Teliamura is a town and a

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Khowai district Khowai district is a district of Tripura States and union territories of India, state of India. This district was created in January, 2012 when four new districts were created in Tripura, taking the number of districts in the state from four t ...

in the

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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 ...

. It is on National Highway No. 08 of India. It is also the headquarters of the recently included sub-division of Teliamura. It is 45 km from

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, Capital of Tripura, 35 km from

Khowai Khowai is a town located in the Indian state of Tripura and a Municipal Council in Khowai district. The city lies on the banks of Khowai river and hence from the river the city gets its name. It was originally settled upon by Upendranath Roy. Loc ...

and 42 km from Ambassa.

Geography

Teliamura is located at .

Forest

In the Sub-Division of Teliamura there is a total of 49573 hectors of forest land in which the Kalyanpur range sector constitutes 17744 hector, whereas Teliamura range sector constitutes 6168 hector and 25661 hector in Mungiakami range sector.

Demographics

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Teliamura has a population of 19,605. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Teliamura has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 78%. In Teliamura, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Teliamura assembly constituency is part of Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency).

Education

One Inspectorate in the Sub-Division under which 15 H.S. Schools, 25 High Schools, 48 Sr. Basic Schools, 94 Junior Basic schools (Non-ADC - 36, ADC- 58) operate in Teliamura. Schools * Saradamayee Vidyapith High School (English Medium) * Kabi Nazrul Bidya Bhabhan * Teliamura H.S. School * Vivekanada High School * * Ananda Marga High School (English medium), with pre-primary section * Netajinagar High School * Bloom Adventist school * NICs Teliamura, Khowai Tripura * Kalyanpur H.S. School Assam rifles high school

Transport

Train

It is well connected by Railways. is situated at Trishabari, from Teliamura main Town. Regular auto service available from and to various part of Teliamura.

Road

Teliamura is connected with Assam through National Highway 8. It is also connected to Khowai, Amarpur by Road.

References

External links

Government of Tripura

West Tripura District
Cities and towns in Khowai district {{Tripura-geo-stub