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Tripura
State
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(clockwise from top) Clouded Leopard National Park; Rock-cut sculptures at Unakoti; Ujjayanta Palace; Neermahal palace
Official seal of Tripura
Seal
Location of Tripura
Map of Tripura
Map of Tripura
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 Increase 0.663 (medium)
HDI rank 6th (2014)
Literacy 87.75 % (2011)
Official languages
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

  • DuculaAenea

    Green Imperial Pigeon, Provincial bird of Tripura

  • Phayre's Langur, Trachypithecus phayrei in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary (21134240148)

    Phayre's leaf monkey, Provincial animal of Tripura

  • Aquilaria crassna

    Agar, Provincial tree of Tripura

  • Flower of Mesua ferrea

    Cobra saffron/Nageshwar, Provincial flower of Tripura

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    Natal Queen pineapple, provincial fruit of Tripura

Images for kids

  • Unakoti 5

    Rock-cut sculpture of Shiva at Unakoti

  • Neermahal192

    Neermahal Palace is royal palace built by Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman of the Kingdom of Tripura.

  • Maharani kanchan prabhadevi

    Queen Kanchan Prabha Devi who signed the instrument of accession to India as president of the Council of Regency.

  • Tripura (37)

    Rice is grown on Tripura's alluvial plains, which include lungas, the narrow valleys that are found mainly in the west of the state.

  • Facade of a Ujjayanta Palace, used earlier as the state's Legislative Assembly

    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.

  • Green paddy field with a few huts at a distance

    Rice is the major crop in Tripura and accounts for 91 percent of the land under cultivation.

  • Agartala airport from the apron

    Agartala airport

  • AGARTALA MAIN STATION

    Agartala Railway Station

  • IBC Post

    The border post between Bangladesh and India in Akhaura

  • Tripura-school294

    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 02

    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 DS

    Durga Puja is the major festival of Tripura

  • Tripura Sundari Temple, Udaipur

    Tripura Sundari Temple in Udaipur.

  • Universal Prayer Hall, Ramakrishna Mission, Agartala, India

    Universal Prayer Hall of Ramakrishna Mission in Agartala.

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