Chittamara is a Village in

South Tripura district South Tripura ( bn, দক্ষিণ ত্রিপুরা জেলা) is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in northeastern India. History The district came into existence on 1 September 1970, when the entire state was ...

in the

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n state of

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...

, located in the UTC 5.30 time zone and it follows Indian standard time (IST). Chittamara sun rise time varies -36 minutes from IST. The vehicle driving side in Chittamara is left, all vehicles should take left side during driving. Chittamara people are using its national currency which is Indian Rupee and its international currency code is INR. Chittamara phones and mobiles can be accessed by adding the Indian country dialing code +91 from abroad. Chittamara people are following the dd/mm/yyyy date format in day-to-day life. It lies on the border with

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. It contains a SBI Branch and tehsil. The native language of Chittamara is Bengali, Kokborok and most of the village people speak Bengali, Kokborok. Chittamara people use Bengali, Kokborok language for communication.

Demographics

India

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, Chittamara had a population of 3450. with SC Population 360, ST Population 1277 & OBC population 1278. Chittamara has an average literacy rate of 95%, higher than the national average of 74%.

Politics

Chittamara is part of

Belonia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Belonia is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India. It is part of South Tripura district and is centered around the town of Belonia. As of 2018, Arun Chandra Bhaumik is the current representative of this co ...

. Currently BJP is ruling in this Gram Panchayat, with 11 GP Member. Shri Biswajit Majumder is the current president of BJP Chittamara Village committee. Smt. Arati Majumder from this village, elected as a Panchayat Shamiti member of Bharat Chandra Nagar RD Block. Shri. Bhrighuram Ram Tripura, elected as a Up-Pradhan of Chittamara GP.

Education

Schools in Chittamara are run by the state government . Instruction in schools is mainly in English or Bengali, though

Kokborok Kokborok (also known as Tripuri or Tiprakok) is the main native language of the Tripuri people of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from ''kok'' meaning "verbal" and ''borok'' meaning "people" or ...

and other regional languages are also used. The schools are affiliated to the Tripura Board of Secondary Education. After completing secondary school, students typically enroll for two years in a

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or in a higher secondary school affiliated either to the Tripura Board of Secondary Education or to other central boards & for that student have to go in town area. Apart from traditional Higher education like, MBBS, B.E., B.Tech., Agri B.Sc./M.Sc. students from this place are taking professional courses likes Company Secretary, M.Tech., MCA, MBA, and PGDM. Students are also venturing to other parts of the world to take higher education. Chittamara has a total of 4 schools, Brinda Ban Royaja Para High School is one of them having 2 storey building.

Culture

The diverse ethno-linguistic groups of Tripura have given rise to a composite culture. The dominant ethnic groups are

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

, Manipuri, Tripuris, Jamatia, Reang,

Murasing Murasing is one of the Tripuri clan of Tripura, a state in India. The Murasing mainly dwell in the South Tripura district of Tripura. They speak Kokborok, a language of Tibeto-Burmese origin. Customary laws of the Murasing community Every vill ...

& Chakma.

Sports

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and

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are the most popular sports in the village. Former track and field sprinter

Saraswati Saha Saraswati Dey-Saha (born 23 November 1979) is an Indian former track and field sprinter from Chittamara, Belonia Tripura. She holds the current 200 metres national record of 22.82 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Ludhi ...

belongs from this village, She holds the current

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

national record of 22.82 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...

on 28 August 2002.

References

Villages in South Tripura district {{Tripura-geo-stub