Sipahijala District is a district of
Tripura
Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...
,
India
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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
West Tripura is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Agartala. As of 2012 it is the most populous district of Tripura (out of 8).
Geography
Climate
District profile
The inform ...
. The principal towns in the district are
Bishalgarh,
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
Bengali
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* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
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and 23.32%
Kokborok
Kokborok (or Tripuri) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from ''kók'' meaning "verbal" or "language" and ''borok'' meaning "people" or "human", It is one of the anci ...
as their first language.
Transport
Roadway
National Highway 8 (NH 8), running from
Karimganj
Karimganj, officially Sribhumi, is a town in the Karimganj district of the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Karimganj town is located at . The area of Karimganj Tow ...
in Assam to
Sabroom 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 N ...
passes through Sipahijala district. There are two stations in the district,
namely
Bishramganj railway station and
Bishalgarh railway station, providing connectivity to Tripura capital
Agartala
Agartala (, , ) is the capital and the List of cities and towns in Tripura, largest city of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tripura, situated on the banks of Haora River, Haora/Saidra River, about east of the border ...
and Assam and other major cities of the state like
Dharmanagar
Dharmanagar (or ''Dhôrmônôgôr'') is a town with a municipal council in the state of Tripura in northeastern part of India. It is the administrative center for North Tripura district, located in the northernmost region of the Country near t ...
,
Udaipur
Udaipur (Hindi: , ) (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura'') is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, about south of the state capital Jaipur. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. It is the historic capital of t ...
and
Belonia.
Places to visit
There are mainly 3(Three) tourist spots
in Sepahijala District which are namely:-
1.
Neermahal2.
Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary3.
Kamalasagar and Kamalasagar(Kashaba) Kali Temple
References
External links
Official website
Districts of Tripura
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