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Siliguri (/ sɪˈliˌɡʊri / Bengali: [ˈʃiliɡuɽi] ⓘ), also known as Shiliguri, [12][13] is a major tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms "Twin Cities" with the neighbouring district headquarter of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Distances in kilometers. The Siliguri Corridor, also known as the Chicken's Neck, is a stretch of land around the city of Siliguri in West Bengal, India. [1][2] 20–22 kilometres (12–14 mi) at the narrowest section, this geo-political and geo-economical corridor connects the seven states of northeast India to the rest of the India. [1]
The following institutions are located in Siliguri subdivision: University of North Bengal was established at Raja Rammohunpur in 1962. [12] Siliguri College was established in 1950 at Siliguri. [13] Siliguri Mahila Mahabidyalaya was established at Siiguri in 1981. [14] Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy Government College was established in 2010 at ...
At the time of its creation in 1947, the state of West Bengal was divided into 14 districts—Bankura, Birbhum, Burdwan, Calcutta (Kolkata), Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Hooghly, Howrah, Malda, Midnapore, Murshidabad, Nadia, West Dinajpur and 24 Parganas. [3] Cooch Behar district was a princely state named Koch Bihar till 20 August 1949, when the ...
Bagdogra is a settlement in the Naxalbari CD block in the Siliguri subdivision of the Darjeeling district, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the Greater Siliguri Metropolitan Area. Bagdogra is well connected by air to six major cities of India – Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai through the Bagdogra ...
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 ...
Member of Legislative Assembly. 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Incumbent. Sankar Ghosh. Party. Bharatiya Janata Party. Elected year. 2021. Siliguri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Siliguri Town railway station. Siliguri Town railway station serves Siliguri in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The other important stations serving the metropolis are Siliguri Junction, Bagdogra, Gulma, Rangapani, Matigara and New Jalpaiguri Junction. This is a small station consisting of three platforms, among them two ...