West Tripura district

West Tripura 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 district of Tripura (out of 8).^[3]

West Tripura
District
Agartala North Gate; River scene in Agartala, West Tripura
West Tripura district Location in Tripura
State	Tripura
Country	India India
Seat	Agartala
Government
• District Magistrate	Vishal Kumar, IAS[1]
• Superintendent of police	Kiran Kumar K., IPS
Area
• Total	983.63 km2 (379.78 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	918,200
• Density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, Kokborok, English[2]
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-TR-WT
Spoken languages	Bengali, Kokborok
Ethnicity	Bengali, Tripuri
Website	http://westtripura.nic.in/

Geography

Climate

Agartala
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     9.1     26 10     20     29 13     59     33 19     182     34 22     316     33 24     455     32 25     386     31 25     313     32 25     225     32 24     165     31 22     40     29 17     8.4     26 11 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: IMD
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.4     78 50     0.8     83 56     2.3     91 65     7.2     94 72     12     91 74     18     89 76     15     88 76     12     89 76     8.9     89 76     6.5     88 72     1.6     84 62     0.3     80 52 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

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^[4]

Nos	Info	Details
1	Inauguration date	1 September 1970
2	Present DM	Vishal Kumar (IAS)
3	First DM	R Ghosh (IAS) from 5 November 1951 to 26 September 1954.
4	Present SP	Kiran Kumar K (IPS)[5]
5	Area in km2	983.63
6	Population Density	1005
7	Population(2011)	988,192
8	Rural Population	577,453 (58%)
9	Urban Population	410,739 (42%)
10	Literacy	91.31% (♂ & ♀ 94% & 88% respectively)
11	BPL Population	Rural 62%, Urban 30%
12	Cultivated Land	40% of district area
13	Irrigable Land	14623 Hectares
14	Power Connectivity	140/147 Villages
15	Self Help Groups	5468
16	Assembly Constituencies	14 (SDR: 8 MNP:3 JRN: 3)
17	TTAADC Constituencies	5 (Sadar: 1 MNP:2 JRN: 2)
18	Voters	583,434
19	No. of Colleges	21

Divisions

West Tripura District has Three sub-divisions:

• Mohanpur Subdivision
• Jirania Subdivision
• Sadar Subdivision

West Tripura District has 9 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 (shared with South Tripura district), and Tripura East (shared with South Tripura, Dhalai and North Tripura districts).

Demographics

West Tripurans waiting in line.

According to the 2011 census West Tripura district has a population of 1,725,739,^[3] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia^[6] or the US state of Nebraska.^[7] This gives it a ranking of 281st in India (out of a total of 640).^[3] The district has a population density of 576 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,490/sq mi) .^[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.5%.^[3] West Tripura has a sex ratio of 964 females for every 1000 males,^[3] and a literacy rate of 88.91%.^[3] After reorganisation, the residual district had a population was 918,200.^[8][3] 64.12% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 192,475 (20.96%) and 176,596 (19.23%) of the population respectively.^[3]

Religions in West Tripura district (2011)[9]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			92.70%
Islam			3.53%
Christianity			3.33%
Other or not stated			0.44%
Distribution of religions

West Tripura had 851,203 Hindus, 32,420 Muslims and 30,554 Christians.^[9]

West Tripura	Urban Pop. % of total population	Sex ratio (♀ per 1000 ♂)	Density Population
1981	15.29	941	364
1991	24.29	946	963
2011	42.00	-	1005

Languages of West Tripura district (2011)^[10]

1. Bengali (76.2%)
2. Kokborok (17.7%)
3. Hindi (2.04%)
4. Others (4.04%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 76.23% of the population spoke Bengali, 17.69% Kokborok and 2.04% Hindi as their first language.^[10]

Flora and fauna

In 1987 West Tripura district became home to the Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of 18.5 km².^[11]