State Tripura Seat Dharmanagar Elevation 29 m ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | Country India Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Area 2,821 km² | |
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North Tripura (Bengali: উত্তর ত্রিপুরা জেলা) is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Dharmanagar. The district occupies an area of 2821 km² and has a population of 590,655 (as of 2001).
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History
The territory occupied by North Tripura district was part of the princely state of Tripura till 9 September 1949, when it was merged with the Union of India. The district came into existence on 1 September 1970, when the entire state was divided into three districts. On 14 April. 1995 Dhalai district was carved out from this district.
Administrative divisions
North Tripura is divided into three sub-divisions:
Political constituencies
There are eleven assembly constituencies in this district: Pabiachhara, Fatikroy, Chandipur, Kailasahar, Kadamtala-Kurti, Bagbassa, Dharmanagar, Jubarajnagar, Panisagar, Pencharthal and Kanchanpur.
North Tripura district is in the Lok Sabha constituency of Tripura East, which is shared with Dhalai and South Tripura districts.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census North Tripura district has a population of 693,281, roughly equal to the nation of Bhutan or the US state of North Dakota. This gives it a ranking of 503rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 341 inhabitants per square kilometre (880/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.32%. North Tripura has a sex ratio of 967 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.29%.
Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in North Tripura district include:
Flora and fauna
In 1988 North Tripura district became home to the Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of 0.85 km².