Batashi is a village in
Kharibari CD block in
Siliguri subdivision of
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.
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of
West Bengal
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, India.
The nearest railway station to Batasi is
Batasi railway station, which is around 1 km away and is now well connected with the
Indian Railway Network.
Geography
Location
Batasi is located at .
Shyamdhan is shown as a
census town in the map of Kharibari CD block on page 363 of the ''District Census Handbook, Darjeeling, 2011''. Batasi was not identified as a separate populated place in the 2011 census.
The stretch of land lies in the
Terai
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region at the base of the
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...
. To the west, across the border river
Mechi
Mechi ( ne, मेची अञ्चल ) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones to provinces, comprising four districts; namely Ilam, Jhapa, Panchthar and Taplejung. Its headquarters are at Ilam. It comes u ...
lies
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. The entire stretch of the land is covered by farm lands, tea estates and forests and small villages, consists of an area of . The Gram area (village councils), viz. Batashi,
Shyamdhan, Gondogol, Kungurpur, Bodrajote, West Bodrajote, Budsing, Shebaeram, Hatkhola.
Area overview
The map alongside shows the Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district. This area is spread across the foothills of the Himalayas and is a plain land gently sloping from north to south. While the northern part is mentioned as the Terai region, the larger southern portion forms the western part of the
Dooars
The Dooars or Duars ( as, দুৱাৰ, duar, rkt, দুৱাৰ, duar, bn, দুয়ার, duyar) () are the alluvial floodplains in eastern-northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the ...
region. While 55.11% per cent of the population resides in the rural areas, 44.89% resides in the urban areas. On the western side the
Mechi River forms a long border with Nepal. On the eastern side the
Mahananda River
The Mahananda River (Pron:/ˌməhɑːˈnʌndə or ˌmɑːhəˈnʌndə/) is a trans-boundary river that flows through the Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal, and Bangladesh. It is an important tributary of the Ganges.
Course
The Mahananda ...
forms a short border with Bangladesh.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Transport
There is a station at Batasi on the
Katihar-Siliguri line. It is from Siliguri.
Education
Batashi has two major government high schools Sastrijee and Shyamdhan, there are many public and private primary schools.
* Batasi Sasrijee High School started in 1967. Class 5th-12th.
* Shyamdhan jote High School started in 1999-also Five Class Primary School.
* Adhikari Krisnakanta High School started in 1969. Class 5th-12th.
* DulalJote Nepali High School started in 2009.
* Rabindra Hindi Primary School started in 1968.
* Blue Heaven Academy, English School started in 2000. Private School.
* Mgd.Edu.Care English Private School started in 2003.
* Vivekananda Sisu Tirtha Private School started In 2004
* Shri Sarada shishu Thirta School started in 2006. Private School.
* Sharadha Vidhya Phart School started in 2005. Private School.
References
External links
The Rising: Batashi to now
https://www.facebook.com/Batasi-west-Bengal-101144528162207/
Villages in Darjeeling district
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