PART 1.7 TRIPURA

                                    TRIPURA

Protected AREA

National Park 

S.No.	Name of Protected Area
1	Bison NP (old name Rajbari NP
2	Clouded Leopard NP

 

Wildlife Sanctuary

S.No.	Name of Protected Area
1	Gomati WLS
2	Rowa WLS
3	Sepahijala WLS
4	Trishna WLS

PEOPLE LIST

The dominant ethnic groups are 

1.    Bengali, 

2.    Tripuri (Debbarma, Tripura, Jamatia, Reang, Noatia, Koloi, Murasing, Chakma, Halam, Garo, Kuki, Mizo, Uchoi, Dhamai, Roaza, Mogh), and

3.    other tribal groups such as Munda, Oraon and Santhal who migrated in Tripura as a tea labourers.

1.    Bengalis represented almost 70 per cent

2.    Reang (16.6 per cent of the indigenous population), 

3.    Jamatia (7.5 per cent), 

4.    Chakma (6.5 per cent), 

5.    Halam (4.8 per cent), 

6.    Mog(3.1 per cent), 

7.    Munda (1.2 per cent), 

8.    Kuki (1.2 per cent) and

9.    Garo

DANCES

1.    Tripuri and Jamatia people perform 

1.    goria dance during the Goria puja. 

2.    Jhum dance (also called tangbiti dance), 

3.    lebang dance, 

4.    mamita dance, and 

5.    mosak sulmani dance are other Tripuri dance forms.^[143] 

2.    Reang community, the second largest scheduled tribe of the state, - hojagiri dance that is performed by young girls balanced on earthen pitchers.

3.    Bizhu dance is performed by the Chakmas during the Bizhu festival (the last day of the month of Chaitra in Hindu calendar).

4.    Other dance forms include wangala dance of the Garo people, 

5.    hai-hak dance of the Halam branch of Kuki people, and

6.    sangrai dance and owa dance of the Mog

TOURISM

1.    Ujjayanta Palace and Kunjaban Palace at Agartala and Neermahal – Lake Palace at Melaghar

2.    splendid rock-cut carvings and stone images Unakoti 

PERSONALITIES

Dipa Karmakar from Agartala became the first ever female gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympics when she qualified for the women's artistic gymnastics event of 2016 Summer Olympics.

LANGUAGE

1.    Bengali is the most widely spoken language.

2.    Kokborok is a prominent language among the Tripura tribes           

GEOGRAPHY

^1.        state lies in seismic zone V.

2.    The hills have red laterite soil that is porous. The flood plains and narrow valleys are overlain by alluvial soil, and those in the west and south constitute most of the agricultural land

SYMBOLS OF TRIPURA

Dance                                    Garia

Animal                       Phayre's Langur, Trachypithecus phayrei in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary

Bird                             Green imperial pigeon

Flower                        Indian rose chestnut

Tree                            Agarwood

Game                         Cricket