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[[File:Tripura-district-map.svg|thumb|The districts of Tripura]]

The [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Tripura]] borders with [[Bangladesh]] and the Indian states of [[Assam]] and [[Mizoram]]. The third-smallest state in [[India]] and also a princely state till 1949, it covers an area of {{convert|10491|km2}}. The area of modern Tripura was ruled for several centuries by the [[Manikya dynasty]] of the [[Twipra kingdom]]. It was a [[princely state]] during British rule, and joined the newly independent India. Ethnic strife between the indigenous Tripuri people and refugees, illegal immigrants influx of [[Bengalis|Bengali population]] led to tension and scattered violence since its integration into the country, but the establishment of an [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council|autonomous tribal administrative agency]] and other strategies have led to peace for a short period. 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.<ref>new districts of tipura</ref>

==History==
Dating back to the time of [[Mahabharata]], the very helm of the [[Twipra Kingdom|Kingdom of Tripura]] encompassed the greater part of [[East Bengal|Eastern Bengal]] stretching from the [[Bay of Bengal]] in the South to the [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]] in the North and west and Burma, now [[Myanmar]] in the East. The earliest trace of the ancient of Tripura can be found in the [[Pillars of Ashoka|Ashokan pillar]] inscriptions.<ref>ashok pillar mahabharata</ref>
The 17th century is a major watershed in the history of Tripura when the administration of the region passed on the hands of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] with some powers left with the Manikyas. In the Colonial era, the [[British Raj|Britishers]] extended their control over Tripura granting some limited independence to the Manikya kings. The region was under the rule of the [[Twipra Kingdom]] for centuries, although when this dates from is not documented. The ''[[Rajmala]]'', a chronicle of Tripuri kings which was first written in the 15th century,<ref name="Gazetteer 118">{{cite journal | title = Hill Tippera – history | journal = [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] | year = 1909 | volume = 13 | page = 118 | url =https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_124.gif | format = GIF | accessdate =27 October 2011}}</ref> provides a list of 179 kings, from antiquity up to Krishna Kishore Manikya (1830–1850),<ref name="Bera2010">{{cite book| first=Gautam Kumar | last= Bera|title=The land of fourteen gods: ethno-cultural profile of Tripura|year=2010|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-333-9}}</ref>{{rp|3}}<ref name="rajmala book">{{cite book|url=http://www.tripura.org.in/rajmala4.htm|title=Sri rajmala volume – IV|editor-last=Sen|editor-first=Kali Prasanna|language=Bengali|publisher=Tribal Research Institute, Government of Tripura|year=2003|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Bhattacharyya1930">{{cite book|last=Bhattacharyya|first=Apurba Chandra|title=Progressive Tripura|year=1930|publisher=Inter-India Publications|page=179|oclc=16845189}}</ref> but the reliability of the ''Rajmala'' has been doubted.<ref name="sircar1979">{{cite book|last=Sircar|first=D.C.|title=Some epigraphical records of the mediaeval period from eastern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-O18xhA_BXUC&pg=PA89|year= 1979|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-096-9|page=89}}</ref> The Royal history of Tripura ended when the princely state acceded to the Indian Union on 15 October 1949. After death of the last king [[Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur|Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya]] on 17 May 1947, a Regency Council was formed headed by [[Kanchan Prava Devi|Maharani Kanchan Prabha Devi]], for aid of the minor Prince, [[Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman|Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur]]. The regent signed the merger agreement with the Government of India. After merger Tripura became a [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956|Part ‘C’ State]]. On reorganization of the states, effected in November, 1956, Tripura became a [[Union territory|Union Territory]] with an Advisory Committee to aid and advise the Chief Commissioner. Thereafter in place of the Advisory Committee, a [[Tripura Territorial Council|Territorial Council]] was formed through the adult franchise on 15 August 1957. On 1 July 1963, the Tripura Territorial Council was dissolved and the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] with the existing members of the Territorial Council was formed. On 21 January 1972 Tripura became full-fledged State by the Act of Parliament called the [[North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971|North Eastern Areas (Reorganization) Act, 1971]].<ref>end of king era of tripura</ref>

==List of Districts after the reorganization==
For administrative purposes, the state has been divided into 8 [[List of districts in India|districts]], 23 subdivisions and 58 development blocks—with effect from 21 January 2012, after a Government of Tripura Decision, out of which the newly created districts are 4, subdivisions 6, development blocks 5. The four new Districts are Gomati, Khowai, Sipahijala and Unakoti; the six new sub-divisions are Jirania, Mohanpur, Kumarghat, Panisagar, Jampuijala and Karbook; the five new development blocks are Yuvarajnagar, Durga Chawmuhani, Jolaibari, Silachari and Lefunga.

The information here are latest updated as of 25 May 2015.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/agartala-turns-into-a-municipal-corporation-tomorrow/article5597581.ece | title= Agartala turns into a municipal corporation tomorrow | date=20 January 2014 | first=Syed Sajjad | last=Ali | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=31 December 2018 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!District||Headquarters||District Magistrate||Police Superintendent||Subdivisions||Development Blocks||Municipals||Population (2011)||Area (in km2)||Map
|-
|[[Dhalai district|Dhalai]]
| align="center" |[[Ambassa]]||Saju Vaheed A, IAS||Kishore Debbarma,TPS Gr-1||1. Kamalpur 2. Ambassa 3. Longtarai Valley 4. Gandachera||1. a) Salema 1. b) Durga Chawmuhani 2. a) Ambassa 3. a) Manu 3. b) Chawmanu 4. a) Dumburnagar 4. b) Raishyabari||1. a) Kamalpur Nagar Panchayet 2. a) Ambassa Municipal Council||align="right"|378,000||2426||[[File:Dhalai in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[Gomati district|Gomati]]
| align="center" |[[Udaipur, Tripura|Udaipur]]||Tarit Kanti Chakma, IAS||Lucky Chauhan, IPS||1. Udaipur 2. Amarpur 3. Karbook||1. a) Matabari 1. b) Kakraban 1. c) Killa 2. a) Amarpur 2. b) Ompi 3. a) Karbook 3. b) Silachari||1. a) Udaipur Municipal Council 2. a) Amarpur Nagar Panchayet||align="right"|441,538||1,522.8||[[File:Gomati in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[Khowai district|Khowai]]
| align="center" |[[Khowai]]||Rajat Pant, IAS||Ramesh Kumar Yadav, IPS||1. Khowai 2. Teliamura||1. a) Khowai 1. b) Tulashikhar 1. c) Padmabil 2. a) Teliamura 2. b) Kalyanpur 2. c) Mungiakami||1. a) Khowai Municipal Council 2. a) Teliamura Municipal Council||align="right"|327,564||1,377.28||[[File:Khowai in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[Sipahijala district|Sipahijala]]
| align="center" |[[Bishramganj]]||Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal, IAS||Krishnendu Chakraborty, IPS||1. Bishalgarh 2. Sonamura 3. Jampuijala||1. a) Bishalgarh 1. b) Charilam 2. a) Mohanbhog 2. b) Kathalia 2. c) Boxanagar 2. d) Nalchar 3. a) Jampuijala||1. a) Bishalgarh Municipal Council 2. a) Sonamura Nagar Panchayet 2. b) Melaghar Municipal Council||align="right"|479,975||1,043.04||[[File:Shipahijala in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[Unakoti district|Unakoti]]
| align="center" |[[Kailashahar]]||D. K. Chakma, IAS||Rathiranjan Debanth, IPS||1. Kumarghat 2. Kailashahar||1. a) Kumarghat 1. b) Pecharthal 2. a) Gournagar||1. a) Kumarghat Municipal Council 2. a) Kailashahar Municipal Council||align="right"|298,574||686.97||[[File:Unokoti in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[North Tripura district|North Tripura]]
| align="center" |[[Dharmanagar]]||Chandni Chandran, IAS||Bhanupada Chakraborty, TPS Gr-1||1. Dharmanagar 2. Kanchanpur 3. Panisagar||1. a) Kadamtala 1. b) Yuvarajnagar 2. a) Dasda 2. b) Jampuihill 2. c) Laljuri 3. a) Panisagar 3. b) Damchara||1. a) Dharmanagar Municipal Council||align="right"|415,946||1,422.19||[[File:North Tripura in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[South Tripura district|South Tripura]]
| align="center" |[[Belonia, India|Belonia]]||Muhammad Sajad, IAS||Kulwant Singh, IPS||1. Santirbazar 2. Belonia 3. Sabroom||1. a) Bakafa 1. b) Jolaibari 2. a) Hrishyamukh 2. b) Rajnagar 2. c) Bharat Chandra Nagar 3. a) Satchand 3. b) Rupaichari 3. c) Poangbari||1. a) Santirbazar Municipal Council 2. a) Belonia Municipal Council 3. a) Sabroom Nagar Panchayet||align="right"|453,079||1,514.3||[[File:South Tripura in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|[[West Tripura district|West Tripura]]
| align="center" |[[Agartala]]||Vishal Kumar, IAS||Manik Das, TPS Gr-1||1. Sadar 2. Mohanpur 3. Jirania||1. a) Dukli 2. a) Mohanpur 2. b) Hezamara 2. c) Lefunga 3. a) Jirania 3. b) Mandai||1. a) [[Agartala Municipal Corporation]] 2. a) Mohanpur municipal council 3. a) Ranirbazar Municipal Council||align="right"|918,200
||983.63||[[File:West Tripura in Tripura (India).svg|100px]]
|-
|}

==Former administrative districts==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=98% style="border:1px solid black"
|- bgcolor=#99ccff
| width="10%" | '''Code'''
| width="20%" | '''District'''
| width="20%" | '''Headquarters'''
| width="10%" | '''Population (2011)'''<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">{{cite web
|url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/tripura/3.1table1.xls
|format=XLS
|title = Distribution of Population, Decadal growth rate, Sex ratio and Population density for State and District
|publisher = The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi-110011
|date = 2010–2011
|accessdate = 2011-09-18
}}</ref>
| width="10%" | '''Area (km²)'''
| width="10%" | '''Density (/km²)'''<ref name="censusindia.gov.in"/>
| width="20%" | '''Official website'''
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| DH|| [[Dhalai]]|| [[Ambassa]]||align="right"| 377,988||align="right"| 2,523||align="right"| 157||http://dhalai.gov.in/
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| NT|| [[North Tripura]]|| [[Kailashahar]]|| align="right" | 693,281||align="right"| 2,821||align="right"| 341||http://northtripura.nic.in/
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| ST|| [[South Tripura]]|| [[Udaipur, Tripura|Udaipur]]||align="right"| 875,144||align="right"| 2,152||align="right"| 286||http://southtripura.nic.in/
|- bgcolor=#F4F9FF
| WT|| [[West Tripura]]|| [[Agartala]]||align="right"| 1,724,619||align="right"| 2,997||align="right"| 576||http://westtripura.nic.in/
|}

==Demographics==
The following is a list of the basic demographic data for the districts of Tripura based on the size of the district's area, arranged in descending order<ref name="census2011.co.in">{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/districtlist/tripura.html|title=List of districts of Tripura}}</ref> (The data input here is taken from 2011 Census; however, the new four districts were formed in 2012 so information on those are of 2012.) 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! District !! Area in km2 !! Population !! Growth Rate !! Sex Ratio !! Literacy !! Density/km2
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
| [[Dhalai district|Dhalai]] || 2,400 || 377,988 || 12.57 || 945 || 86.82 || 157
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
| [[Gomati district|Gomati]] || 1,522.8 || 436,868 || 14.15 || 959 || 86.19 || 287
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
| [[Khowai district|Khowai]] || 1,005.67 || 327,391 || 14.15 || 961 || 88.37 || 326
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
| [[Sipahijala district|Sipahijala]] || 1,044.78 || 484,233 || 14.15 || 952 || 84.14 || 463
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
| [[Unakoti district|Unakoti]] || 591.93 || 277,335 || 10.85 || 966 || 87.58 || 469
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
| [[North Tripura district|North Tripura]] || 1,444.5 || 415,946 || 17.44 || 968 || 88.77 || 288
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
| [[South Tripura district|South Tripura]] || 1,534.2 || 433,737 || 14.15 || 956 || 85.09 || 283
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
| [[West Tripura district|West Tripura]] || 942.55 || 1,017,534 || 12.57 || 972 || 91.69 || 973
|}

==Demand for new districts==
{{portal | New | Demand }}

Political parties in Tripura, notably the [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura]] (IPFT), have intensified demands for the administrative reorganization of the state. These demands include the elevation of the [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]] (TTAADC) into a '''Tipra Territorial Council''' with enhanced legislative and executive powers under an amendment to Article 125 of the Constitution of India. Additionally, the [[Tipra Motha Party]] maintains its core demand for '''Greater Tipraland''', a proposed separate state for the indigenous [[Tripuri people|Tiprasa people]]. While local movements have occasionally called for the upgrading of sub-divisions such as [[Teliamura]] (from southern Khowai district), [[Kanchanpur Assembly constituency|Kanchanpur]] (from southern North Tripura district), and [[Gandacherra]] (from southern Dhalai district) to full districts to improve administrative reach, the state government has prioritized sub-divisional development packages over the notification of new districts.<ref name="Hindu2025">{{cite web |last=Ali |first=Syed Sajjad |title=IPFT to hold protest in Delhi demanding autonomous Tipra Territorial Council |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tripura/ipft-to-hold-protest-in-delhi-demanding-autonomous-tipra-territorial-council-through-constitutional-amendment/article70342830.ece |website=The Hindu |date=2025-11-30 |access-date=2026-03-16}}</ref><ref name="ET2024">{{cite web |title='Will not give up Greater Tipraland demand': Tipra Motha after joining BJP-led Tripura govt |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/will-not-give-up-greater-tipraland-demand-tipra-motha-after-joining-bjp-led-tripura-govt/articleshow/108301778.cms |website=The Economic Times |publisher=PTI |date=2024-03-07 |access-date=2026-03-16}}</ref><ref name="TripuraInfo2026">{{cite web |title=TTAADC Revokes Controversial Notification Creating 123 New Villages |url=https://tripurainfo.com/EnglishNews.aspx?intnid=5036&title=TTAADC-Revokes-Controversial-Notification-Creating-123-New-Villages |website=TripuraInfo |date=2026-02-07 |access-date=2026-03-16}}</ref><ref name="TOI2024">{{cite web |title=Tripura CM announces 242cr development package for Gandatwisa |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/tripura-cm-announces-242cr-development-package-for-gandatwisa/articleshow/112273797.cms |website=The Times of India |date=2024-08-05 |access-date=2026-03-16}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal | India | Asia }}

* [[Administrative divisions of India]]
* [[Proposed states and union territories of India]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Districts of Tripura}}
* http://www.tripura.gov.in/

{{Districts of India}}

[[Category:Districts of Tripura| ]]
[[Category:Tripura-related lists|Districts]]
[[Category:Lists of districts in India|Tripura]]

List of districts of Tripura - Revision history

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