northeast India. It is India's third international internet gateway and being developed under the Smart Cities Mission.[10]

  1. ^ a b "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 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Agartala Municipality Corporation". tripura.gov.in. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Agartala Municipal Council City Population Census 2011-2023 | Tripura".
  4. ^ "Population data of AMC (2012 to 2022)" (PDF). Agartala Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Agartala". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
  7. ^ "Agartala Travel and Tourism Guide". India.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Distance Calculator – Distance from Agartala to Dhaka". distancecalculator.net. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Population data of AMC (2012 to 2022)" (PDF). Agartala Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Agartala becomes India's third int'l internet gateway | Agartala News – Times of India". The Times of India. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2019.