The name darjeeling comes from the tibetan words, dorje thunderbolt and ling place or land, meaning. Places and tea estates in the northern portion of darjeeling sadar subdivision including darjeeling pulbazar and rangli rangliot cd blocks in darjeeling district ct. Darjeeling tea, india in the ts high e to its he first tration e of the ruguay trips erning icle 23 ed with ndia in ion for goods mestic oducts, ts. Darjeeling map map of darjeeling darjeeling city map. Click able map of west bengal showing all the districts with their boundaries. Darjeeling district administrative head quarter is darjeeling. Darjeeling is a wonderful place to walk around and explore the tea estates, villages, and markets. Darjeeling district is divided into blocks, panchayats, 214 villages. A complete map of darjeeling showing roads to and locations of all the main places of interest, landmarks and attractions. Census 2011 of darjeeling district darjeeling district total population is 1842034 according to census 2011. Kurseong and kajimpong at 4864 1482 metres and 4100 feel 1149. This should be the one you will mostly need if you are looking for the attractions and landmarks around the center of the own and the main market areas. Darjeeling is located in the state of west bengal, at an elevation of 6,700 ft 2,000 m. Darjeeling, kurseong and kalimpong subdivision of darjeeling district during junejuly, 2015.
The west bengal vide gazette notification dated february 7, 2017 had notified the creation of kalimpong by redefining the limits of darjeeling district. Oct 03, 2016 darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the indian state of west bengal. Best of darjeeling recommended by indian travellers. Check the tourist map of sikkim as a destination guide to travel in various parts of the state. Darjeeling is the name of a town as well as a district in the west bengal state of india. Panitanki a village and popular border crossing on the indian side of the nepalese border. Kurseong, siliguri and mirik, three other major towns in the. Darjeeling district map darjeeling district visitors guide. The map above shows darjeeling s dark green location in west bengal light green. As of 2011, it was the second least populous district of west bengal out of 19, after dakshin dinajpur.
Map of darjeeling district hotels and attractions on a. Darjeeling is most famous for its black teas, but it has recently started producing more green and white teas, and even a few oolon. The main affected areas are tingling and soureni of mirik, nimki dara, sukhia pokhari of darjeeling, lava, 11 miles name of a place of darjeeling district, 29 miles name of a place of darjeeling district, pedong of kalimpong. The umers moting ent and ultural ded by on and ellation linked ntry or om the words more than 100 products have so far been registered in india under the gi act, but darjeeling tea was the first. The best time to visit darjeeling is between march to may and from september to november. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. The district is famous for its hill stations often referred to as the queen of the hills and darjeeling tea.
Uttarbanga utsav celebrates the culture in the northern districts of west bengal. Landslide is an important geological hazard in the large extent of geoenvironment, damaging the human lives and properties. Buy west bengal map online, purchase detailed west bengal district map which shows district boundary, state boundary, international boundary and other important detail. Darjeeling district is the northernmost district of the state of west bengal in eastern india in the foothills of the himalayas. Darjeeling map explore travel map of darjeeling including satellite, road. The darjeeling himalayan railway, nicknamed the toy train, is a 2ft 610mm narrowgauge railway from siliguri to darjeeling in west bengal, run by the indian railways. Darjeeling district holiday rentals darjeeling district holiday packages darjeeling district flights darjeeling district restaurants darjeeling district attractions darjeeling district travel forum darjeeling district photos darjeeling district map darjeeling district guide all darjeeling district hotels. Map of darjeeling hotels and attractions on a darjeeling. Media in category darjeeling district the following 200 files are in this category, out of 257 total.
Darjeeling is the district headquarters kurseong, siliguri and mirik, three other major. Let me start with the road map of central darjeeling. Kalimpong district administration has a goal of ensuring justice to people and inclusion of everyone in the journey of development. Thats because the roads and places are at different altitudes in the mountains. Darjeeling district showing grids,roads and rivers. For example if you take a topdown view of two roads laid at. The present work, intends to identify the landslide susceptibility zones for darjeeling, india, using the ensembles of important knowledge driven statistical technique i. Discuss darjeeling district travel with tripadvisor travelers. The darjeeling tea story 1986 the darjeeling logo created and registered in uk, usa, canada, japan, egypt and under the madrid agreement covering germany, austria, spain, france, portugal, italy, switzerland and former yugoslavia 1999 darjeeling certified trademark protection scheme 2004 darjeeling tea registered as. These centers are opened by government at block level in darjeeling district for voter card and related services like apply online for voter id card, voter card download, check status of voter card, correction in voter card or voter list and duplicate voter id card etc. Tourist map of sikkim to travel in the state tourism sikkim. Darjeeling is actually a widespread district although the popular darjeeling hill town is the nucleus of the place.
Darjeeling tourism 2020 india top things to do, images. As per map of darjeeling, the destination stands at an elevation of 2,042. West bengal is divided into 23 districts and each district is governed by a district collector or a district magistrate, appointed by the indian. The district touches three international boundaries with nepal, bhutan and bangladesh. Darjeeling district lies in the north of the state of west bengal, in the foothills of the eastern himalayas. Population census of darjiling darjeeling district in 2011 is 1,846,823. This map centers around the town center like the mall at chowrasta and chowk bazaar. Darjeeling district,grids surveyed showing landuse classirication. Darjeeling map, travel map of darjeeling, tourist destination map. Darjiling darjeeling district population census 20112020.
Darjeeling is a district in the north bengal region of west bengal. While the hill town is quite small about 4 square miles or 10. This region travel guide to darjeeling is an outline and may need more content. If there are cities and other destinations listed, they may not all be at usable status or there may not be a valid regional structure and a get in section describing all of the typical ways to get here. Darjeeling district, grids surveyed showing strata. Darjeeling district map highlighting the national highways, major roads, district headquarters and much more. I realized that its actually very difficult to draw up a road map of a hilly terrain like darjeeling. Darjeeling district has a length from north to south of 18 miles 29 km and a breadth from east to west of 16 miles 26 km. Darjeeling district forum, travel discussion for darjeeling. History and scope of the district census hand book. Map of west bengal showing project area in darjeeling district. It lies on the darjeelingjalapahar range of the darjeeling himalayan hill.
Jan 24, 2015 darjeeling is a district in west bengal, india, which is famous for producing tea. The administration has a goal to cover larger number people within the different development schemes and make kalimpong a better place to live and more attractive to its numerous tourists. Sbi to have lead bank responsibility of kalimpong district. Darjeeling travel guide pdf download map, tourist places. It is 18 th largest district in the state by population.
Landslide susceptibility mapping using knowledge driven. It is is located 581 km south towards state capital kolkata. It was built between 1879 and 1881 and is about 86 km 53 mi long. This place is situated in darjiling, west bengal, india, its geographical coordinates are 27 2 0 north, 88 16 0 east and its original name with diacritics is darjiling. Voter list, voter id card in darjeeling district west. Darjeeling district is one among 19 districts of west bengal state,india.
Some of darjeeling s most popular attractions include monasteries, botanical gardens, a zoo, and the darjeeling rangeet valley passenger ropeway cable car which happens to be the longest asian cable car. Hazarduari palace murshidabad and darjeeling himalayan railways also known as. Both the town and the district is famous as one of the most important tourist destinations in the country. Voter id card in darjeeling district, west bengal various csc centers are available in darjeeling district.
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