Sipahijala district
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Sepahijala District is a district of Tripura, India. This district was created in January 2012 when four new districts were established in Tripura, taking the number of districts in the state from four to eight.[2] Part of the district was formed from the former district of West Tripura. The principal towns in the district are Bishalgarh, Bishramganj, Melaghar and Sonamura.
Sipahijala district | |
|---|---|
 Neermahal at Melaghar | |
 Location of Sipahijala district in Tripura | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tripura |
| Established | January 2012 |
| Headquarters | Bishramganj |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,043.04 km2 (402.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 542,731 |
| • Density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 98% [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | sepahijala |
DivisionEdit
There are 3 Sub-Division in Sepalijala district. They are Bishalgarh subdivision, Sonamura subdivision and Jampuijala subdivision.
There are 7 Blocks under Sepahijala District. They are Bishalgarh, Charilam, Nalchar, Mohanbhog, Boxanagar, Kathalia and Jampuijala[3]
TransportEdit
RoadwayEdit
National Highway 8 (NH 8), running from Karimganj in Assam to Sabroom in Tripura, passes through this district.[4]
RailwayEdit
Lumding–Sabroom line of Northeast Frontier Railway passes through Sipahijala district. There are two stations in the district, namely Bishramganj railway station and Bishalgarh railway station, providing connectivity to Tripura capital Agartala and Assam and other major cities of the state like Dharmanagar, Udaipur and Belonia.[5]
Places to visitEdit
There are mainly 3(Three) tourist spots[6] in Sepahijala District which are namely:-
1. Neermahal
2. Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary
3. Kamalasagar and Kamalasagar(Kashaba) Kali Temple
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "sepahijala district literacy". June 2019.
- ↑ "Four new districts, six subdivisions for Tripura". CNN-IBN. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ↑ "Sepahijala district".
- ↑ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ "Indian Rail Info".
- ↑ "Sepahijala district tourism".
External linksEdit
Coordinates: 23°37′58″N 91°19′11″E / 23.6327°N 91.3198°E