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Tripura is a small state (10,490km2) in Northeast India bordered by an 856 km long International boundary with Bangladesh. Tripura also shares its national border with Mizoram (109 km) & with Assam (53 km).The small geographical area, however, does not deprive Tripura in being one of the richest areas with regards to the bio-diversity and biological resources. Anthopologically, two major human races in Tripura are Indo-Aryans represented by Bangalees & Indo-mongoloids represented by 19 tribal communities, such as Tippearah, Reang, Jamatia, Chakma, Halam, Noatia, Mog, Kuki, Garo, Munda, Lushai, Khasia, Bhil, Bhutia, Lepcha, etc. who inhabit mostly in hill ranges and survive on subsistence economy based mainly on the shifting cultivation supplemented with limited horticulture, animal husbandry, crafts/handloom, etc. Tripura owes this rich biodiversity and copious wealth of biological resources to her unique bio-geographical [Tripura falls under “North East Hills Province (9B)” of the “North East (9) Biogeographic Zone (Rodgers el al. 2002)] and zoogeographical (Indian sub-region of Oriental Zoogeographical Regions) location and position. Although by virtue of her location in Assam Hills, Tripura is a part of Indian sub-region of Oriental Zoogeographical Region, yet, the flora and fauna in Tripura bear a very close affinity and resemblances with the floral and faunal components of Indo-Malayan and Indo- Chinese sub-regions of Oriental Region. Read more

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