It was created keeping in view the administrative exigency of providing development and good governance to the largely Tribal and inaccessible areas.

The district falls in Seismic Zone 5 of India and is prone to landslides, thunderstorms and lightning strikes in summer and rainy seasons.

The Sub-divisions are headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate and Collector, who is in charge of revenue, elections, land records, birth and death registration, tribal welfare and law and order.

There are two Municipal Councils at Ambassa and Kamalpur and 137 Gram Panchayats (under Government of Tripura) or Village Committees (under TTAADC) headed by a chairperson.

The notable among these are Indo-German Development Cooperation Project (IGDC), Integrated Watershed Management Project (IWMP), National Rural Livelihood Mission (state unit Tripura rural livelihood mission),[7] Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Border Area Development Programme (BADP), Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF),[8] Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub Plan (SCA to TSP), Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin - SBM(G) (erstwhile Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, NBA).

Tripura Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TTWREIS) runs the Radhamohan Memorial Ashram School at Sadhu tilla, Ambassa.

However, security units have successfully managed to reduce the insurgency in the region leading to step-by-step reduction in the area under operation of AFSPA, finally being lifted from entire state in May 2015.

(Outposts/camps of security forces are often in forest areas which makes them vulnerable to malaria due to high infestation of mosquitoes in the region.)

Unconnected habitations and border outposts are serviced by Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency by solar photovoltaic systems.

Schools and Anganwadi Centers have been specifically targeted to improve drinking water supply as well as attendance to these institutions.

Many tribal inhabitations use water from open streams and ponds for drinking, cooking, washing utensils and clothes, and bathing.

Water-borne disease diarrhoea is common due to mixing of human excreta into drinking water source in many villages.

Packaged drinking water of brands "Tribeni", "Eco Freshh", "Blue Fina", "Life Drop" and "Aqua Zoom" among others is consumed in government offices, restaurants etc.

Earlier schemes of providing free plastic squatting plates has not produced results as most of them lie unused as many people cannot afford to construct a toilet.

Small check dams and ponds built by the local residents and by the government under many programmes and schemes are the source of water for irrigation and other purposes.

Efforts are ongoing by the district administration to identify fallow land that can be brought under perennial irrigation with small dams or borewells.

The district is part of the Tripura State Wide Area Network[14] which is an OFC-supported system up to Block Development Officer and other important institutions.

Horticultural plantations include banana, pineapple, mango, litchi, jackfruit, papaya, betel nut, orange, lemon, and other fruit trees.

North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC)[permanent dead link‍] had Fruit Juice Concentration Plant (FJCP) at Nalkata since 1988, but it has been non-operational since 2010.

Vegetables like tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, snake gourd, pumpkin, okra, corn, cucumber, beans, potato, carrot, radish, bamboo shoot are grown in parts of the district.

[17] Center for Microfinance and Livelihood Northeast, an organisation supported by Tata Trusts, has planned for fisheries and dairy development in the district.

Service sector units consist largely of small shops of grocery, vegetables, fish, meat, electrical and consumer appliances, mobile phones sale and talktime recharging, photocopying, internet cafés, photography, tailoring, salons, jewellery, vehicle repairing, books and stationary, garments etc.

Coaching of computer operating, school subjects of Science, Mathematics and English, Odia including private home tutoring form another small part.

This Media network has been made with Amar Tripura TV Channel (Bengali), Imangni Tripura TV Channel (Kokborok), Film, Serial and Telefilm Making Production Dreams Picture and online News Publisher on www.amartripura.com[19] The major tribes inhabiting the region are Tripuri, Reang, Kuki (Halam/Darlong/Hrangkhawl), Koloi and Chakma.

There are NGOs operating in the district: Prabaha Dhalai (working in the sector of goat rearing and HIV/AIDS), Project Bharosa (working with schools and SHGs), National Foundation for Communal Harmony (assisting destitute children),[20] "Prayaas" Relief Committee for Disabled Persons, Action Research and Training Organisation at Manu.

The District Sports Complex in Ambassa has two badminton courts, table tennis and carrom board, gymnastics equipment and regular judo training is ongoing.

A massive and breathtaking water body of 41 km2 with a spell of luxuriant green vegetation all around stands majestic for its charming beauty and 48 islands in the lake.

This temple is one of the most popular tourist spots of the Dhalai District, about 7 km from Ambassa at Srinibash Para in Kathalbari VC.

There is another Longtharai Mandir at Kumardhan Para of Balaram VC, on a hill top at 1330 feet height, which can be reached after a short trek.

East and West Lamkhuang villages of Manu block have systematic and extensive plantations of rubber, banana, pineapple, mango, litchi, jackfruit, orange, lemon and other fruit trees with big water bodies created for irrigation and fisheries.