About North tripura

North Tripura (Bengali: ) is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Dharmanagar. The district occupies an area of 2821 km and has a population of 590,655 (as of 2001). The territory occupied by North Tripura district was part of the princely state of Tripura till 9 September 1949, when it was merged with the Union of India. The district came into existence on 1 September 1970, when the entire state was divided into three districts. On 14 April. 1995 Dhalai district was carved out from this district.