Tripura Tourism: Hotels, Reviews, Packages, Photos, Maps, Experience, Itinerary

Located in the northeast of India, the small state of Tripura is surrounded on the north, west and south by Bangladesh, with Assam and Mizoram to its east. The state consists of low hills, going up to about 3000 feet, and plains, where most of the population lives. Agriculture is the main occupation and rice, the main crop. Tripura is also the second highest rubber-producing state in India after Kerala. Industry and urbanization, however, is not well developed here. Tripura has tribes such as the Tripuris, Reangs, Jamatia, Noatias, and Halams. However, 70% of the population is of Bengali origin. Before merging with India in 1949, Tripura was an independent kingdom that had been ruled by the Manikya dynasty for centuries. Their capital was at Udaipur, on the banks of River Gomati. Today, their ruined palace on the Gomati and the more famous