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Alipurduar
Alipurduar (), is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district and Alipurduar railway division of NFR. It is situated in the Western Dooars natural region, on the banks of Kaljani River in the foothills of the Himalayas. The city is a gateway to Bhutan. Geography Location Alipurduar is located at . Area overview Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the Dooars in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the Himalayas in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in the urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alipurduar District
Alipurduar district (), is one of the 23 districts of the state of West Bengal in India. The district is the part of Jalpaiguri Division. Alipurduar city is the headquarters of the district. It was made a district by bifurcating Jalpaiguri district in 2014. This is the easternmost district of West Bengal. It is situated in the Western Dooars natural region, in the foothills of the Bengal Himalayas. History Under the Kingdom of Bhutan The Dooars in Alipurduar district were under the control of Kingdom of Bhutan from early 17th-century till 1865 when British East India company captured the area in the Duar War under the Treaty of Sinchula and were added to the district of Jalpaiguri in 1869 and later finally to the Indian Union in 1949. Like all the Duars under Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan, it was under the jurisdiction of Tongso Penlop, below the Tongso Penlop were Subah who in turn appointed Mondal, Laskar or Uzir to look after the Duars. Administration Apart from the Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alipurduars (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Alipurduar in West Bengal. While five assembly segments of No. 2 Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency are in Alipurduar district, one segment is in Cooch Behar district and one segment is in Jalpaiguri district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, scheduled tribes. Assembly segments As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 2 Alipurduars, reserved for Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, Scheduled tribes (ST), is composed of the following Vidhan Sabha, assembly segments from 2009: Members of Parliament General election results 2024 2019 General election 2014 General election 2009 General elections 1977-2004 Most of the contests were multi-cornered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alipurduars (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Alipurduars Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 12 Alipurduars Assembly constituency covers Alipurduar municipality, Alipurduar Railway Junction, Banchukamari, Chakowakheti, Mathura, Parorpar, Patlakhawa, Shalkumar I, Shalkumar II, Tapsikhata, Vivekananda II, Vivekananda I gram panchayats of Alipurduar I community development block, and Chaporerpar I, Chaporerpar II, and Tatpara II gram panchayats of Alipurduar II community development block. Alipurduars Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 1951–1972 Narayan Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1971 and 1972. Nani Bhattacharya of RSP won in 1967 and 1969. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won in 1957 and 1962. In independent India's first election in 1951, it was a joint seat. Pijush Kanti M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast Frontier Railway Zone
The Northeast Frontier Railway (abbreviated NFR) is one of the Zones and divisions of Indian Railways, 19 railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam, and responsible for operation and expansion of rail network all across Northeast India, Northeastern states and some districts of eastern Bihar and northern West Bengal. Divisions Northeast Frontier Railway is divided into 5 divisions: * Katihar railway division * Alipurduar railway division * Lumding railway division * Rangiya railway division * Tinsukia railway division Each of these divisions is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager, a Senior Administrative Grade officer of the rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India. The departmental setup at headquarters level and divisional setup in the field assists the General Manager in running the railways. Various departments namely engineering, mechanical, electrical, signal & telecom, operations, commercial, safety, acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alipurduar Railway Division
Alipurduar railway division is one of the five railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 15 January 1958 and its headquarter is located at Alipurduar in the state of West Bengal. Katihar railway division, Lumding railway division, Tinsukia railway division and Rangiya railway division are the other four railway divisions under the NFR Zone headquartered at Maligaon, Guwahati. List of Railway Stations A *Agomani railway station *Alipurduar railway station B *Bagrakote railway station *Bamanhat railway station *Banarhat railway station * *Binnaguri railway station *Boxirhat railway station *Buxa Road railway station C *Changrabandha railway station *Chalsa Railway Station *Cooch Behar railway station D *Dalgaon Railway Station *Damdim Railway Station *Dewanhat Railway Station *Dhubri railway station *Dinhata Railway Station *Dhupguri railway station F *Fakiragram Junction railway stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj Tigga
Manoj Tigga (born 11 May 1972) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Alipurduars, West Bengal elected in the 2024 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was former member of Legislative assembly representing the Madarihat constituency in West Bengal. In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Tigga contesting on an election ticket from BJP defeated his nearest rival Padam Lama of TMC by 22,308 votes. He completed his B.Sc. in Biology from A C College, Jalpaiguri, under North Bengal University in 1996. Political career He contested 2009 Indian general election from Alipurduars constituency and was defeated by Manohar Tirkey of Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) is a communist party in India. The party was founded on 19 March 1940 by Tridib Chaudhuri and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepping Stone Model School
Stepping Stone Model School is a private English-medium school located in Alipurduar, West Bengal, India. The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations(CICSE). It was established on January 13, 1988. About School Students at this school have often participated in question-and-answer activities with Derek O'Brien. These activities have been reported in ''The Telegraph'' newspaper. This school have won many state - district championship in science. Passed - outs are known to be established in their fields. The subjects offered are English, Hindi/Bengali, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Computer Applications, Geography and History for ICSE (10th). For ISC (12th), students can choose among the different streams i.e., Science, Arts and Commerce. The Science stream consists of Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Biology/Computer Science. The Commerce stream consists of Economics, Commerce, Accountancy and Maths/Computer Science. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of RTO Districts In India
This is a list of the Indian Regional Transport Offices and the assigned codes for Vehicle registration plates of India, vehicle registration. These are broken down to states and territories of India, states or Union territory, union territories and their districts. These RTO offices, governed by the respective state and union territory Transport Departments, are led by Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) and are tasked with enforcing the Motor Vehicles Act, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and its associated rules. AN—Andaman and Nicobar AP—Andhra Pradesh The Andhra Pradesh State Government of Andhra Pradesh, state government has decided to issue uniform registration numbers for vehicles across Andhra Pradesh. Since February 2019, all new vehicles in Andhra Pradesh are registered with AP-39 code by default. Andhra Pradesh is the first state to implement the "one state-one code" policy. In 2023, the state government has launched new series, AP-40. AR—Arunachal Pradesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dooars
The Dooars or Duars () are the alluvial floodplains in eastern-northeastern India and southern Bhutan that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the Brahmaputra River basin. This region is about wide and stretches over about from the Teesta River in West Bengal to the Dhansiri River in Udalguri district of Assam. The region forms the gateway to Bhutan. It is part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion.Dinerstein, E., Loucks, C. (2001). ''Dooars'' means 'doors' in Assamese, Kamtapuri, Bengali, Maithili, Bhojpuri, and Magahi languages. There are 18 passages or gateways between the hills in Bhutan and the plains in India. This region is divided by the Sankosh River into Eastern and Western Dooars, consisting of an area of . History The Dooars belonged to the Kamata Kingdom under the Koch dynasty; They acted as a trade route between Assam and Bhutan. Assam exports Muga, silk cloth, endi cloth, dried fish and rice and imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of as of 2011. The population estimate as of 2023 is 99,723,000. West Bengal is the List of states and union territories of India by population, fourth-most populous and List of states and union territories of India by area, thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the List of first-level administrative divisions by population, eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the List of metropolitan areas in India, third-largest metropolis, and List of cities in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of India
A district (''Zila (country subdivision), zila''), also known as revenue district, is an Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of an States and union territories of India, Indian state or territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into Revenue division, sub-divisions, and in others directly into tehsil, ''tehsils'' or ''talukas''. , there are a total of 780 districts in India. This count includes Mahe and Yanam which are Census districts and not Administrative districts and also includes the temporary Maha Kumbh Mela district but excludes Itanagar Capital Complex which has a Deputy Commissioner but is not an official district. District Administration ;The District officials include: *District Judge (India), District & Sessions Judge (Principal & additional), an officer belonging to the Judiciary of India, Indian Judicial Service (state), responsible for justice and passing orders of imprisonment, including the Capital punishment, death pena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaljani River
Kaljani River () is a tributary of Torsha river, originated (26°50'24"N 89°26'28"E) in Bhutan at the foothills of the Himalayas and it flows from north to south via Bhutan & India and converges (26°16'25"N 89°35'01"E) with Torsa River, Torsha river that again converges with Brahmaputra River, Brahmaputra river which converges with Padma River, Padma river that merges with Bay of Bengal. Kaljani river and its tributaries are attractions of the Dooars[http://www.tourzones.com/place.php?id=Kaljani%20River Kaljani River – Jalpaiguri] Major tributaries of Kaljani are Dina river, Dima, Nonai, etc. The major portion of the river flows through the Indian state West Bengal. In 1993, towns like Alipurduar, Hamiltanganj on its bank was flooded when retaining wall of dam leaked and thrashed while letting the river enter in town killing hundreds of people and animals. Major places on the bank Phuntsholing, Phuentsholing, Jaigaon, Hamiltanganj, Nimti Domohoni, Nimti, Dakshin Barajhor For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
