Economic Information

Tripura is a landlocked state endowed with vast green forests and abundant natural resources. It shares a long boundary with Bangladesh (856 km) and with neighboring states of Assam and Mizoram. The state was merged with Indian Union on October 15, 1949.

The state is located in the Bio-geographic zone of 9B-North-East Hills and possesses an extremely rich bio-diversity. The local flora and faunal components of Indo-Malayan and Indo-Chinese sub-regions. There are 379-species of trees, 320-shrubs, 581-herbs, 165-climbers, 16-climbing shrubs, 35-fernsa and 45-epiphytes. 

The state has 4-districts, 15-subdivisions, 38-development blocks and one autonomous council.  The economy is predominantly agrarian. Agriculture generates about 64% of employment in the state. 

Tripura’s geographical isolation and poor development in infrastructure have gone a long way to hinder the scope of its economic progress. In terms of infrastructure development, the CMIE index for the year 1992-93 is 63 compared to the All India average of 100.

 The disparity in per capita income between Tripura and the nation has grown with time. The per capita income of the state has remained more or less stagnant during the last few years. The annual compound growth rate of NSDP from 1980-81 to 1996-97 has been worked out at 11.07% at current prices and 5.31% at constant prices. In so far as the sectoral growth is concerned, it has been observed that between 1980-81 to 1996-97, agriculture, the major sector in the economy of the state demonstrated a growth rate of 9.92% at current prices and 2.25% at constant prices. Similarly, the manufacturing sector showed a growth of 5.48% at current prices and 3.24% at constant prices.

Economic Census 2005: