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Siliguri
Siliguri, ) is a major tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms twin cities, "Twin Cities" with the neighboring district capital of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling district, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian states and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Known as the ''"Gateway of Northeast India"'', Siliguri is popular for three Ts - tea, timber and tourism. It is located on the banks of the Mahananda River and the Teesta River at the foothills of the Himalayas. Siliguri is the List of metropolitan area in West Bengal, third largest urban agglomeration in West Bengal, after Kolkata and Asansol. Siliguri has great strategic importance in West Bengal. It is located conveniently, connecting four international borders i.e. China, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. It also connects the North-East with mainland India. Located at the foothills of Eastern Himalayas, Siliguri is a significant trading and transportation hub. History file:BAYLEY(1838) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goutam Deb
Goutam Deb (born 6 January 1957) is an Indian Politician currently serving as the Mayorbr>of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. He was a Cabinet Minister of Department of Tourism in the Government of West Bengal from 2016 to 2021. He also served as the Minister of North Bengal Development, a newly formed department in 2011 by Mamata Banerjee, the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly from Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly Constituency two times. Presently he is serving as Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. Early life and education Goutam Deb did his schooling from Siliguri Boys' High School and thereafter he graduated from Siliguri Collegunder the University of North Bengal with B.A. followed by LL.B. Degree from Surendranath Law College under University of Calcutta. He enrolled as an Advocate at the Siliguri Bar in 1982. His father, Late Tejendra Binod Deb, was also a lawyer. His elder brother, Late Anup Dewas Acting Chief Justice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siliguri Municipal Corporation
Siliguri Municipal Corporation or SMC was established in the year 1994 and has been responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Siliguri. History Siliguri Municipality was established in the year 1949. The first municipality office was set up in Hill Cart Road. It was a wooden construction. The first chairman of Siliguri Municipality was the then Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Sachindra Mohan Guha. In the year 1994, Siliguri Municipality was awarded Corporation status. Area Coverage Siliguri Municipal Corporation areas include both in Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is loca ... district. Out of 47 wards of SMC, 14 are in Jalpaiguri district. It administers an area of . Departments Councillors References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Siliguri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 26 Siliguri Assembly constituency covers ward nos. 1 to 30 and 45 to 47 of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. Siliguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Ward Nos. 31 to 44 of Siliguri municipal corporation are covered by Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency Election results 2021 Election In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Shankar Ghosh of BJP defeated his nearest rival Omprakash Mishra of TMC. 2016 Election In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Bhaichung Bhutia of TMC. 2011 Election In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Rudra Nath Bhattacharya of TMC defeated his nearest rival Ashok B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siliguri Police Commissionerate
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Darjeeling District
Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its hill station and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters. Kurseong, Siliguri and Mirik, three major towns in the district, are the subdivisional headquarters of the district. Kalimpong was one of the subdivisions but on 14 February 2017, it officially became a separate Kalimpong district. Geographically, the district can be divided into two broad divisions: the hills and the plains. The entire hilly region of the district comes under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, a semi-autonomous administrative body under the state government of West Bengal. This body covers the three hill subdivisions of Darjeeling, Kurseong and Mirik and the district of Kalimpong. The foothills of Darjeeling Himalayas, which comes under the Siliguri subdivision, is known as the Terai. The district is bounded on the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevoke
Sevoke (also Sevok or Sivok) is a small town near Siliguri in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal state of India near the border with Sikkim state. Situated in Dooars, Sevoke lies on the bank of River Teesta and has two bridges − namely Coronation Bridge and Sevoke Railway Bridge over it. Indian Army and Border Security Force camps are located in the area. The Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in this area. National Highway NH10 passes through the town and connects Sevoke town to Gangtok and Siliguri. National Highway 17 originates from Sevoke near Coronation Bridge and terminates in Guwahati. Geography Location Sevoke is located at ' Area overview The map alongside shows the eastern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region and a small portion of the terai region in its eastern and southern fringes, all of it in the Darjeeling district. In the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision 61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39.00% of the population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalpaiguri
Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is located on the banks of the Teesta River which is the second largest river in West Bengal after the Ganges, on the foothills of the Himalayas. The city is the home to the circuit bench of the Kolkata High Court, the other seat being at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Jalpaiguri features the Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, the second campus of the University of North Bengal and the Biswa Bangla Krirangan/ Jalpaiguri Sports Village. It lies east of its twin city, Siliguri. The merging of the two cities makes it the largest metropolis of the region. Etymology The name "Jalpaiguri" comes from the word "Jalpai''"'' meaning olive, which grew in the city and adjacent areas. And "Guri" means ''a'' place. Geography Jalpa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourth-most populous and thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the third-largest metropolis, and seventh largest city by population in India. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, the coastal Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal. The state's main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with the Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority. The area's early history featured a succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darjeeling (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Darjeeling in West Bengal. While five assembly segments are in Darjeeling district, one assembly segment is in Kalimpong district and one assembly segment is in Uttar Dinajpur district. Assembly segments As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 4 Darjeeling is composed of the following segments from 2009: Members of Parliament Election results General election 2019 General election 2014 General election 2009 General election 2004 General elections 1957-2014 Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below: See also * Darjeeling district * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phansidewa
Phansidewa is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Siliguri subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Phansidewa is located at . It has an average elevation of . Phansidewa CD block is a part of the Western Dooars, a physiographic region spread over the foothills of the Himalayas. It is a plain land gently sloping from north to south, with an elevation varying from 80 m to 300 m. The Mahananda forms the eastern boundary of Phansidewa CD block with Bangladesh and a portion of the block is part of the Mahananda Tract physiographic region. Phansidewa CD block is bounded by the Naxalbari and Matigara CD blocks on the north, Rajganj CD block in Jalpaiguri district and Panchagarh Sadar Upazila in Panchagarh district of Bangladesh on the east, Chopra CD block in Uttar Dinajpur district and Puthia CD block in Kishanganj district of Bihar on the south and Kharibari CD block on the west. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Delimitation Commission has abolished the Kranti Assembly constituency and formed the new Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 19 Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency covers Ward Nos. 31 to 44 of Siliguri municipal corporation and Dabgram I, Dabgram II, Fulbari I and Fulbari II gram panchayats of Rajganj community development block, Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 3 Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency are in Jalpaiguri district, ... (SC). Members of Legislative Assembly For MLAs from the area prior to 2011 see Kranti Assembly constituency 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukna, Darjeeling
Sukna is a village and a gram panchayat in the Kurseong CD block in the Kurseong subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Sukna is located at . The main entrance to the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is from Sukna. Those who have their own transport can get a guide (on payment) at the Sukna gate and enter the sanctuary. The area inside the sanctuary is hilly and small cars are not advisable. Elephant rides in the sanctuary are not available. Sukna in the foothills of the Himalayas and is 11 km from Siliguri. There is a popular picnic spot on the bank of the Mahanada. Area overview The map alongside shows the eastern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region and a small portion of the terai region in its eastern and southern fringes, all of it in the Darjeeling district. In the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision 61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
