West Tripura district


West Tripura district is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Agartala. As of 2012, it is the most populous of Tripura's eight districts.

District profile

The information provided below are taken from a book based on 2012 statistics, all the names, infos, details, etc. are in effect from and on 2012.
NosInfoDetails
1Inauguration date1 September 1970
2Present DMVishal Kumar
3First DMR Ghosh from 5 November 1951 to 26 September 1954.
4Present SPKiran Kumar K
5Area in km2983.63
6Population Density1005
7Population988,192
8Rural Population577,453
9Urban Population410,739
10Literacy91.31%
11BPL PopulationRural 62%, Urban 30%
12Cultivated Land40% of district area
13Irrigable Land14623 Hectares
14Power Connectivity140/147 Villages
15Self Help Groups5468
16Assembly Constituencies14
17TTAADC Constituencies5
18Voters583,434
19No. of Colleges21

Divisions

West Tripura district has three sub-divisions: Mohanpur Subdivision, Jirania Subdivision, and Sadar Subdivision. It is split into nine blocks: Bamutia, Belbari, Dukli, Hezamara, Jirania, Lefunga, Mandwi, Mohanpur, Old Agartala.

Lok Sabha constituencies

West Tripura district is located in two Lok Sabha constituencies: Tripura West, and Tripura East.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, West Tripura district has a population of 1,725,739 ranking it 281st nationally. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate in 20012011 was 12.5%. West Tripura has a sex ratio of 964 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.91%. After reorganisation, the residual district had a population was 918,200. 64.12% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled castes and tribes made up 192,475 and 176,596 of the population respectively.
West Tripura had 851,203 Hindus, 32,420 Muslims and 30,554 Christians.
West TripuraUrban Pop. % of total populationSex ratio Density Population
198115.29941364
199124.29946963
201142.00-1005

In 2011, 76.23% of the population spoke Bengali, 17.69% Kokborok and 2.04% Hindi as their first language.

Flora and fauna

In 1987, the Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary was established in the West Tripura district, with an area of 18.5 km2.