Unakoti district

Unakoti district is a district of Tripura, India. This district was created on 21 January 2012 when four new districts were created in Tripura, taking the number of districts in the state from four to eight.
Kailashahar is its headquarters. The district was part of North Tripura district earlier. It is recognized for Unakoti Heritage site
Etymology.
Unakoti derives its name from the Unakoti hill. Unakoti literally meaning, one less a koti in Bengali. It hosts an ancient Shaivite place of worship with huge rock reliefs celebrating Shiva.
Geography.
Unakoti district is surrounded by Dharmanagar subdivision, Panisagar subdivision and Kanchanpur subdivision of North Tripura district in the Northeast, East and Southeast side respectively. In the southern side, it is surrounded by Kamalpur subdivision and Longthari valley subdivision of Dhalai district. It also shares an international border with Bangladesh in the northern side.
Division.
The District and divided into two sub-divisions, namely, Kailashahar subdivision and Kumarghat subdivision.
For the purpose of developmental activities it is divided into four Blocks namely Kumarghat, Pecharthal, Chandipur and Gournagar. 
Transport.
Roadway.
National Highway 8 (NH 8), running from Karimganj in Assam to Sabroom in Tripura, passes through this district.
Railway.
Lumding–Sabroom line of Northeast Frontier Railway passes through Unakoti district. The main station in district is Kumarghat railway station, providing connectivity to Tripura capital Agartala and Assam and other major cities of the state like Dharmanagar, Udaipur and Belonia. 