Mohanpur, Tripura

Mohanpur is a Municipal Council in Tripura, northeast India. It is the 10th largest town in the state and a subdivision of West Tripura district.^[1]

Mohonpur
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Coordinates: 23.58°N 91.22°E / 23.58; 91.22
Country	India
State	Tripura
District	West Tripura
Legislative Assembly	Tripura Legislative Assembly
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Chairman	Sri Motilal Das
• MLA	Ratan Lal Nath
Area
• City	884 ha (2,184 acres)
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population  (2011)
• City	16,363
• Rank	10th
• Urban	11,325
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	799211
Area code	0381
Vehicle registration	TR 01 XX YYYY

Mohanpur subdivision has a total of 30 village panchayats, among them Anangnagar is the most populated followed by Vijaynagar, brahmakunda, debendranagar.^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census data, the total population of Mohanpur is 16,363. The number of males is 8,434 and the number of females is 7,929 Most of the population is urban with a number of 11,325, as well as, more than 5,050 people are from rural areas. Mohanpur had an average literacy rate of 80.43%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. The male literacy rate is 83.53% and female literacy rate is 77.13%.^[3]

Forest

In the subdivision of Mohanpur there is a total of 73.869 km² of forest land in which 73.869 km² is Reserved forest .^[4]

Transportation

The main transport system of the town is dependent on roadways. Mohanpur Road and Assam Agartala Road are the main roads. The town does not have any railway stations; the nearest railway station is at Jogendranagar. The distance of the town from the capital Agartala is about 23 km.^[5]

Education

• Schools^[6]

1. MOHANPUR CLASS XII SCHOOL
2. MOHANPUR GIRLS' H.S. SCHOOL
3. TARAPUR HIGH SCHOOL
4. MOHANPUR TEA GARDEN J.B SCHOOL
5. GANDHIGRAM H.S. SCHOOL

• Colleges

Swami Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya