Senchal lake, located 10 km to the south-east of

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal, ...

, is the main reservoir of potable water for the town of Darjeeling,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. The water body is actually a twin lake: North Senchal lake, built in 1910 and South Senchal lake, built in 1932. The lake is located at an altitude of atop a hill. The hill also has one of the highest golf courses in the world. Senchal is a favourite picnic spot. A tourist lodge at Senchal provides accommodation to tourists.zubin.com
This lake is a part of the

Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary was set up in 1915 in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary is located at . It is one of the oldest wildlife sanctuaries of India and covers an area of . The ...

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