Local businesses in Agartala
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 6
- Homely Treat; Excellence Fast Food; Bawarchi; QZeen; Café Coffee Day
- Hotels and lodges: 16
- Hotel Sonar Tori; Hotel Welcome Palace; Umakanta Hostel; Hotel Exclusive International; Hotel Mars; Hotel Rajmahal; Rajdhani; Royal Guest House; Saurastra Hotel; Somraj Regency
- Attractions and museums: 3
- Ujjayanta Palace; Ujjyanta Palace; Plot 2160
- Cinemas and theatres: 2
- Rupasi; Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhawan
- Places of worship: 24
- Jagannathbari; Ummaheshwar Temple; Bholagiri Ashram; Modern Club Shiv Mandir; Khakotor Baptist Church; Melarmaath Kalibari; Durgabari; Kalibari; Laxminarayanbari; Meher Kalibari
- Parks and stadiums: 19
- Astabal; Friends Union; Khudiram Park; Mangalik Sanskritik Park; Modern Club Park; Rabindra Kanan; Heritage Park; Play Ground; Green Park; Children's Park
- Clothing shops: 1
- Fabindia
- Jewellers: 1
- Ramthakur Jewellery
Agartala facts
- District
- West Tripura District
- Population, 2011 Census
- 3,99,688
- Area
- about 76504000 sq km, about 15 m above sea level
- People
- 999 females per 1,000 males; 94.5% literacy
- PIN codes
- 799001 (Agartala Court), 799009 (Agartala Aerodrome), 799004 (Agartala College), 799014 (Agartala ONGC)
- Places nearby
- Ujjayanta Palace (state museum and former royal palace, 1 km), Swami Vivekananda Stadium (multi-purpose stadium, 1 km), Pushbanta Palace (historical Place, 3 km), St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (church, 4 km)
- Culture and food
- Hinduism is the largest religion in Agartala, and there are also Muslim, Christian and Buddhist communities. Tripuri festivals such as Kharchi and Garia are part of local life.
- History
- The name Agartala combines agar, the fragrant agarwood tree, with tala, meaning under, a reference to the dense agarwood trees that once grew here.
- Local economy
- Government and public-sector jobs employ most people in Agartala, which is the capital of Tripura. The city has held an annual book fair since 1981, a sign of its reading and publishing culture.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.