North Tripura district

North Tripura is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Dharmanagar. The district occupies an area of 1422.19 km² and has a population of 693,947, 856,(as of 2024).

North Tripura
District
River scene in North Tripura
North Tripura district Location in Tripura
Coordinates: 24°20′N 92°01′E
Country	India
State	Tripura
Seat	Dharmanagar
Area
• Total	1,422.19 km2 (549.11 sq mi)
Elevation	29 m (95 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	415,946
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-TR
Website	http://northtripura.nic.in/

History

The territory occupied by North Tripura district was part of the princely state of Tripura until 9 September 1949, when it was merged with the Union of India. The district came into existence on 1 September 1970, when the entire state was divided into three districts. On 14 April. 1995 Dhalai district was carved out from this district. 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.

Divisions

Administrative divisions

North Tripura is divided into three sub-divisions:

Name	Headquarters	Blocks	Location
Dharmanagar	Dharmanagar	Panisagar Kadamtala
Kailashahar	Kailashahar	Gaur Nagar Kumarghat
Kanchanpur	Kanchanpur	Dasda Pecharthal Damcherra Jampui Hill

Subdivision & Blocks. There are 3 nos of Sub-Division and 8 nos of Blocks under North Tripura District.

Political constituencies

There are eleven assembly constituencies in this district: Pabiachhara, Fatikroy, Chandipur, Kailasahar, Kadamtala-Kurti, Bagbassa, Dharmanagar, Jubarajnagar, Panisagar, Pencharthal and Kanchanpur.

North Tripura district is in the Lok Sabha constituency of Tripura East, which is shared with Dhalai and South Tripura districts.

Villages

• Icabpur

Demographics

According to the 2011 census total population of the District is 693,947. 12% of the total population of Tripura. The overall literacy assessment survey (LAS) conducted by SLMA-2016, the literacy rate 97.22% ( Male : 97.34% & Female : 96.79%) & the Sex ratio is 967/1000 (F/M) (State 960/1000) as per population census-2011.

There are approximately 35,000–40,000 members of the Bru (Reang) tribe in the district, who came as refugees from Mizoram after the 1997 ethnic violence .^[1]

Flora and fauna

In 1988 North Tripura district became home to the Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of 0.85 km².^[2]