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Mainaguri
Mainaguri is a town and a municipality in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. The town is located on the banks of the Jarda River. It is known as the "Gateway of the Dooars" and is a regionally significant tourist destination for Jalpesh Temple of Lord Shiva and nearby Gorumara National Park. Geography Municipality Maynaguri, earlier a census town was created a municipality in 6 July 2021. Area overview The map alongside shows the alluvial floodplains south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas. The area is mostly flat, except for low hills in the Northern portions. It is a primarily rural area with 62.01% of the population living in rural areas and a moderate 37.99% living in the urban areas. Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages. Such places are marked in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalpaiguri Sadar Subdivision
Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision is an Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of the Jalpaiguri district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Geography Subdivisions Jalpaiguri district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision has 4 police stations, 3 community development blocks, 3 Panchayat Samiti (Block), panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 144 mouzas, 133 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities, part of 1 municipal corporation and 5 census towns. The municipal corporation partly in the subdivision is Siliguri, with a population of 218,718 people. The municipalities are: Jalpaiguri and Mainaguri. The census towns are: Dabgram, Binnaguri, Rajganj, Binnaguri, Chakiabhita, Kharia, Jalpaiguri, Kharia, and Dakshin Khagrabari. The subdivision has its headquarters at Jalpaiguri. Police stations Police stations in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision have the following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorumara National Park
Gorumara National Park (Pron: ˌgɔ:rʊˈmɑ:rə; ''Gorumara Jatio Uddan'') is a national park in northern West Bengal, India. Located in the Dooars region of the Himalayan foothills, it is a medium-sized park with grasslands and forests. Gorumara National Park was established in 1992. It is primarily known for its population of Indian rhinoceros. The park was declared as the best among the protected areas in India by the Ministry of Environment and Forests for the year 2009. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved 1 January 2022. , the park is open for the tourists after staying closed for months due to the |
Banarhat
Banarhat is a census town of the Banarhat CD block in Dhupguri subdivision of the Jalpaiguri District in the state of West Bengal, India. Sharing nearest international border with Bhutan. Geography Area overview The map alongside shows the alluvial floodplains south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas. The area is mostly flat, except for low hills in the northern portions. It is a primarily rural area with 62.01% of the population living in rural areas and a moderate 37.99% living in the urban areas. Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages. Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE. 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 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maynaguri (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Maynaguri is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 16 Maynaguri Assembly constituency (SC) covers Mainaguri municipality and Maynaguri community development block, Maynaguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election Results 2021 2016 Election 2014 bye election In the 2014 by election, Ananta Deb Adhikari of All India Trinamool Congress defeated Dinabandhu Roy (Palu) of Revolutionary Socialist Party by 31,790 votes. The former RSP MLA switched over to Trinamool Congress and had to face election again. 2011 In the 2011 elections, Ananta Deb Adhikari of RSP defeated his nearest rival Juthika Roy Basunia of Trinamool Congress. # Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006. 1977-200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakshin Khagrabari
Dakshin Khagrabari is a census town in the Maynaguri CD block in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Dakshin Khagrabari is located at . Area overview The map alongside shows the alluvial floodplains south of the outer foothills 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 Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than list of h .... The area is mostly flat, except for low hills in the northern portions. It is a primarily rural area with 62.01% of the population living in rural areas and a moderate 37.99% living in the urban areas. Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages. Such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalpaiguri District
Jalpaiguri district () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was established in 1869 during British Raj. The headquarters of the district are in the city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional headquarters of Jalpaiguri division. History Jalpaiguri district comprises western Dooars and the major part of the eastern Morang and this area, according to Sailen Debnath, in the ancient time was a part of the kingdom of Kamarupa, and since the medieval period it became a part of Kamata kingdom.Sailen Debnath, The Dooars in Historical Transition, , N.L. Publishers Sailen writes that three of the five ancient capitals of Kamatapur were geographically in the district of Jalpaiguri; and the three capitals were at Chilapata, Mainaguri and Panchagarh in sequence. According to him, Hingulavas, the first capital of the next Koch kingdom as well was in Jalpaiguri district. Hingulavas has well been identified with Mahakalguri in Alipurduar Sub-Division. Und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gairkata
Gairkata is a census town in the Dhupguri subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the native town of prominent Bengali writer Samaresh Majumdar, poet and journalist Bikash Sarkar and CPI leader Samar Ganguly. Gairkata, home to Gosaihat Eco-Park (located in the Gairkata-Moraghat Range), features Telipara as its main industrial hub. An NGO named Aaranyak was also located in Gairkata. Geography Location Gairkata is located at .; on the route of Asian Highway 48 and the major junction from Phuentsholing to Changrabandha. Gairkata is located in the middle of the Dhupguri block. Area overview The map alongside shows the alluvial floodplains south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas. The area is mostly flat, except for low hills in the northern portions. It is a primarily rural area with 62.01% of the population living in rural areas and a moderate 37.99% living in the urban areas. Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharia, Jalpaiguri
Kharia is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Jalpaiguri CD block in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... Geography Location Kharia is located at . The map of the Jalpaiguri CD block on page 393 in the ''District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011 census,'' shows Kharia spread around the west side of Jalpauguri city. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of India, Kharia had a total population of 61,661 of which 31,510 (51%) were males and 30,151 (49%) were females. There were 6,666 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Kharia was 43,498 (79.09% of the population over 6 years). Infrastructure According to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binnaguri, Rajganj
Binnaguri is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Rajganj CD block in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Binnaguri is located at . According to the map of the Rajganj CD block on page 115 in the ''District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011 census,'' Dabgram, Binnaguri and Chakiabhita form a cluster of census towns on the eastern side of Siliguri. Area overview The map alongside shows the alluvial floodplains south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas. The area is mostly flat, except for low hills in the northern portions. It is a primarily rural area with 62.01% of the population living in rural areas and a moderate 37.99% living in the urban areas. Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census town In India and some other countries, a census town i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chakiabhita
Chakiabhita is a census town in the Rajganj CD block in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Chakiabhita is located at . According to the map of the Rajganj CD block on page 115 in the ''District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011 census,'' Dabgram, Binnaguri and Chakiabhita form a cluster of census towns on the eastern side of Siliguri. Area overview The map alongside shows the alluvial floodplains south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas. The area is mostly flat, except for low hills in the northern portions. It is a primarily rural area with 62.01% of the population living in rural areas and a moderate 37.99% living in the urban areas. Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census town In India and some other co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dabgram
Dabgram is a census town in the Rajganj CD block in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Dabgram is located at According to the map of the Rajganj CD block on page 115 in the ''District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011 census,'' a part of Dabgram is shown as a part of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. However, a major part of Dabgram is shown outside Siliguri in Jalpaiguri district. Pradhan Nagar police station is shown in Dabgram. Dabgram, Binnaguri and Chakiabhita form a cluster of census towns on the eastern side of Siliguri. Area overview The map alongside shows the alluvial floodplains south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas. The area is mostly flat, except for low hills in the northern portions. It is a primarily rural area with 62.01% of the population living in rural areas and a moderate 37.99% living in the urban areas. Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalpesh Temple
Jalpesh Temple () is an important Hindu temple dedicated to the Bhramari Saktipitha's Bhairava as Jalpesh. The worshiped in this temple is Bhairava as Jalpesh, a form of Shiva – one of Hinduism's trinity of supreme divinity. The temple is located on the banks of the Jarda river, 7–8 km from Mainaguri town in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Bishwa Singha, father of Maharaja Nara Narayan of Cooch Behar, founded the Jalpesh temple in 1524. Later he rebuilt the temple in 1563. Again after 100 years, King Pran Narayan rebuilt this temple in 1663. During the reign of King Lakshmi Narayan of Cooch Behar, Mahidev Raikut declared his independence in 1621 AD, refusing to obedience to the Koch dynasty. Since then the temple was under the supervision of Raikats of Baikunthapur. It was restored on 30 January 1899 by Rani Jagadeswari Devi, wife of King Jagendra Deva Raikut. An earthquake occurred in Jalpaiguri district on 26 April 2015 at 11:41 AM (IST). The duration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
