Abhicharan

Abhicharan
Abhicharan
	town
Country	India
State	Tripura
District	West Tripura
Languages
• Official	Bengali, Kokborok, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	TR
Website	tripura.gov.in

Last updated March 05, 2019

Abhicharan is a village in Sadar sub-division of West Tripura district of Tripura, India. The people here belong to the Tripuri tribe and they speak Kokborok. The government figure for the population is 2822.^[1] The village has amenities like telephones, schools, rice-mill, markets and also it is connected with the nearby town of Khayerpur via Kisong. It is also connected to Agartala through Kamalghat junction. A Tripura State Rifles out-post is located in this village, which looks after the security problems of this village, as this village is very strategic in location.^[2] It is situated right in the heart of Sadar sub-division. From here the villages of the interiors can be accessed very well through village unmetalled roads.

Tripura is a state in northeastern India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers 10,491 km² (4,051 sq mi) and is bordered by Bangladesh to the north, south, and west, and the Indian states of Assam and Mizoram to the east. In 2011 the state had 3,671,032 residents, constituting 0.3% of the country's population.

India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

The Tripuri people are the original inhabitants of the Twipra Kingdom in North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri people through the Manikya dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Tripura for more than 2000 years until the kingdom joined the Indian Union in 1949.

Abhicharan Baptist Church

There is a local church, Abhicharan Baptist Church, that is one of the oldest in its area. The church is affiliated with the Sadar North Baptist Association. Many Baptist leaders have been from this village like the Late Rev. Rabindra Debbarma and Rev. Chandra Kanta Debbarma who is currently the Executive Secretary of Sadar North Baptist Association.

Sadar North Baptist Association (SNBA) is the largest Kokborok speaking Baptist community in Tripura. It is located within the West Tripura district of Tripura in India. As of 2014, SNBA had more than 21,000 members and 156 churches.

Vehicle services are available from Radhanagar motorstand of Agartala via Kamalghat-Lephunga road. It has a road connectivity with Sidhai-Mohanpur also.

Agartala is the capital of the Indian state of Tripura and one of the largest cities in North-east India. The city is the seat of the Government of Tripura. Agartala is one of the fastest developing cities of India.

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References

↑ Government of India population figures
↑ O.P. Radhan (2002). Encyclopaedia of Political Parties. Anmol Publications PVT. ISBN 81-7488-865-9.

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[1] Government of India population figures

[2] O.P. Radhan (2002). Encyclopaedia of Political Parties. Anmol Publications PVT. ISBN 81-7488-865-9.