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 | |
Coordinates: 23°49′53″N 91°17′13″E / 23.83139°N 91.28694°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
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] | |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 799 xxx |
Telephone code | +91 (0) 381 |
Vehicle registration | TR 01 XX YYYY |
Ethnicity | |
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 third largest city after Imphal in Northeast India. It is India's third international internet gateway and being developed under the Smart Cities Mission.[10]
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