Tripura facts for kids

Tripura
Quick facts for kids Tripura
	State
	(clockwise from top) Clouded Leopard National Park; Rock-cut sculptures at Unakoti; Ujjayanta Palace; Neermahal palace
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	Map of Tripura
	Coordinates (Agartala): 23°50′N 91°17′E / 23.84°N 91.28°ECoordinates: 23°50′N 91°17′E / 23.84°N 91.28°E
Country	India
Union territory	1 November 1956
State	21 January 1972
Capital	Agartala
Most populous city	Agartala
Districts	8
Government
Area
• Total	10,491.65 km2 (4,050.85 sq mi)
Area rank	27th (2014)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,671,032
• Rank	22nd (2014)
• Density	349.90035/km2 (906.2377/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-TR
Vehicle registration	TR-
HDI	0.663 (medium)
HDI rank	6th (2014)
Literacy	87.75 % (2011)
Official languages	Bengali; English; Kokborok;
	It was elevated from the status of Union-Territories by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971

Tripura (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা) is a state in Northeast India. It covers an area of 4,036 square miles (10,450 km²).It is the 3rd smallest state of India. It is bigger than Lebanon but smaller than Kosovo. The capital city is Agartala.

Political history

It is a Disputed Territory claimed as Chittagonian Plains by Bangladesh. Bangladesh says that as Tripura was an Independent Kingdom and never part of British India, the Republic of India had no right to annex the country after the death of its last King.

Provincial symbols of Tripura

Green Imperial Pigeon, Provincial bird of Tripura
Phayre's leaf monkey, Provincial animal of Tripura
Agar, Provincial tree of Tripura
Cobra saffron/Nageshwar, Provincial flower of Tripura
Natal Queen pineapple, provincial fruit of Tripura

Images for kids

Rock-cut sculpture of Shiva at Unakoti
Neermahal Palace is royal palace built by Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman of the Kingdom of Tripura.
Queen Kanchan Prabha Devi who signed the instrument of accession to India as president of the Council of Regency.
Rice is grown on Tripura's alluvial plains, which include lungas, the narrow valleys that are found mainly in the west of the state.
Ujjayanta Palace, built in the 19th century as a replacement for a former royal palace destroyed in an earthquake, was used until 2011 as the meeting place of Tripura's State Legislative Assembly.
Rice is the major crop in Tripura and accounts for 91 percent of the land under cultivation.
Agartala airport
Agartala Railway Station
The border post between Bangladesh and India in Akhaura
Classrooms built of bamboo in a school. In 2010–11, Tripura had 4,455 schools run by the state government or private organisations. Instruction is mainly in English or Bengali.
Tripuri children preparing for a dance performance. The Tripuri, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group that originated near the upper courses of Yangtze River and Yellow River in China, form about 30 per cent of the state's population.
Durga Puja is the major festival of Tripura
Tripura Sundari Temple in Udaipur.
Universal Prayer Hall of Ramakrishna Mission in Agartala.