Santirbazar
শান্তিরবাজার | |
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City | |
Santirbazar is located in Tripura  Santirbazar  Santirbazar | |
| Coordinates: 23°18′N 91°33′E / 23.30°N 91.55°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tripura |
| District | South Tripura |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 15,647[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 03823 |
| Vehicle registration | TR |
| Website | tripura |
Santirbazar is a town and Municipal Council in South Tripura district, Tripura, India. It is linked with Agartala (the state capital) by National Highway 8 via Udaipur and Bishramganj to Subroom.
Geography[edit | edit source]
Santirbazar is located at 23°18′N 91°33′E / 23.30°N 91.55°E.[2] It has an average elevation of 30 metres (98 feet).
Demographics[edit | edit source]
As of 2011[update] India census,[3] Santirbazar Municipal Council has a population of 15,647. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Santirbazar has an average literacy rate of 95%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education[edit | edit source]
Schools:
- Santir bazar H/S School
- Santir bazar Girls H/S School
- Bokafa Ashram H/S School
- Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bagafa
- Sunflower English Medium Academy
Colleges:
Places of interest[edit | edit source]
- Pilak-Pathar, 12th century Hindu-Buddhist archaeological site preserved by ASI, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) away
- Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary
- Jogmaya Temple, Kalibari
- Indo-Bangla Custom Checkpost
- Raj Rajeswari Temple, Muhuripur
- Muhurichar river island
- Muhuripur Fishery near Bamchara
- Mahamuni Temple, Mohamuni Road
- Buddhist Temple (Kalashri)
Santir bazar railway station[edit | edit source]
A railway station was constructed in Santirbazar (code: SNTBR) which serves the town.[4] The station lies on the Agartala - Sabroom rail section, which comes under the Lumding railway division of the Northeast Frontier Railway. The segment from Agartala to Sabroom via Udaipur became operational on 3rd October 2019, with a proposed elevation of 39m.[5][6]
Santirbazar integrated checkpost[edit | edit source]
Santir bazar integrated check post on the India-Bangladesh border on Santir bazar-Feni rail and road route is in Mizoram in India. It was officially opened in October 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Politics[edit | edit source]
Belonia assembly constituency is in the Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency.[7]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://southtripura.nic.in/santirbazar-municipal-council/
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Belonia
- ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ↑ "BLNIA/Belonia Railway Station Map/Atlas NFR/Northeast Frontier Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ↑ "First Commercial Broad Guage [sic] Freight Train Arrives In Tripura". NDTV. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ "TRIPURAINFO : The first news, views & information website of TRIPURA". 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Tripura. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2008.