Sipahijala district

Sipahijala 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.

Sepahijala district
District of Tripura
Top: Neermahal Bottom: Trees at Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary
Sepahijala district Location in Tripura
Country	India
State	Tripura
Established	January 2012 (2012-01)
Headquarters	Bishramganj
Government
• DM & Collector	Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal, IAS
Area
• Total	1,043.04 km2 (402.72 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	479,975
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	98% [1]
• Sex ratio	966 F/1000 M
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TR-07
Website	sepahijala.nic.in

Division

There are 3 Sub-Division in Sipahijala district. They are Bishalgarh subdivision, Sonamura Sub-division and Jampuijala subdivision.

There are 7 Blocks under Sepahijala District. They are Bishalgarh, Charilam, Nalchar (formerly Melaghar), Mohanbhog, Boxanagar, Kathalia and Jampuijala^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Sipahijala district had a population of 479,975. Sepahijala has a sex ratio of 955 females to 1000 males and a literacy rate of 84.78%. 10.28% of the population lives in urban areas.^[4] Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 82,557 (17.20%) and 115,811 (24.13%) of the population respectively.^[5]

Religions in Sepahijala district (2011)[6]
Religion			Percent
Hindus			72.77%
Muslims			24.59%
Christians			2.37%
Other or not stated			0.27%
Distribution of religions

Sepahijala had 349,260 Hindus, 118,038 Muslims and 11,399 Christians.^[6]

Languages of Sipahijala district (2011)^[7]

1. Bengali (73.3%)
2. Kokborok (23.3%)
3. Others (3.42%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 73.26% of the population spoke Bengali and 23.32% Kokborok as their first language.^[7]

Transport

Roadway

National Highway 8 (NH 8), running from Karimganj in Assam to Sabroom in Tripura, passes through this district.^[8]

Railway

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.^[9]

Places to visit

There are some major tourist spots^[10] in Sepahijala District which are namely:-

1. Neermahal
2. Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary
3. Kamalasagar and Kamalasagar(Kashaba) Kali Temple
4. Baxanagar Buddhist Stupa.