Agartala | |
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City | |
    (clockwise from top) Ujjayanta Palace, Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala Railway Station, Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| Nickname: Below Agar Tree | |
  Agartala Location of Agartala in Tripura  Agartala Agartala (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°49′53″N 91°17′13″E / 23.83139°N 91.28694°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Tripura |
| District | West Tripura |
| Subdivision | Sadar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Agartala Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Dipak Majumdar[1] (BJP) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Monika Das Datta[1] |
| • Municipal Commissioner | Shailesh Kumar Yadav, IAS[2] |
| Area | |
• City | 76.504 km2 (auto sq mi) |
| • Metro | 92 km2 (auto sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12.80 m (41.99 ft) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• City | 400,004 |
• Estimate (2022)[4] | 578,577 |
| • Density | 5,200/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 512,264 |
| Demonym | Agartalite |
| Languages | |
| • Official[5] | |
| • Regional[5] |
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| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 799 xxx |
| Telephone code | +91 (0) 381 |
| Vehicle registration | TR 01 XX YYYY |
| Ethnicities | |
| Website | agartalacity |
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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Agartala Municipality Corporation". tripura.gov.in. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Agartala Municipal Council City Population Census 2011-2023 | Tripura".
- ^ "Population data of AMC (2012 to 2022)" (PDF). Agartala Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Agartala". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
- ^ "Agartala Travel and Tourism Guide". India.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Distance Calculator – Distance from Agartala to Dhaka". distancecalculator.net. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Population data of AMC (2012 to 2022)" (PDF). Agartala Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "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.