Bengdubi is a military station in the

Naxalbari Naxalbari (also spelled Naksalbari) is a village in the Naxalbari CD block in the Siliguri subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India. Naxalbari is famous for being the site of a 1967 revolt that would eventua ...

CD block in the

Siliguri subdivision Siliguri subdivision is a subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Darjeeling district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Police stations Police stations in the Siligu ...

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in the state of

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Geography

Location

Bengdubi is located at . Bengdubi is located in a forested area.

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 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.

Indian Army hero

Army officials paid tributes, at Bengdubi military station, to Naik Rajib Thapa, who was killed during a cease-fire violation by Pakistan, along the line of control in Jammu & Kashmir on 23 August 2019. Naik Rajib Thapa belonged to Jalpaiguri.

Education

Army Public School, Bengdubi, is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 1961. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bengdubi, is a Hindi and English-medium coeducational institution, affiliated with the

Central Board of Secondary Education The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board ...

Healthcare

One of the Defence Hospitals, the 158 Base Hospital, is located at Bengdubi.

Leopard menace

A leopard was trapped in the Bengdubi tea estate after the forest department took steps to control leopard menace in the tea garden in 2019.

References

{{Darjeeling District Villages in Darjeeling district Indian Army bases