While Tripura as a whole lies approximately between the north latitude 22 degrees 56' and 24 degrees 32' and between longitude 91 degrees 0' and 92 degrees 20' east, the West Tripura district lies approximately between latitude 23 degrees 16' to 24 degrees 14' north and longitude 91 degrees 09' east to 91 degrees 47' east. The West Tripura District is bounded by Bangladesh in the north and west by North Tripura in the east and by South Tripura in the south. Total area of the district is 3544 sq.kms. The district headquarters is located at Agartala, which is also the capital of the State.

Communications

Agartala is connected with Calcutta by the Indian Airlines Services and the Airport is 10 kms. away from the city. The nearest Railway head is Dharmanagar on North-East Railway. Agartala is 200 kms. away from Dharmanagar Rail head. The district headquarters is connected by regular bus services from other two district of the STate and the important cities such as Calcutta, Dharmanagar, Guwahati, Silchar etc.