| West Tripura | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Image Alt: | River |
| Subdivision Type: | State |
| Subdivision Name: | Tripura |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | India  India |
| Established Date: | 1 September 1970 |
| Seat: | Agartala |
| Leader Title: | District Magistrate |
| Leader Name: | Vishal Kumar, IAS[1] |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 983.63 |
| Population Total: | 918200 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, Kokborok, English[2] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Iso Code: | IN-TR-WT |
| Website: | http://westtripura.nic.in/ |
| Leader Title2: | Superintendent of police |
| Leader Name2: | Kiran Kumar K., IPS |
| Blank3 Name: | Ethnicity |
| Blank3 Info: | Bengali, Tripuri |
| Blank2 Name: | Spoken languages |
| Blank2 Info: | Bengali, Kokborok |
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).[3]
The information provided below are taken from a book based on 2012 statistics, all the names, infos, details, etc. are in effect from and on 2012[4]
| Nos | Info | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inauguration date | 1 September 1970 | |
| 2 | Present DM | Vishal Kumar (IAS) | |
| 3 | First DM | R Ghosh (IAS) from 5 November 1951 to 26 September 1954. | |
| 4 | Present SP | Kiran Kumar K (IPS)[5] | |
| 5 | Area in km2 | 983.63 | |
| 6 | Population Density | 1005 | |
| 7 | Population(2011) | 988,192 | |
| 8 | Rural Population | 577,453 (58%) | |
| 9 | Urban Population | 410,739 (42%) | |
| 10 | Literacy | 91.31% (♂ & ♀ 94% & 88% respectively) | |
| 11 | BPL Population | Rural 62%, Urban 30% | |
| 12 | Cultivated Land | 40% of district area | |
| 13 | Irrigable Land | 14623 Hectares | |
| 14 | Power Connectivity | 140/147 Villages | |
| 15 | Self Help Groups | 5468 | |
| 16 | Assembly Constituencies | 14 (SDR: 8 MNP:3 JRN: 3) | |
| 17 | TTAADC Constituencies | 5 (Sadar: 1 MNP:2 JRN: 2) | |
| 18 | Voters | 583,434 | |
| 19 | No. of Colleges | 21 |
West Tripura District has Three sub-divisions:
West Tripura District has 9 Blocks:
West Tripura district is located in two Lok Sabha constituencies: Tripura West (shared with South Tripura district), and Tripura East (shared with South Tripura, Dhalai and North Tripura districts).
According to the 2011 census West Tripura district has a population of 1,725,739,[3] roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia[6] or the US state of Nebraska.[7] This gives it a ranking of 281st in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 576PD/sqkm .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.5%.[3] West Tripura has a sex ratio of 964 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 88.91%.[3] After reorganisation, the residual district had a population was 918,200.[8] 64.12% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 192,475 (20.96%) and 176,596 (19.23%) of the population respectively.[3]
West Tripura had 851,203 Hindus, 32,420 Muslims and 30,554 Christians.[9]
| West Tripura | Urban Pop. % of total population | Sex ratio (♀ per 1000 ♂) | Density Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 15.29 | 941 | 364 | |
| 1991 | 24.29 | 946 | 963 | |
| 2011 | 42.00 | - | 1005 |
At the time of the 2011 census, 76.23% of the population spoke Bengali, 17.69% Kokborok and 2.04% Hindi as their first language.[10]
In 1987 West Tripura district became home to the Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of 18.5 km2.[11]