Tripura
Tripura State India:
Area : 10,492 sq km
Population: 31,91,168;growth rate (1991-2001): 15.74%
Density per sq km: 304
Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males): 950
Literacy rate: 73.66% (males: 81.47%; females: 65.41%)
Capital: Agartala
No. of Districts: 4
Legislature: Unicameral
Principal Languages: Bengali, Kakborak and Manipuri.
Important Cities, Towns and Religious/ Tourist Places:
Agartala (capital city) has Ujjayana Place, Jagannath Temple, Laxmi Narayan Temple, Uma Maheswari Temple, Benuban Vihar, State Museum, Bhunaveswari Temple, Brahmakanda, Dumbor Lake, Jumpui Hill, Kailashshahr, Kamalasagar.
Matabiri, Nirmahal (lake palace), Rabindra Kanan, Sepahijala, Tripurasundari Temple, Trishna Wild Sanctuary, Udai pur, Unakoti.
Judicature: Tripura comes under the jurisdiction of Guwahati High Court, which has a bench at Agartala.
Location: Tripura is bounded on the north, west and south by Bangladesh and on the northeast by Assam and Mizoram.
History: The history of Tripura goes back to the epic age of the Mahabharata and the Puranas. A Hindu State of great antiquity, having been ruled by the Maharajas for over two on October 15, 1949. With the reorganisation of States on September 1,1956, Tripura became a Union Territory. It became a full-fledged State on January 21,1972.
Economy: About 25 percent of the area is used for agriculture. Paddy, wheat, jute, sugarcane, mesta, potato, oilseeds, pulses and cotton are the main crops, Forests cover about 55 percent of the area of the State.
Tea is the principal industry of the State. Handloom is the single largest industry in the State.
Important cottage industries of Tripura are handicraft and khadi. There are also small scale units for aluminum utensils, steel furniture, pharmaceuticals, leather goods, fruit canning, oil mills, plywood, rice mill, washing soap, etc. Agartala is the main airport.
Tripura State India
