West Tripura district 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 of Tripura's eight districts.
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. 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 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, and Sadar Subdivision. It is split into nine 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
According to the 2011 census, West Tripura district has a population of 1,725,739 ranking it 281st nationally. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate in 20012011 was 12.5%. West Tripura has a sex ratio of 964 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.91%. After reorganisation, the residual district had a population was 918,200. 64.12% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled castes and tribes made up 192,475 (20.96%) and 176,596 (19.23%) of the population respectively.
West Tripura had 851,203 Hindus, 32,420 Muslims and 30,554 Christians.
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
In 2011, 76.23% of the population spoke Bengali, 17.69% Kokborok and 2.04% Hindi as their first language.
Flora and fauna In 1987, the Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary was established in the West Tripura district, with an area of 18.5 km2.
References
External links Official Website of West Tripura District