Chakma Autonomous District Council
Chakma Autonomous District Council ๐๐๐ด๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ง๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ด๐๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐๐ด๐๐ด ๐๐๐ช๐๐ด๐ฅ๐จ๐ฃ๐ด | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Mohan Chakma |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 24 Councillors (20 Elected + 4 Nominated) |
Political groups | Government (13)
Opposition (7) Nominated (4)
|
| Elections | |
| 20 plurality voting | |
| 4 nominated | |
Last election | May 2023 |
Next election | 2028 |
| Meeting place | |
| Kamalanagar, Mizoram | |
| Website | |
| www | |
| This article is part of a series on the |
| Chakma topics |
|---|
| India portal |
The Chakma Autonomous District Council is an autonomous council under the Republic of India. It is located in the Northeast Indian state of Mizoram, of which it covers about 3.25% area of the state. It is a landlocked region sharing international borders with Myanmar to the south and Bangladesh to the west, domestic border with Lai Autonomous District Council to the east and Lunglei district to the North. At the 2011 Census, the population was 62,094.Its headquarters is at Kamalanagar. The Chakma people has been demanding to change the status of the Chakma Autonomous District Council into a Union territory under the name Chakmaland.
The Chakma Autonomous District Council was formed under the Sixth schedule of the Constitution of India on 29 April 1972. The council is the replication of the state assembly and exercises executive power over specially allotted departments. It is one of the three Autonomous District Councils of Mizoram state in North-East India. It is an autonomous council for ethnic Chakma people living in South-Western Mizoram bordering Bangladesh and Myanmar. There is also a growing demand for 'Chakmaland' union territory.