Sepahijala District is a district of

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ...

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. This district was created in January 2012 when four new districts were established in Tripura, taking the number of districts in the state from four to eight. Part of the district was formed from the former district of West Tripura. The principal towns in the district are

Bishalgarh Bishalgarh is a major town located in the Indian state of Tripura & a Municipal Council in Sipahijala district. As of 2001 census Bishalgarh has a population of 23,721. 12,248 people are male. 11,473 are female. See also * List of cities and to ...

, Bishramganj, Melaghar and Sonamura.

Division

There are 3 Sub-Division in Sipahijala district. They are Bishalgarh subdivision, Sonamura Sub-division and Jampuijala subdivision. There are 7 Blocks under Sepahijala District. They are Bishalgarh, Charilam, Nalchar (formerly Melaghar), Mohanbhog, Boxanagar, Kathalia and Jampuijala

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Sipahijala district had a population of 479,975. Khowai has a sex ratio of 955 females to 1000 males and a literacy rate of 84.78%. 10.28% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 82,557 (17.20%) and 115,811 (24.13%) of the population respectively. Khowai had 349,260 Hindus, 118,038 Muslims and 11,399 Christians. At the time of the 2011 census, 73.26% of the population spoke

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and 23.32%

Kokborok Kokborok (also known as Tripuri or Tiprakok) is the main native language of the Tripuri people of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from ''kok'' meaning "verbal" and ''borok'' meaning "people" or ...

as their first language.

Transport

Roadway

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(NH 8), running from

Karimganj Karimganj is a city in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. Karimganj city is located at . The area of Karimganj city is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13 ...

in Assam to

Sabroom Sabroom ( bn, সাব্রুম) is a town and a Nagar Panchayat on South Tripura district in the Indian state of Tripura. It is located on the banks of the Feni River, which separates India and Bangladesh. Most of the people speak Noakhail ...

in Tripura, passes through this district.

Railway

Lumding–Sabroom line of

Northeast Frontier Railway The Northeast Frontier Railway (abbreviated NFR) is one of the 19 railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam, and responsible for operation and expansion of rail network all across No ...

passes through Sipahijala district. There are two stations in the district, namely

Bishramganj railway station Bishramganj railway station is a railway station in Sipahijala district, Tripura. Its code is BHRM. It serves Bishramganj town. The station lies on the Lumding–Sabroom section, which comes under the Lumding railway division of the Northeast Fr ...

and

Bishalgarh railway station Bishalgarh railway station is a railway station in West Tripura district, Tripura, India. Its code is BLGH. It serves Bishalgarh town. The station lies on the Lumding–Sabroom section, which comes under the Lumding railway division of the Nort ...

, providing connectivity to Tripura capital Agartala and Assam and other major cities of the state like

Dharmanagar Dharmanagar or (''Dhôrmônôgôr'') is a town with a municipal council in the northeast of India. It is the administrative center for North Tripura district, located in the northernmost region of the state near the Assam border on the west and ...

Udaipur Udaipur () ( ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic cap ...

and Belonia.

Places to visit

There are mainly 3(Three) tourist spots in Sepahijala District which are namely:- 1. Neermahal
2.

Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Tripura, India, of some , about from the city centre, located in Bishalgarh. It is a woodland with an artificial lake and natural botanical and zoological gardens. It also has clouded l ...

3. Kamalasagar and Kamalasagar(Kashaba) Kali Temple

References

External links

Official website
Districts of Tripura {{Tripura-geo-stub