Tripura Tribal Areas
| Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
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Chairman
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Chief Executive Member
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| Seats | 30 MDCs |
| Elections | |
| 28 plurality voting | |
| 2 nominated by Governor of Tripura | |
| Meeting place | |
 Council Headquarters, Khumulwng |
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| Website | |
| http://ttaadc.gov.in/ | |
The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is an independent council administering the Tripuri-dominated areas of the state of Tripura, India. Its council and assembly are situated in Khumulwng, a town 26 km away from Agartala, the state capital.
In the 2005 elections to the TTAADC the Left Front won 24 seats out of the 28 elected seats and the National Socialist Party of Tripura four. The Left Front and NSPT had contested within the framework of an electoral understanding.
The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) Act 1979 was passed by the Indian parliament after a series of democratic movements launched by the Indigenous people of Tripura, under the provision of the 6th scheduled of the Indian constitution. The principal objective behind setting up the Autonomous District Council is to empower the Indigenous people to govern themselves and also to bring all round developments of the backward people so as to protect and preserve their culture, customs and traditions. But it actually came into being from 18 January 1982 and later it was upgraded under the provision of the 6th schedule to the Indian constitution with effect from the 1 April 1985 by the 49th amendment to the Constitution of India.
The total area of the TTAADC is 7,132.56 km²., which covers about 68% of the total area (10,491 km²) of the state.
About 70% of land under TTAADC is covered by hilly forest, whereas all the plain cultivable land including all the districts and sub-divisional headquarters are outside the purview of TTAADC.
Total population of 3,673,917 of the State (as per 2011 census) the total population of Scheduled Tribes is 853,920 (30.95%), out of which about 679,720 (79.59%) population are within the TTAADC area.
The total population of Tripura was 3,191,168 according to 2001 census.
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