Area	:	10,491.69 sq km		State Government Portal
	Population	:	3,199,203
	Capital	:	Agartala
	Principal Languages	:	Bengali and Kokborak

History and Geography
Tripura has a long historic past, a unique tribal culture and a fascinating folklore. The history of Tripura can be understood from ‘Rajmala’ chronicles of king Tripura and writings of other Mohammedan historians. There are references of Tripura even in Mahabharata and Puranas. According to ‘Rajmala’, the rulers were known by the surname ‘Fa’ meaning ‘father’. There is a reference to rulers of Bengal helping Tripura kings in the 14th century. Kings of Tripura had to face frequent Mughal invasions with varying successes. They defeated the Mohammedan Sultans of Bengal in several battles. Nineteenth century marked the beginning of the modern era in Tripura, when king Maharaja Birchandra Kishore Manikya Bahadur modelled his administrative set-up on the British India pattern and brought in various reforms. His successors ruled Tripura till 15 October, 1949, when it merged with the Indian Union. Initially, a part 'C' state, it became a centrally administered territory with the reorganisation of states in 1956. In 1972, Tripura attained the status of a full-fledged state. Tripura is strategically situated between the river valleys of Myanmar and Bangladesh. Encircled almost on three sides by Bangladesh, it is linked with Assam and Mizoram in the North-East.

Irrigation and Power
Geographical area of the Tripura State is 10,49,169 hectare. It is assessed that about 2,80,000 hectare of land is cultivable. An area of more than 77,700 hectare of land has been brought under assured irrigation by providing lift irrigation, deep tube well, diversions, partly by medium irrigation, shallow tube wells and pump sets. This is about 27.75 per cent of the cultivable land in the state.

The generation of power in the state is 70 MW against an installed capacity of 105 MW. The Government of Tripura has committed to purchase 70-80 MW from the 280 MW of Monarchak Project of NEEPCO.

Transport

Festivals

Tourism Festival: (i) Orange and tourism Festival-Vangmun (ii) Unokuti Tourism Festival (iii) Neermahal Tourism Festival (iv) Pilak Tourism Festival.

Cultural Religious Festival: (i) Makar Sankranti at Thirthamukh and Unokoti (ii) Holi (iii) Ashokashtami at Unokoti, Brahmakunda (Mohanpur) (iv) Rash (v) Bengali New Year (vi) Garia, Dhamail, Biju and Hojgiri Festival, (vii) Boat Race and Manasa Mangal Festival (viii) Ker and Khachi Festival (ix) Durgapuja (x) Diwali (xi) Christmas at Jampuri Hills (xii) Budha Purnima (xiii) Rabindra-Najrul-Sukanta Utsav (xiv) Street Drama Festival (xv) Chongpreng Utsav (xvi) Khumpuli Festival (xvii) Wah Festival (xviii) Folk Cultural Festival (Loko Utsav) (xix) Murasing Festival (xx) Sanghati Festival (xxi) Baishakhi Festival (Sabroom), etc are celebrated.

Folk Dance

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Tourism

West-south Tripura Tourism Circuit: (i) Agartala (ii) Kamalsagar (iii) Sepahijala (iv) Neermahal (v) Udaipur (vi) Pilak (vii) Mahamuni

West-North Tripura Tourism Circuit: (i) Agartala (ii) Dumboor Lake (iii) Unokuti (iv) Jampuri Hill

Agartala

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