Tripura: General Information

Bordering States/Countries of Tripura:

East	Assam & Mizoram
West	Bangladesh
North	Bangladesh
South	Bangladesh

Total Area (in sq. km)	:	10491.69
State Capital	:	Agartala
Altitude at Agartala (in mtr)	:	12.80
Latitude (North)	:	22056' & 24032'
Longitude (East)	:	91009' & 92020'
Extreme length (in km)	:	183.5
Extreme width (in km)	:	112.7
Border with Bangladesh (in km)	:	856
Border with Mizoram (in km)	:	109
Border with Mizoram (in km)	:	53

Demographic Profile of Tripura according to Census 2011:

Description	2011	2001
Approximate Population	36.74 Lakhs	32 Lakh
Actual Population	3673917	3199203
Male	1874376	1642225
Female	1799541	1556978
Population Growth	14.84%	15.74%
Percentage of total Population	0.30%	0.31%
Sex Ratio	960	950
Child Sex Ratio	957	960
Density/km2	350	305
Area km2	10486	10486
Total Child Population (0-6 Age)	458014	436446
Male Population (0-6 Age)	234008	222002
Female Population (0-6 Age)	224006	214444
Literacy	87.22 %	73.19 %
Male Literacy	91.53 %	82.42 %
Female Literacy	78.98 %	64.33 %
Total Literate	2804783	2022099
Male Literate	1501369	1150707
Female Literate	1303414	871392

Source: census2011.co.in

Rural and Urban Demographic Profile of Tripura according to Census 2011:

Description	Rural	Urban
Population (%)	73.83 %	26.17 %
Total Population	2712464	961453
Male Population	1387173	487203
Female Population	1325291	474250
Population Growth	2.22 %	76.17 %
Sex Ratio	955	973
Child Sex Ratio (0-6)	960	947
Child Population (0-6)	365309	92,705
Child Percentage (0-6)	13.47 %	9.64 %
Literates	1992773	812010
Average Literacy	84.90 %	93.47 %
Male Literacy	90.07 %	95.51 %
Female Literacy	75.42 %	88.70 %

Source: census2011.co.in

District-wise Area, No. of Households, Population (Rural and Urban), Sex ratio and Density of Tripura based on Census-2011:

Districts	Type	Area (Sq. Km.)	Population				0-6 child population			Sex Ratio	Density
Districts	Type	Area (Sq. Km.)	No. of HH	Population	Male	Female	P-06	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Density
West Tripura District	Rural	942.55	77247	329466	168689	160777	38261	19560	18701	953	974
	Urban		146301	588734	297463	291271	54817	28213	26604	979
	Total		223548	918200	466152	452048	93078	47773	45305	970
Sepahijala District	Rural	1044.78	98407	434341	222461	211880	54449	27956	26493	952	463
	Urban		11963	49346	25368	23978	5333	2731	2602	945
	Total		110370	483687	247829	235858	59782	30687	29095	952
Khowai District	Rural	1005.67	67407	288006	147524	140482	35077	17836	17241	952	326
	Urban		9977	39558	19877	19681	3582	1821	1761	990
	Total		77384	327564	167401	160163	38659	19657	19002	957
South Tripura District	Rural	1534.20	94051	391692	200409	191283	51746	26364	25382	954	281
	Urban		10632	39059	19753	19306	3497	1809	1688	977
	Total		104683	430751	220162	210589	55243	28173	27070	957
Gomati District	Rural	1522.80	81442	357566	182424	175142	47720	24546	23174	960	290
	Urban		21265	83572	43004	40968	8317	4333	3984	953
	Total		102707	441538	225428	216110	56037	28879	27158	959
North Tripura District	Rural	1444.50	71671	337986	172066	165920	53092	26986	26106	964	289
	Urban		18623	79455	40584	38871	8611	4334	4277	958
	Total		90294	417441	212650	204791	61703	31320	30383	963
Unakoti District	Rural	591.93	51953	235676	119827	115849	33393	16956	16437	967	467
	Urban		10108	40830	20383	20447	4108	2103	2005	1003
	Total		62061	276506	140210	136296	37501	19059	18442	972
Dhalai	Rural	2400.00	74404	337731	173773	163958	51571	26196	25375	944	158
	Urban		10105	40499	20771	19728	4440	2264	2176	950
	Total		84509	378230	194544	183686	56011	28460	27551	944
Tripura	Rural	10486.43	616582	2712464	1387173	1325291	365309	186400	178909	955	350
	Urban		238974	961453	487203	474250	92705	47608	45097	973
	Total		855556	3673917	1874376	1799541	458014	234008	224006	960

Source: Economic Review of Tripura 2015-16

Vital Statistics of Tripura during 1951 to 2011:

Year	1951	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Population (In lakhs)	6.46	15.56	20.53	27.57	31.99	36.73
Density of population (Per Sq. Km.)	62	148	196	263	305	350
Scheduled Tribes (Lakhs)	2.37	4.51	5.84	8.53	9.93	11.66
Scheduled Cast (Lakhs)	0.40	1.93	3.10	4.51	5.56	6.54

Source: Economic Review of Tripura 2015-16

Religion Communities of Tripura in 2011:

Religions/Communities	2001		2011
Religions/Communities	Tripura	All India	Tripura	All India
Hindu	2739310 (85.62%)	827578868 (80.46%)	3063903 (83.40%)	966257353 (79.80%)
Muslim	254442 (7.95%)	138188240 (13.43%)	316042 (8.60%)	172245158 (14.23%)
Christian	102489 (3.20%)	24080016 (2.34%)	159882 (4.35%)	27819588 (2.30%)
Buddhists	98922 (3.09%)	7955207 (0.77%)	125385 (3.41%)	8442972 (0.70%)
Sikhs	1182 (0.04%)	19215730 (1.87%)	1070 (0.03%)	20833116 (1.72%)
Jains	477 (0.01%)	4225053 (0.41%)	860 (0.02%)	4451753 (0.37%)
Others	1277 (0.04%)	6639626 (0.65%)	1514 (0.04%)	7937734 (0.66%)
Religion not stated	1104 (0.03%)	727588 (0.07%)	5261 (0.14%)	2867303 (0.24%)

Source: Economic Review of Tripura 2015-16

District-wise SC & ST Population of Tripura based on Census-2011:

Districts	Type	Schedule Castes Population			% of SC Population	Schedule Tribe Population			% of ST Population
Districts	Type	Population	Male	Female	% of SC Population	Population	Male	Female	% of ST Population
West Tripura District	Rural	57516	29390	28126	20.96	149847	75531	74316	19.23
	Urban	134959	68297	66662		26749	12992	13757
	Total	192475	97687	94788		176596	88523	88073
Sepahijala District	Rural	73328	37836	35492	17.07	118385	59825	58560	24.69
	Urban	9230	4690	4540		1016	557	459
	Total	82558	42526	40032		119401	60382	59019
Khowai District	Rural	55620	28559	27061	19.25	138104	69544	68560	42.60
	Urban	7442	3751	3691		1433	666	767
	Total	63062	32310	30752		139537	70210	69327
South District	Rural	57020	29225	27795	15.26	151329	76261	75068	35.45
	Urban	8717	4480	4237		1362	673	689
	Total	65737	33705	32032		152691	76934	75757
Gomati District	Rural	54443	28110	26333	16.86	184007	92143	91864	42.70
	Urban	19987	10196	9791		4547	2260	2287
	Total	74430	38306	36124		188554	94403	94151
North Tripura	Rural	45665	23353	22312	14.51	109696	55679	54017	28.05
	Urban	14889	7605	7284		7410	3815	3595
	Total	60554	30958	29596		117106	59494	57612
Unakoti District	Rural	43862	22172	21690	19.68	60561	30678	29883	22.54
	Urban	10552	5245	5307		1759	944	815
	Total	54414	27417	26997		62320	31622	30698
Dhalai	Rural	50539	25853	24686	16.31	205637	104247	101390	55.68
	Urban	11149	5608	5541		4971	2512	2459
	Total	61688	31461	30227		210608	106759	103849
Tripura	Rural	437993	224498	213495	17.82	1117566	563908	553658	31.76
	Urban	216925	109872	107053		49247	24419	24828
	Total	654918	334370	320548		1166813	588327	578486

Source: Economic Review of Tripura 2015-16

District-wise Literates & Illiterates Population (including Rural and Urban) of Tripura based on Census-2011:

Districts	Type	Literates Population			% of Population			Illiterates Population
Districts	Type	Population	Male	Female	Population	Male	Female	Population	Male	Female
West Tripura District	Rural	253477	136704	116773	87.04	91.67	82.19	75989	31985	44004
	Urban	497919	256719	241200	93.26	95.35	91.13	90815	40744	50071
	Total	751396	393423	357973	91.07	94.04	88.01	166804	72729	94075
Sepahijala District	Rural	319152	173770	145382	84.01	89.34	78.42	115189	48691	66498
	Urban	40192	21223	18969	91.32	93.75	88.74	9154	4145	5009
	Total	359344	194993	164351	84.78	89.80	79.49	124343	52836	71507
Khowai District	Rural	219350	118708	100642	86.72	91.53	81.66	68656	28816	39840
	Urban	34241	17475	16766	95.18	96.78	85.96	5317	2402	2915
	Total	253591	136183	117408	87.78	92.17	83.17	73973	31218	42755
South District	Rural	284456	155334	129122	83.68	89.25	77.83	107236	45075	62161
	Urban	33523	17371	16152	94.27	96.81	91.68	5536	2382	3154
	Total	317979	172705	145274	84.68	89.96	79.16	112772	47457	65315
Gomati District	Rural	255453	139885	115568	82.45	88.60	76.05	102113	42539	59574
	Urban	70401	36891	33510	93.06	95.40	90.61	13571	6113	7458
	Total	325854	176776	149078	84.53	89.94	78.90	115684	48652	67032
North Tripura	Rural	245871	130763	115108	86.30	90.13	82.33	92115	41303	50812
	Urban	66810	34737	32073	94.31	95.83	92.71	12645	5847	6798
	Total	312681	165500	147181	87.90	91.27	84.39	104760	47150	57610
Unakoti District	Rural	173196	92699	80497	85.62	90.11	80.97	62480	27128	35352
	Urban	34525	17447	17078	94.02	95.44	92.60	6305	2936	3369
	Total	207721	110146	97575	86.91	90.92	82.79	68785	30064	38721
Dhalai	Rural	241818	133640	108178	84.50	90.56	78.06	95913	40133	55780
	Urban	34399	18003	16396	90.40	97.28	93.41	6100	2768	3332
	Total	276217	151643	124574	85.72	91.31	79.79	102013	42901	59112
Tripura	Rural	1992773	1081503	911270	84.90	90.07	79.49	719691	305670	414021
	Urban	812010	419866	392144	93.47	95.51	91.38	149443	67337	82106
	Total	2804783	1501369	1303414	87.22	91.53	82.73	869134	373007	496127

Source: Economic Review of Tripura 2015-16

Administrative Set-up by Districts of the State in 2017-18:

Districts	Sub-Divisions	Blocks	Panchayats	Revenue Circles	Revenue Villages	TTAADC Villages	AMC/NP
West Tripura	3	9	87	5	98	85	4
Sepahijala	3	7	111	6	119	58	3
Khowai	2	6	54	4	79	69	2
Gomati	3	8	70	7	132	103	2
South Tripura	3	8	99	6	138	70	3
Dhalai	4	8	41	7	154	110	2
Unakoti	2	4	59	3	78	32	2
North Tripura	3	8	70	7	89	60	2
Tripura	23	58	591	45	887	587	20

TTAADC: Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council

Source: Economic Review of Tripura 2017-18

Variation of Population of Tripura during Census year 1901 to 2011:

Census years	Scheduled Caste	Scheduled Tribe	Total	Decadal variation
1901	NA	91679	173325	NA
1911	NA	111308	229613	32.48
1921	NA	171610	304437	32.59
1931	NA	192240	382450	25.63
1941	NA	256991	513010	34.14
1951	40457	237953	645707	25.87
1961	119725	360070	1142005	76.86
1971	192860	450544	1556342	36.28
1981	310384	583960	2053058	31.92
1991	451116	853345	2757205	34.30
2001	555724	993426	3199203	16.03
2011	654918	1166813	3673917	14.8

Source: Economic Review of Tripura 2015-16

Birth Rate, Death Rate and Infant Mortality Rate during the years 1995 to 2016:

Year	Birth Rate		Death Rate		Infant mortality rate
Year	India	Tripura	India	Tripura	India	Tripura
1995	28.3	18.9	9.0	7.7	74	45
1996	27.5	18.4	8.9	6.5	72	49
1997	27.2	18.3	8.9	6.8	71	51
1998	26.5	17.6	9.0	6.1	72	49
1999	26.1	17.0	8.7	5.7	70	42
2000	25.8	16.5	8.5	5.4	68	41
2001	25.4	16.1	8.4	5.6	66	39
2002	25.0	14.9	8.1	5.7	63	34
2003	24.8	14.5	8.0	5.5	60	32
2004	24.1	15.0	7.5	5.5	58	32
2005	23.8	16.0	7.6	5.7	58	31
2006	23.5	16.6	7.5	6.3	57	36
2007	23.1	17.1	7.4	6.5	55	39
2008	22.8	15.4	7.4	5.9	53	34
2009	22.5	14.8	7.8	5.1	50	31
2010	22.1	14.9	7.2	5.0	47	27
2011	21.8	14.3	7.1	5.0	44	29
2012	21.6	13.9	7.0	4.8	42	28
2013	21.4	13.7	7.0	4.7	40	26
2014	21.4	14.9	6.7	4.7	39	21
2015	20.8	14.7	6.5	5.2	37	20
2016	20.4	13.7	6.4	5.5	34	24

Source: Economic Review of Tripura 2015-16 and 2017-18