South Tripura was one of the three districts formed on 1 September 1970, with its headquarters then at Udaipur. When it was divided in 2011 and Gomati district was created around Udaipur, the new South Tripura was inaugurated on 6 January 2012 with its headquarters at Belonia.[2],[1]
The district covers 1,514.322 sq km in three subdivisions, Belonia, Santirbazar and Sabroom, with eight blocks and 170 gram panchayats and village committees. Belonia and Santirbazar have municipal councils and Sabroom a nagar panchayat.[1]
Its economy rests on agriculture, animal resources and fisheries: paddy, pineapple, jackfruit, banana, nuts and mango, many small and medium fish ponds, tea gardens, and rubber and bamboo plantations.[3]
Invest India's One District One Product list names cashew nut for South Tripura.[6]
Bengali, Muslim, Reang, Chakma, Tripuri and Mog communities live in the district. Bengali, Kokborok, Chakma and Mog are among the languages spoken, and its festivals include Hozagiri, Baiju, Biju, Wah and Mahamoni, the Pilak Archaeological and Tourism Festival and the Baishakhi Mela.[2]
The border haat at Srinagar opens every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. The Bharat Bangla Maitree Uddyan at Chottakhol was set up in 2017, and Pilak was the seat of a civilisation that flourished between the eighth and twelfth centuries.[4]
Belonia railway station (BENA) is the district's railhead. Tripura Road Transport Corporation buses run daily from Agartala, 85 km away, and the nearest airport is at Agartala.[5]
Tripura borders Bangladesh on the north, west, south and south-east, and produced 1,13,351 tonnes of natural rubber in 2025-26.[7]
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