Tripura

One of the isolated states of India’s northeast, Tripura is located between Assam, Mizoram and shares an international border with Bangladesh. It is rich in natural resources such as natural gas and limestone and is also one of the largest producers of rubber in the country, but it has little industry. Tripura was governed by the Indian communist party for decades until the recent elections in 2018 during which the BJP swept into power. The new government could leverage the state’s high literacy rates and proximity to Bangladesh and Southeast Asia to turn it into a trade transit hub.   

State Summary

  • Size
    4,049 sq. miles
  • Population
    3.7 million
  • State GDP
    $4.14 billion (USD)
  • Legislative Assembly Seats
    60
  • Rajya Sabha Seats
    1
  • Lok Sabha Seats
    2
  • Party Affiliation
    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel during the Beating Retreat ceremony on the India Bangladesh border at Akhaura Integrated Checkpost in Agartala on February 14, 2017. (ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)
Workers add labels onto bottles of drinking water at a bottling unit on World Water Day in Agartala. (ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)

Left: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel during the Beating Retreat ceremony on the India Bangladesh border at Akhaura Integrated Checkpost in Agartala on February 14, 2017. (ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel during the Beating Retreat ceremony on the India Bangladesh border at Akhaura Integrated Checkpost in Agartala on February 14, 2017. (ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)

Right: Workers add labels onto bottles of drinking water at a bottling unit on World Water Day in Agartala. (ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images)

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