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[[File:Tripura-district-map.svg|thumb|The eight districts of Tripura]]
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The [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Tripura]] borders with [[Bangladesh]] and the Indian states of [[Assam]] and [[Mizoram]]. The third-smallest state in [[India]] and also a princely state till 1949, It covers an area of {{convert|10491|km2}}. The area of modern Tripura was ruled for several centuries by the [[Manikya dynasty]] of the [[Twipra kingdom]]. It was a princely state during British rule, and joined the newly independent India. Ethnic strife between the indigenous people and [[Bengalis|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 four districts but with effect from 21 January 2012 four more new districts was divided making a total of eight districts in the state.<ref>new districts of tipura</ref>
The [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Tripura]] borders with [[Bangladesh]] and the Indian states of [[Assam]] and [[Mizoram]]. The third-smallest state in [[India]] and also a princely state till 1949, it covers an area of {{convert|10491|km2}}. The area of modern Tripura was ruled for several centuries by the [[Manikya dynasty]] of the [[Twipra kingdom]]. It was a [[princely state]] during British rule, and joined the newly independent India. Ethnic strife between the indigenous Tripuri people and refugees, illegal immigrants influx of [[Bengalis|Bengali population]] led to tension and scattered violence since its integration into the country, but the establishment of an [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council|autonomous tribal administrative agency]] and other strategies have led to peace for a short period. Tripura was divided into four districts but with effect from 21 January 2012 four more new districts was divided making a total of eight districts in the state.<ref>new districts of tipura</ref>


==History==
==History==
Dating back to the time of [[Mahabharata]], the very helm of the [[Twipra Kingdom|Kingdom of Tripura]] encompassed the greater part of [[East Bengal|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 ancient of [[Tripura]] can be found in the [[Pillars of Ashoka|Ashokan pillar]] inscriptions.<ref>ashok pillar mahabharata</ref>
Dating back to the time of [[Mahabharata]], the very helm of the [[Twipra Kingdom|Kingdom of Tripura]] encompassed the greater part of [[East Bengal|Eastern Bengal]] stretching from the [[Bay of Bengal]] in the South to the [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]] in the North and west and Burma, now [[Myanmar]] in the East. The earliest trace of the ancient of Tripura can be found in the [[Pillars of Ashoka|Ashokan pillar]] inscriptions.<ref>ashok pillar mahabharata</ref>
The 17th century is a major watershed in the history of Tripura when the administration of the region passed on the hands of the [[Mughal Empire|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,<ref name="Gazetteer 118">{{cite journal | title = Hill Tippera&nbsp;– history | journal = [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] | year = 1909 | volume = 13 | page = 118 | url =https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_124.gif | format = GIF | accessdate =27 October 2011}}</ref> provides a list of 179 kings, from antiquity up to Krishna Kishore Manikya (1830–1850),<ref name="Bera2010">{{cite book| first=Gautam Kumar | last= Bera|title=The land of fourteen gods: ethno-cultural profile of Tripura|year=2010|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-333-9}}</ref>{{rp|3}}<ref name="rajmala book">{{cite book|url=http://www.tripura.org.in/rajmala4.htm|title=Sri rajmala volume&nbsp;– IV|editor-last=Sen|editor-first=Kali Prasanna|language=Bengali|publisher=Tribal Research Institute, Government of Tripura|year=2003|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Bhattacharyya1930">{{cite book|last=Bhattacharyya|first=Apurba Chandra|title=Progressive Tripura|year=1930|publisher=Inter-India Publications|page=179|oclc=16845189}}</ref> but the reliability of the ''Rajmala'' has been doubted.<ref name="sircar1979">{{cite book|last=Sircar|first=D.C.|title=Some epigraphical records of the mediaeval period from eastern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-O18xhA_BXUC&pg=PA89|year= 1979|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-096-9|page=89}}</ref> The Royal history of Tripura ended when the princely state acceded to the Indian Union on 15 October 1949. After death of the last king Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya on 17 May 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 1 July 1963, the Tripura Territorial Council was dissolved and the Legislative Assembly with the existing members of the Territorial Council was formed. On 21 January 1972 Tripura became full-fledged State by the Act of Parliament called the North Eastern Areas (Reorganization) Act, 1971.<ref>end of king era of tripura</ref>
The 17th century is a major watershed in the history of Tripura when the administration of the region passed on the hands of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] with some powers left with the Manikyas. In the Colonial era, the [[British Raj|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,<ref name="Gazetteer 118">{{cite journal | title = Hill Tippera&nbsp;– history | journal = [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] | year = 1909 | volume = 13 | page = 118 | url =https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_124.gif | format = GIF | accessdate =27 October 2011}}</ref> provides a list of 179 kings, from antiquity up to Krishna Kishore Manikya (1830–1850),<ref name="Bera2010">{{cite book| first=Gautam Kumar | last= Bera|title=The land of fourteen gods: ethno-cultural profile of Tripura|year=2010|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-333-9}}</ref>{{rp|3}}<ref name="rajmala book">{{cite book|url=http://www.tripura.org.in/rajmala4.htm|title=Sri rajmala volume&nbsp;– IV|editor-last=Sen|editor-first=Kali Prasanna|language=Bengali|publisher=Tribal Research Institute, Government of Tripura|year=2003|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Bhattacharyya1930">{{cite book|last=Bhattacharyya|first=Apurba Chandra|title=Progressive Tripura|year=1930|publisher=Inter-India Publications|page=179|oclc=16845189}}</ref> but the reliability of the ''Rajmala'' has been doubted.<ref name="sircar1979">{{cite book|last=Sircar|first=D.C.|title=Some epigraphical records of the mediaeval period from eastern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-O18xhA_BXUC&pg=PA89|year= 1979|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-096-9|page=89}}</ref> The Royal history of Tripura ended when the princely state acceded to the Indian Union on 15 October 1949. After death of the last king [[Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur|Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya]] on 17 May 1947, a Regency Council was formed headed by [[Kanchan Prava Devi|Maharani Kanchan Prabha Devi]], for aid of the minor Prince, [[Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman|Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur]]. The regent signed the merger agreement with the Government of India. After merger Tripura became a [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956|Part ‘C’ State]]. On reorganization of the states, effected in November, 1956, Tripura became a [[Union territory|Union Territory]] with an Advisory Committee to aid and advise the Chief Commissioner. Thereafter in place of the Advisory Committee, a [[Tripura Territorial Council|Territorial Council]] was formed through the adult franchise on 15 August 1957. On 1 July 1963, the Tripura Territorial Council was dissolved and the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] with the existing members of the Territorial Council was formed. On 21 January 1972 Tripura became full-fledged State by the Act of Parliament called the [[North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971|North Eastern Areas (Reorganization) Act, 1971]].<ref>end of king era of tripura</ref>


===Former administrative structure===
==List of Districts after the reorganization==
For administrative purposes, the state has been divided into 8 [[List of districts in India|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 Gomati, Khowai, Sipahijala and Unakoti; 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 May 2015.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/agartala-turns-into-a-municipal-corporation-tomorrow/article5597581.ece | title= Agartala turns into a municipal corporation tomorrow | date=20 January 2014 | first=Syed Sajjad | last=Ali | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=31 December 2018 }}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!District||Headquarters||District Magistrate||Police Superintendent||Subdivisions||Development Blocks||Municipals||Population<br>(2011)||Area (in km<sup>2</sup>)||Map
|-
|[[Dhalai district|Dhalai]]
| align="center" |[[Ambassa]]||Saju Vaheed A, IAS||Kishore Debbarma,TPS Gr-1||1. Kamalpur<br>2. Ambassa <br>3. Longtarai Valley <br>4. Gandachera||1. a) Salema<br>1. b) Durga Chawmuhani<br>2. a) Ambassa<br>3. a) Manu<br>3. b) Chawmanu<br>4. a) Dumburnagar<br>4. b) Raishyabari||1. a) Kamalpur Nagar Panchayet<br>2. a) Ambassa Municipal Council||align="right"|378,000||2426||[[File:Dhalai in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[Gomati district|Gomati]]
| align="center" |[[Udaipur, Tripura|Udaipur]]||Tarit Kanti Chakma, IAS||Lucky Chauhan, IPS||1. Udaipur<br>2. Amarpur<br>3. Karbook||1. a) Matabari<br>1. b) Kakraban<br> 1. c) Killa<br>2. a) Amarpur<br> 2. b) Ompi<br> 3. a) Karbook<br> 3. b) Silachari||1. a) Udaipur Municipal Council<br>2. a) Amarpur Nagar Panchayet||align="right"|441,538||1,522.8||[[File:Gomati in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[Khowai district|Khowai]]
| align="center" |[[Khowai]]||Rajat Pant, IAS||Ramesh Kumar Yadav, IPS||1. Khowai<br>2. Teliamura||1. a) Khowai<br>1. b) Tulashikhar<br> 1. c) Padmabil<br>2. a) Teliamura<br>2. b) Kalyanpur<br> 2. c) Mungiakami||1. a) Khowai Municipal Council<br>2. a) Teliamura Municipal Council||align="right"|327,564||1,377.28||[[File:Khowai in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[Sipahijala district|Sipahijala]]
| align="center" |[[Bishramganj]]||Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal, IAS||Krishnendu Chakraborty, IPS||1. Bishalgarh<br>2. Sonamura <br>3. Jampuijala||1. a) Bishalgarh<br>1. b) Charilam<br>2. a) Mohanbhog<br>2. b) Kathalia<br>2. c) Boxanagar<br>2. d) Nalchar<br>3. a) Jampuijala||1. a) Bishalgarh Municipal Council<br>2. a) Sonamura Nagar Panchayet<br>2. b) Melaghar Municipal Council||align="right"|479,975||1,043.04||[[File:Shipahijala in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[Unakoti district|Unakoti]]
| align="center" |[[Kailashahar]]||D. K. Chakma, IAS||Rathiranjan Debanth, IPS||1. Kumarghat<br>2. Kailashahar||1. a) Kumarghat<br>1. b) Pecharthal<br>2. a) Gournagar||1. a) Kumarghat Municipal Council<br>2. a) Kailashahar Municipal Council||align="right"|298,574||686.97||[[File:Unokoti in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[North Tripura district|North Tripura]]
| align="center" |[[Dharmanagar]]||Chandni Chandran, IAS||Bhanupada Chakraborty, TPS Gr-1||1. Dharmanagar<br>2. Kanchanpur<br>3. Panisagar||1. a) Kadamtala<br>1. b) Yuvarajnagar<br>2. a) Dasda<br> 2. b) Jampuihill<br>2. c) Laljuri<br>3. a) Panisagar<br>3. b) Damchara||1. a) Dharmanagar Municipal Council||align="right"|415,946||1,422.19||[[File:North Tripura in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[South Tripura district|South Tripura]]
| align="center" |[[Belonia, India|Belonia]]||Muhammad Sajad, IAS||Kulwant Singh, IPS||1. Santirbazar<br>2. Belonia<br>3. Sabroom||1. a) Bakafa<br>1. b) Jolaibari<br>2. a) Hrishyamukh<br> 2. b) Rajnagar<br>2. c) Bharat Chandra Nagar<br>3. a) Satchand<br>3. b) Rupaichari<br>3. c) Poangbari||1. a) Santirbazar Municipal Council<br>2. a) Belonia Municipal Council<br>3. a) Sabroom Nagar Panchayet||align="right"|453,079||1,514.3||[[File:South Tripura in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[West Tripura district|West Tripura]]
| align="center" |[[Agartala]]||Vishal Kumar, IAS||Manik Das, TPS Gr-1||1. Sadar<br>2. Mohanpur<br>3. Jirania||1. a) Dukli<br>2. a) Mohanpur<br>2. b) Hezamara<br>2. c) Lefunga<br>3. a) Jirania<br>3. b) Mandai||1. a) [[Agartala Municipal Corporation]]<br>2. a) Mohanpur municipal council<br>3. a) Ranirbazar Municipal Council||align="right"|918,200
||983.63||[[File:West Tripura in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|}
 
==Former administrative districts==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width=98% style="border:1px solid black"
|- bgcolor=#99ccff
|- bgcolor=#99ccff
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|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| WT|| [[West Tripura]]|| [[Agartala]]||align="right"| 1,724,619||align="right"| 2,997||align="right"| 576||http://westtripura.nic.in/
| WT|| [[West Tripura]]|| [[Agartala]]||align="right"| 1,724,619||align="right"| 2,997||align="right"| 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 May 2015.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/agartala-turns-into-a-municipal-corporation-tomorrow/article5597581.ece | title= Agartala turns into a municipal corporation tomorrow | date=20 January 2014 | first=Syed Sajjad | last=Ali | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=31 December 2018 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!District||Headquarters||District Magistrat||Police Super||Subdivisions||Development Blocks||Municipals||Population<br>[tentative,<br>as per Census 2011(P),<br>as released by the<br>Govt of Tripura]||Area (in km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
|[[Dhalai district|Dhalai]]
| align="center" |[[Ambassa]]||Sri Mayur Govekar Ratilal, IAS||Shri Kishore Debbarma,TPS Gr-1||1. Kamalpur<br>2. Ambassa <br>3. Longtarai Valley <br>4. Gandachera||1. a) Salema<br>1. b) Durga Chawmuhani<br>2. a) Ambassa<br>3. a) Manu<br>3. b) Chawmanu<br>4. a) Dumburnagar<br>4. b) Raishyabari||1. a) Kamalpur Nagar Panchayet<br>2. a) Ambassa Municipal Council||align="right"|377,988||NA
|-
|[[Gomati district|Gomati]]
| align="center" |[[Udaipur, Tripura|Udaipur]]||Shri Raval H. Kumar, IAS||Shri Lucky Chauhan, IPS||1. Udaipur<br>2. Amarpur<br>3. Karbook||1. a) Matabari<br>1. b) Kakraban<br> 1. c) Killa<br>2. a) Amarpur<br> 2. b) Ompi<br> 3. a) Karbook<br> 3. b) Silachari||1. a) Udaipur Municipal Council<br>2. a) Amarpur Nagar Panchayet||align="right"|436,868||NA
|-
|[[Khowai district|Khowai]]
| align="center" |[[Khowai]]||Smt. Smith Mol S, IAS||Shri Kiran Kumar K, IPS||1. Khowai<br>2. Teliamura||1. a) Khowai<br>1. b) Tulashikhar<br> 1. c) Padmabil<br>2. a) Teliamura<br>2. b) Kalyanpur<br> 2. c) Mungiakami||1. a) Khowai Municipal Council<br>2. a) Teliamura Municipal Council||align="right"|327,391||NA
|-
|[[Sipahijala district|Sipahijala]]
| align="center" |[[Bishramganj]]||Smt.Vishwasree B, IAS||Shri.Krishnendu Chakraborty, IPS||1. Bishalgarh<br>2. Jampuijala<br>3. Sonamura||1. a) Bishalgarh<br>2. a) Jampuijala<br>3. a) Melaghar<br> 3. b) Kathalia<br>3. c) Boxanagar||1. a) Bishalgarh Municipal Council<br>2. a) Sonamura Nagar Panchayet<br>3. b) Melaghar Municipal Council||align="right"|484,233||NA
|-
|[[Unakoti district|Unakoti]]
| align="center" |[[Kailashahar]]||Shri UK Chakma, TCS Gr-1||Shri Rathiranjan Debanth, IPS||1. Kumarghat<br>2. Kailashahar||1. a) Kumarghat<br>1. b) Pecharthal<br>2. a) Gournagar||1. a) Kumarghat Municipal Council<br>2. a) Kailashahar Municipal Council||align="right"|277,335||NA
|-
|[[North Tripura district|North Tripura]]
| align="center" |[[Dharmanagar]]||Shri Nagesh Kumar B, IAS||Shri Bhanupada Chakraborty, TPS Gr-1||1. Dharmanagar<br>2. Kanchanpur<br>3. Panisagar||1. a) Kadamtala<br>1. b) Yuvarajnagar<br>2. a) Dasda<br> 2. b) Jampuihill<br>2. c) Laljuri<br>3. a) Panisagar<br>3. b) Damchara||1. a) Dharmanagar Municipal Council||align="right"|415,946||NA
|-
|[[South Tripura district|South Tripura]]
| align="center" |[[Belonia, India|Belonia]]||Shri Saju Vaheed A, IAS.||Dr.Kulwant Singh, IPS
||1. Santirbazar<br>2. Belonia<br>3. Sabroom||1. a) Bakafa<br>1. b) Jolaibari<br>2. a) Hrishyamukh<br> 2. b) Rajnagar<br>2. c) Bharat Chandra Nagar<br>3. a) Satchand<br>3. b) Rupaichari<br>3. c) Poangbari||1. a) Santirbazar Municipal Council<br>2. a) Belonia Municipal Council<br>3. a) Sabroom Nagar Panchayet||align="right"|433,737||NA
|-
|[[West Tripura district|West Tripura]]
| align="center" |[[Agartala]]||Shri Debapriya Bardhan, IAS.||Sri Manik Das, TPS Gr-1||1. Sadar<br>2. Mohanpur<br>3. Jirania||1. a) Dukli<br>2. a) Mohanpur<br>2. b) Hezamara<br>2. c) Lefunga<br>3. a) Jirania<br>3. b) Mandai||1. a) [[Agartala Municipal Corporation]]<br>2. a) Mohanpur municipal council<br>3. a) Ranirbazar Municipal Council||align="right"|917,534||NA
|-
|}
|}


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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<ref name="census2011.co.in">{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/districtlist/tripura.html|title=List of districts of Tripura}}</ref> (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.)<br />
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<ref name="census2011.co.in">{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/districtlist/tripura.html|title=List of districts of Tripura}}</ref> (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.)<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! District !! Area in km<sup>2</sup> !! Population !! Growth Rate !! Sex Ratio !! Literacy !! Density/km<sup>2</sup>
! District !! Area in km<sup>2</sup> !! Population !! Growth Rate !! Sex Ratio !! Literacy !! Density/km<sup>2</sup>
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
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| [[West Tripura district|West Tripura]] || 942.55 || 1,017,534 || 12.57 || 972 || 91.69 || 973
| [[West Tripura district|West Tripura]] || 942.55 || 1,017,534 || 12.57 || 972 || 91.69 || 973
|}
|}
==Demand for new districts==
{{portal | New | Demand }}
Political parties in Tripura, notably the [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura]] (IPFT), have intensified demands for the administrative reorganization of the state. These demands include the elevation of the [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]] (TTAADC) into a '''Tipra Territorial Council''' with enhanced legislative and executive powers under an amendment to Article 125 of the Constitution of India. Additionally, the [[Tipra Motha Party]] maintains its core demand for '''Greater Tipraland''', a proposed separate state for the indigenous [[Tripuri people|Tiprasa people]]. While local movements have occasionally called for the upgrading of sub-divisions such as [[Teliamura]] (from southern Khowai district), [[Kanchanpur Assembly constituency|Kanchanpur]] (from southern North Tripura district), and [[Gandacherra]]<!--- NOTE: as per wikiguidelines, retain redlink to encourage article creation. ---> (from southern Dhalai district) to full districts to improve administrative reach, the state government has prioritized sub-divisional development packages over the notification of new districts.<ref name="Hindu2025">{{cite web |last=Ali |first=Syed Sajjad |title=IPFT to hold protest in Delhi demanding autonomous Tipra Territorial Council |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tripura/ipft-to-hold-protest-in-delhi-demanding-autonomous-tipra-territorial-council-through-constitutional-amendment/article70342830.ece |website=The Hindu |date=2025-11-30 |access-date=2026-03-16}}</ref><ref name="ET2024">{{cite web |title='Will not give up Greater Tipraland demand': Tipra Motha after joining BJP-led Tripura govt |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/will-not-give-up-greater-tipraland-demand-tipra-motha-after-joining-bjp-led-tripura-govt/articleshow/108301778.cms |website=The Economic Times |publisher=PTI |date=2024-03-07 |access-date=2026-03-16}}</ref><ref name="TripuraInfo2026">{{cite web |title=TTAADC Revokes Controversial Notification Creating 123 New Villages |url=https://tripurainfo.com/EnglishNews.aspx?intnid=5036&title=TTAADC-Revokes-Controversial-Notification-Creating-123-New-Villages |website=TripuraInfo |date=2026-02-07 |access-date=2026-03-16}}</ref><ref name="TOI2024">{{cite web |title=Tripura CM announces 242cr development package for Gandatwisa |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/tripura-cm-announces-242cr-development-package-for-gandatwisa/articleshow/112273797.cms |website=The Times of India |date=2024-08-05 |access-date=2026-03-16}}</ref>
==See also==
{{portal | India | Asia }}
* [[Administrative divisions of India]]
* [[Proposed states and union territories of India]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 09:04, 16 March 2026


The districts of Tripura

The Indian state of Tripura borders with Bangladesh and the Indian states of Assam and Mizoram. The third-smallest state in India and also a princely state till 1949, it covers an area of 10,491 square kilometres (4,051 sq mi). The area of modern Tripura was ruled for several centuries by the Manikya dynasty of the Twipra kingdom. It was a princely state during British rule, and joined the newly independent India. Ethnic strife between the indigenous Tripuri people and refugees, illegal immigrants influx of 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 for a short period. Tripura was divided into four districts but with effect from 21 January 2012 four more new districts was divided making a total of eight districts in the state.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Dating back to the time of Mahabharata, 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 ancient of Tripura can be found in the Ashokan pillar inscriptions.[2] 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,[3] provides a list of 179 kings, from antiquity up to Krishna Kishore Manikya (1830–1850),[4]:3[5][6] but the reliability of the Rajmala has been doubted.[7] The Royal history of Tripura ended when the princely state acceded to the Indian Union on 15 October 1949. After death of the last king Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya on 17 May 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 1 July 1963, the Tripura Territorial Council was dissolved and the Legislative Assembly with the existing members of the Territorial Council was formed. On 21 January 1972 Tripura became full-fledged State by the Act of Parliament called the North Eastern Areas (Reorganization) Act, 1971.[8]

List of Districts after the reorganization[edit | edit source]

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 Gomati, Khowai, Sipahijala and Unakoti; 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 May 2015.[9]

District Headquarters District Magistrate Police Superintendent Subdivisions Development Blocks Municipals Population
(2011)		 Area (in km2) Map
Dhalai Ambassa Saju Vaheed A, IAS Kishore Debbarma,TPS Gr-1 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		 378,000 2426
Gomati Udaipur Tarit Kanti Chakma, IAS Lucky Chauhan, IPS 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		 441,538 1,522.8
Khowai Khowai Rajat Pant, IAS Ramesh Kumar Yadav, IPS 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		 327,564 1,377.28
Sipahijala Bishramganj Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal, IAS Krishnendu Chakraborty, IPS 1. Bishalgarh
2. Sonamura
3. Jampuijala		 1. a) Bishalgarh
1. b) Charilam
2. a) Mohanbhog
2. b) Kathalia
2. c) Boxanagar
2. d) Nalchar
3. a) Jampuijala		 1. a) Bishalgarh Municipal Council
2. a) Sonamura Nagar Panchayet
2. b) Melaghar Municipal Council		 479,975 1,043.04
Unakoti Kailashahar D. K. Chakma, IAS Rathiranjan Debanth, IPS 1. Kumarghat
2. Kailashahar		 1. a) Kumarghat
1. b) Pecharthal
2. a) Gournagar		 1. a) Kumarghat Municipal Council
2. a) Kailashahar Municipal Council		 298,574 686.97
North Tripura Dharmanagar Chandni Chandran, IAS Bhanupada Chakraborty, TPS Gr-1 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 1,422.19
South Tripura Belonia Muhammad Sajad, IAS Kulwant Singh, IPS 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		 453,079 1,514.3
West Tripura Agartala Vishal Kumar, IAS Manik Das, TPS Gr-1 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
2. a) Mohanpur municipal council
3. a) Ranirbazar Municipal Council		 918,200 983.63

Former administrative districts[edit | edit source]

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 Kailashahar 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/

Demographics[edit | edit source]

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[11] (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 km2 Population Growth Rate Sex Ratio Literacy Density/km2
Dhalai 2,400 377,988 12.57 945 86.82 157
Gomati 1,522.8 436,868 14.15 959 86.19 287
Khowai 1,005.67 327,391 14.15 961 88.37 326
Sipahijala 1,044.78 484,233 14.15 952 84.14 463
Unakoti 591.93 277,335 10.85 966 87.58 469
North Tripura 1,444.5 415,946 17.44 968 88.77 288
South Tripura 1,534.2 433,737 14.15 956 85.09 283
West Tripura 942.55 1,017,534 12.57 972 91.69 973

Demand for new districts[edit | edit source]

Political parties in Tripura, notably the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), have intensified demands for the administrative reorganization of the state. These demands include the elevation of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) into a Tipra Territorial Council with enhanced legislative and executive powers under an amendment to Article 125 of the Constitution of India. Additionally, the Tipra Motha Party maintains its core demand for Greater Tipraland, a proposed separate state for the indigenous Tiprasa people. While local movements have occasionally called for the upgrading of sub-divisions such as Teliamura (from southern Khowai district), Kanchanpur (from southern North Tripura district), and Gandacherra (from southern Dhalai district) to full districts to improve administrative reach, the state government has prioritized sub-divisional development packages over the notification of new districts.[12][13][14][15]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ new districts of tipura
  2. ↑ ashok pillar mahabharata
  3. ↑ "Hill Tippera – history" (GIF). The Imperial Gazetteer of India. 13: 118. 1909. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Bera, Gautam Kumar (2010). The land of fourteen gods: ethno-cultural profile of Tripura. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-8324-333-9.
  5. ↑ Sen, Kali Prasanna, ed. (2003). Sri rajmala volume – IV (in Bengali). Tribal Research Institute, Government of Tripura. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Bhattacharyya, Apurba Chandra (1930). Progressive Tripura. Inter-India Publications. p. 179. OCLC 16845189.
  7. ↑ Sircar, D.C. (1979). Some epigraphical records of the mediaeval period from eastern India. Abhinav Publications. p. 89. ISBN 978-81-7017-096-9.
  8. ↑ end of king era of tripura
  9. ↑ Ali, Syed Sajjad (20 January 2014). "Agartala turns into a municipal corporation tomorrow". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "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 18 September 2011.
  11. ↑ "List of districts of Tripura".
  12. ↑ Ali, Syed Sajjad (30 November 2025). "IPFT to hold protest in Delhi demanding autonomous Tipra Territorial Council". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "'Will not give up Greater Tipraland demand': Tipra Motha after joining BJP-led Tripura govt". The Economic Times. PTI. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "TTAADC Revokes Controversial Notification Creating 123 New Villages". TripuraInfo. 7 February 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Tripura CM announces 242cr development package for Gandatwisa". The Times of India. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2026.

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