List of districts of Tripura

Dating back to the time of Mahabharata, the very helm of the Kingdom of Tripura encompassed the greater part of Eastern Bengal stretching from the Bay of Bengal in the South to the Brahmaputra in the North and west and Burma, now Myanmar in the East. The earliest trace of the ancient of Tripura can be found in the Ashokan pillar inscriptions.^[2] The 17th century is a major watershed in the history of Tripura when the administration of the region passed on the hands of the Mughals with some powers left with the Manikyas. In the Colonial era, the Britishers extended their control over Tripura granting some limited independence to the Manikya kings. The region was under the rule of the Twipra Kingdom for centuries, although when this dates from is not documented. The Rajmala, a chronicle of Tripuri kings which was first written in the 15th century,^[3] provides a list of 179 kings, from antiquity up to Krishna Kishore Manikya (1830–1850),^{[4]: 3 [5][6]} but the reliability of the Rajmala has been doubted.^[7] The Royal history of Tripura ended when the princely state acceded to the Indian Union on 15 October 1949. After death of the last king Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya on 17 May 1947, a Regency Council was formed headed by Maharani Kanchan Prabha Devi, for aid of the minor Prince, Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur. The regent signed the merger agreement with the Government of India. After merger Tripura became a Part ‘C’ State. On reorganization of the states, effected in November, 1956, Tripura became a Union Territory with an Advisory Committee to aid and advise the Chief Commissioner. Thereafter in place of the Advisory Committee, a Territorial Council was formed through the adult franchise on 15 August 1957. On 1 July 1963, the Tripura Territorial Council was dissolved and the Legislative Assembly with the existing members of the Territorial Council was formed. On 21 January 1972 Tripura became full-fledged State by the Act of Parliament called the North Eastern Areas (Reorganization) Act, 1971.^[8]

For administrative purposes, the state has been divided into 8 districts, 23 subdivisions and 58 development blocks—with effect from 21 January 2012, after a Government of Tripura Decision, out of which the newly created districts are 4, subdivisions 6, development blocks 5. The four new Districts are Gomati, Khowai, Sipahijala and Unakoti; the six new sub-divisions are Jirania, Mohanpur, Kumarghat, Panisagar, Jampuijala and Karbook; the five new development blocks are Yuvarajnagar, Durga Chawmuhani, Jolaibari, Silachari and Lefunga.

The information here are latest updated as of 25 May 2015.^[9]

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District	Headquarters	District Magistrate	Police Superintendent	Subdivisions	Development Blocks	Municipals	Population (2011)	Area (in km2)	Map
Dhalai	Ambassa	Saju Vaheed A, IAS	Kishore Debbarma, TPS Gr-1	1. Kamalpur 2. Ambassa 3. Longtarai Valley 4. Gandachera	1. a) Salema 1. b) Durga Chawmuhani 2. a) Ambassa 3. a) Manu 3. b) Chawmanu 4. a) Dumburnagar 4. b) Raishyabari	1. a) Kamalpur Nagar Panchayet 2. a) Ambassa Municipal Council	378,000	2426
Gomati	Udaipur	Tarit Kanti Chakma, IAS	Lucky Chauhan, IPS	1. Udaipur 2. Amarpur 3. Karbook	1. a) Matabari 1. b) Kakraban 1. c) Killa 2. a) Amarpur 2. b) Ompi 3. a) Karbook 3. b) Silachari	1. a) Udaipur Municipal Council 2. a) Amarpur Nagar Panchayet	441,538	1,522.8
Khowai	Khowai	Rajat Pant, IAS	Ramesh Kumar Yadav, IPS	1. Khowai 2. Teliamura	1. a) Khowai 1. b) Tulashikhar 1. c) Padmabil 2. a) Teliamura 2. b) Kalyanpur 2. c) Mungiakami	1. a) Khowai Municipal Council 2. a) Teliamura Municipal Council	327,564	1,377.28
Sipahijala	Bishramganj	Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal, IAS	Krishnendu Chakraborty, IPS	1. Bishalgarh 2. Sonamura 3. Jampuijala	1. a) Bishalgarh 1. b) Charilam 2. a) Mohanbhog 2. b) Kathalia 2. c) Boxanagar 2. d) Nalchar 3. a) Jampuijala	1. a) Bishalgarh Municipal Council 2. a) Sonamura Nagar Panchayet 2. b) Melaghar Municipal Council	479,975	1,043.04
Unakoti	Kailashahar	D. K. Chakma, IAS	Rathiranjan Debanth, IPS	1. Kumarghat 2. Kailashahar	1. a) Kumarghat 1. b) Pecharthal 2. a) Gournagar	1. a) Kumarghat Municipal Council 2. a) Kailashahar Municipal Council	298,574	686.97
North Tripura	Dharmanagar	Chandni Chandran, IAS	Bhanupada Chakraborty, TPS Gr-1	1. Dharmanagar 2. Kanchanpur 3. Panisagar	1. a) Kadamtala 1. b) Yuvarajnagar 2. a) Dasda 2. b) Jampuihill 2. c) Laljuri 3. a) Panisagar 3. b) Damchara	1. a) Dharmanagar Municipal Council	415,946	1,422.19
South Tripura	Belonia	Muhammad Sajad, IAS	Kulwant Singh, IPS	1. Santirbazar 2. Belonia 3. Sabroom	1. a) Bakafa 1. b) Jolaibari 2. a) Hrishyamukh 2. b) Rajnagar 2. c) Bharat Chandra Nagar 3. a) Satchand 3. b) Rupaichari 3. c) Poangbari	1. a) Santirbazar Municipal Council 2. a) Belonia Municipal Council 3. a) Sabroom Nagar Panchayet	453,079	1,514.3
West Tripura	Agartala	Vishal Kumar, IAS	Manik Das, TPS Gr-1	1. Sadar 2. Mohanpur 3. Jirania	1. a) Dukli 2. a) Mohanpur 2. b) Hezamara 2. c) Lefunga 3. a) Jirania 3. b) Mandai	1. a) Agartala Municipal Corporation 2. a) Mohanpur municipal council 3. a) Ranirbazar Municipal Council	918,200	983.63

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The following is a list of the basic demographic data for the districts of Tripura based on the size of the district's area, arranged in descending order^[11] (The data input here is taken from 2011 Census; however, the new four districts were formed in 2012 so information on those are of 2012.)

Political parties in Tripura, notably the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), have intensified demands for the administrative reorganization of the state. These demands include the elevation of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) into a Tipra Territorial Council with enhanced legislative and executive powers under an amendment to Article 125 of the Constitution of India. Additionally, the Tipra Motha Party maintains its core demand for Greater Tipraland, a proposed separate state for the indigenous Tiprasa people. While local movements have occasionally called for the upgrading of sub-divisions such as Teliamura (from southern Khowai district), Kanchanpur (from southern North Tripura district), and Gandacherra (from southern Dhalai district) to full districts to improve administrative reach, the state government has prioritized sub-divisional development packages over the notification of new districts.^{[12][13][14][15]}

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