State Promotion

Siddappa k Jangamashetti
Introduction
Tripura HISTORY
Geography and Climate
• Tripura is a hilly state in
northeastern India

• It is surrounded on the
north, west, and south
by Bangladesh.
Economy
• Tripura's gross state
domestic product for
2004 is estimated at
$2.1 billion in current
prices.
– There is a
preponderance of food
crop cultivation
over cash
crop cultivation in
Tripura.
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
DIVISION
 Transport and communication
• Tripura is connected with the rest of the country
through Assam by Meter gauge railway line
extending to Lumping and Silchar. The main railways
stations are in
Agartala , Dharmanagar, Kumarghat. National
Highway 44 connects it to Assam and the rest of
India.
• Agartala Airport, which has flights
to Kolkata, Guwahati, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi,
and Silchar, is the main airport of the state.
 Demographics
Religious communities in Tripura
Religious community
Rate (in %)

Hindu-85.6%

Muslim-8.0%

 Christian-3.2%

 Buddhist-3.1%
 Culture
  Bengali, 
 Tripuris,
  Jamatia,
  Reang,
 Noatia,
  Koloi,
  Murasing,
  Chakma
EDUCATION
 Tripura schools are run by the state government or by
private organizations, including religious institutions.

 Instruction is mainly in Bengali or English, though

Kokborok and other tribal languages are also used.

 Secondary schools are affiliated with the CISCE,

the CBSE, the NIOS or the Tripura Board of
Secondary Education.
PROMOTION