List of districts of Tripura

The eight districts of Tripura

The Indian state of Tripura borders with Bangladesh and the Indian states of Assam & Mizoram. The third smallest state in India^[1] and also a princely state till 1949, It covers an area of 10,491 km2 (4,051 sq mi).The area of modern Tripura was ruled for several centuries by the Tripuri dynasty. It was a princely state during British rule, and joined the newly independent India.Ethnic strife between the indigenous people and Bengali population led to tension and scattered violence since its integration into the country, but the establishment of an autonomous tribal administrative agency and other strategies have led to peace. Tripura was divided into 4 districts but with effect from 21 January 2012 four more new districts was divided making a total of 8 districts in the state.^[2]

History

Dating back to the time of Mahabharatha, the very helm of the Kingdom of Tripura encompassed the greater part of Eastern Bengal stretching from the Bay of Bengal in the South to the Brahmaputra in the North and west and Burma, now Myanmar in the East. The earliest trace of the history of Tripura can be found in the Ashokan pillar inscriptions.^[3] The 17th Century is a major watershed in the history of Tripura when the administration of the region passed on the hands of the Mughals with some powers left with the Manikyas. In the Colonial era, the Britishers extended their control over Tripura granting some limited independence to the Manikya kings. The region was under the rule of the Twipra Kingdom for centuries, although when this dates from is not documented. The Rajmala, a chronicle of Tripuri kings which was first written in the 15th century,^[4] provides a list of 179 kings, from antiquity up to Krishna Kishore Manikya (1830–1850),^[5]:3[6][7] but the reliability of the Rajmala has been doubted.^[8] The Royal history of Tripura ended when the princely state acceded to the Indian Union on October 15, 1949. After death of the last king Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya on May 17, 1947, a Regency Council was formed headed by Maharani Kanchan Prabha Devi, for aid of the minor Prince, Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur. The regent signed the merger agreement with the Government of India. After merger Tripura became a Part ‘C’ State. On reorganization of the states, effected in November, 1956, Tripura became a Union Territory with an Advisory Committee to aid and advise the Chief Commissioner. Thereafter in place of the Advisory Committee, a Territorial Council was formed through the adult franchise on 15 August 1957. On July 1, 1963, the Tripura Territorial Council was dissolved and the Legislative Assembly with the existing members of the Territorial Council was formed. On January 21, 1972 Tripura became full-fledged State by the Act of Parliament called the North Eastern Areas (Reorganization) Act, 1971.^[9]

Former administrative structure

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)[10]	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)[10]	Official website
DH	Dhalai	Ambassa	377,988	2,523	157	http://dhalai.gov.in/
NT	North Tripura	Kailasahar	693,281	2,821	341	http://northtripura.nic.in/
ST	South Tripura	Udaipur	875,144	2,152	286	http://southtripura.nic.in/
WT	West Tripura	Agartala	1,724,619	2,997	576	http://westtripura.nic.in/

New list of Districts after the reorganization

For administrative purposes, the state has been divided into 8 districts, 23 subdivisions and 58 development blocks - with effect from 21 January 2012, after a Government of Tripura Decision, out of which the newly created districts are 4, subdivisions 6, development blocks 5. The four new Districts are Khowai Unakoti, Sipahijala and Gomati; the six new sub-divisions are Jirania, Mohanpur, Kumarghat, Panisagar, Jampuijala and Karbook; the five new development blocks are Yuvarajnagar, Durga Chawmuhani, Jolaibari, Silachari and Lefunga.

The information here are latest updated as of 25.05.2015^[11]

Districts	Headquarters	District Magistrat	Police Super	Subdivisions	Development Blocks	Municipals	Population [tentative, as per Census 2011(P), as released by the Govt of Tripura]	Area (in km^2)
Dhalai	Ambassa	Dr. Sandeep R. Rathod, IAS	Lal Minga Darlong	1. Kamalpur 2. Ambassa 3. Longtarai Valley 4. Gandachera	1.a) Salema 1.b) Durga Chawmuhani 2.a) Ambassa 3.a) Manu 3.b)Chawmanu 4.a)Dumburnagar 4. b) Raishyabari	1.a) Kamalpur Nagar Panchayet 2.a) Ambassa Municipal Council	377,988	NA
Sipahijala	Bishramganj	Sri. Pradeep Kr. Chakravarty, IAS	Smiti Ranjan Das	1. Bishalgarh 2. Jampuijala 3. Sonamura	1.a) Bishalgarh 2.a) Jampuijala 3.a) Melaghar 3.b) Kathalia 3.c) Boxanagar	1.a) Bishalgarh Municipal Council 3.a) Sonamura Nagar Panchayet 3.b) Melaghar Municipal Council	484,233	NA
Khowai	Khowai	Ngurchawikunga Darlong, IAS	Pradip Paul	1. Khowai 2. Teliamura	1.a) Khowai 1.b) Tulashikhar 1.c) Padmabil 2.a) Teliamura 2.b) Kalyanpur 2.c) Mungiakami	1.a) Khowai Municipal Council 2.a) Teliamura Municipal Council	327,391	NA
Gomati	Udaipur	Smt. Sonal Goel, IAS	Thirughana Sambardhan S	1. Udaipur 2. Amarpur 3. Karbook	1.a) Matabari 1.b) Kakraban 1.c) Killa 2.a)Amarpur 2.b)Ompi 3.a) Karbook 3.b) Silachari	1.a) Udaipur Municipal Council 2.a) Amarpur Nagar Panchayet	436,868	NA
Unakoti	Kailashahar	Sri Mrinal Kanti Nath, I.A.S.	Princi Rani	1. Kumarghat 2. Kailashahar	1.a) Kumarghat 1.b) Pecharthal 2.a) Gournagar	1.a) Kumarghat Municipal Council, 2.a) Kailashahar Municipal Council	277,335	NA
North Tripura	Dharmanagar	Santirai Riyan	Bijoy Kumar Nag	1. Dharmanagar 2. Kanchanpur 3. Panisagar	1.a) Kadamtala 1.b)Yuvarajnagar 2.a) Dasda 2.b) Jampuihill 2.c)Laljuri 3.a) Panisagar 3.b) Damchara	1.a) Dharmanagar Municipal Council	415,946	NA
South Tripura	Belonia	Dr. Debasish Basu, I.A.S.	Sankar Debnath	1. Santirbazar 2. Belonia 3. Sabroom	1.a)Bakafa 1.b)Jolaibari 2.a)Hrishyamukh 2.b)Rajnagar 2.c) Bharat Chandra Nagar 3.a)Satchand 3.b)Rupaichari 3. c) Poangbari	1.a) Santirbazar Municipal Council 2.a) Belonia Municipal Council 3.a) Sabroom Nagar Panchayet	433,737	NA
West Tripura	Agartala	Dr. Milind Ramteke, IAS	R G K Rao	1. Sadar 2. Mohanpur 3. Jirania	1.a) Dukli 2.a) Mohanpur 2.b) Hezamara 2.c) Lefunga 3.a) Jirania 3.b) Mandai	1.a) Agartala Municipal Corporation 3.a) Ranirbazar Municipal Council	917,534	NA

Demographics

The following is a list of the basic demographic data for the districts of Tripura based on the size of the district's area, arranged in descending order^[12][12] (The data input here is taken from 2011 Census, however the new four districts were formed in 2012 so information on those are of 2012)

District	Area in km^2.	Population	Growth Rate	Sex Ratio	Literacy	Density/KM
Dhalai	2400	3,77,988	12.57	945	86.82	157
South Tripura	1534.2	4,33,737	14.15	956	85.09	283
Gomati	1522.8	4,36,868	14.15	959	86.19	287
North Tripura	1444.5	4,15,946	17.44	968	88.77	288
Sipahijala	1044.78	4,84,233	14.15	952	84.14	463
Khowai	1005.67	3,27,391	14.15	961	88.37	326
West Tripura	942.55	9,17,534	12.57	972	91.69	973
Unakoti	591.93	2,77,335	10.85	966	87.58	469

References

1. Tripura the 3rd smallest state in India
2. new districts of tipura
3. ashok pillar mahabharata
4. "Hill Tippera – history" (GIF). The Imperial Gazetteer of India 13: 118. 1909. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
5. Bera, Gautam Kumar (2010). The land of fourteen gods: ethno-cultural profile of Tripura. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-8324-333-9.
6. Sen, Kali Prasanna, ed. (2003). Sri rajmala volume – IV (in Bengali). Tribal Research Institute, Government of Tripura. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
7. Bhattacharyya, Apurba Chandra (1930). Progressive Tripura. Inter-India Publications. p. 179. OCLC 16845189.
8. Sircar, D.C. (1979). Some epigraphical records of the mediaeval period from eastern India. Abhinav Publications. p. 89. ISBN 978-81-7017-096-9.
9. end of king era of tripura
10. "Distribution of Population, Decadal growth rate, Sex ratio and Population density for State and District" (XLS). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi-110011. 2010–2011. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
11. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/agartala-turns-into-a-municipal-corporation-tomorrow/article5597581.ece
12. http://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/districtlist/tripura.html

Newly added four district and 6 sub division. DHARMANAGAR is one of four newly added district http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/four-new-districts-six-subdivisions-for-tripura/876579.html

External links

• http://www.tripura.gov.in/