Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
	Seal of the GTA
	Gorkhaland (marked red) in West Bengal
Type
Type	Autonomous Administrative Division
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	2012
Preceded by	Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council
Leadership
Chief executive	Anit Thapa, BGPM ; since 2022
Deputy chief executive	Sanchabir Subba, BGPM ; since 2022
Chairman	Anjul Chauhan, BGPM ; since 2022
Deputy chairman	Rajesh Chauhan, BGPM ; since 2022
Structure
Seats	50
Political groups	Government (36) BGPM: 29; AITC: 4; IND: 3; Opposition (9) HP: 6; INC: 1; IND: 2; Other (5) Nominated 5
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post voting
Last election	2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
	Darjeeling, West Bengal
Website
	gtadarjeeling.wb.gov.in
Footnotes
	Area: 3,303.98 km²; Population : 878,002; Density : 270/km²;

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration is a semi-autonomous council for the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal state in India. The GTA was formed in 2012 to replace the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, which was formed in 1988 and administered the Darjeeling hills for 23 years.

GTA presently consists of three hill subdivisions Darjeeling, Kurseong, Mirik, some areas of Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district and the whole of Kalimpong district under its authority.

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