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interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="দার্জিলিং জেলা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="দার্জিলিং জেলা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_(ko%C4%81n)" title="Darjeeling (koān) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Darjeeling (koān)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="दार्जिलिंग जिला – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="दार्जिलिंग जिला" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districte_de_Darjeeling" title="Districte de Darjeeling – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Districte de Darjeeling" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjiling_(distrito_sa_Indiya)" title="Darjiling (distrito sa Indiya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Darjiling (distrito sa Indiya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_(Distrikt)" title="Darjeeling (Distrikt) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Darjeeling (Distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Darjeeling" title="Distrito de Darjeeling – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Darjeeling" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_barrutia" title="Darjeeling barrutia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Darjeeling barrutia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF" title="بخش دارجیلینگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش دارجیلینگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Darjeeling" title="District de Darjeeling – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District de Darjeeling" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="दार्जीलिंग जिला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="दार्जीलिंग जिला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrik_Darjeeling" title="Distrik Darjeeling – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Distrik Darjeeling" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_di_Darjeeling" title="Distretto di Darjeeling – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Darjeeling" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE" title="दार्जीलिंग जिल्हा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="दार्जीलिंग जिल्हा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98" title="დარჯილინგიშ ოლქი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="დარჯილინგიშ ოლქი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D9%87_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC" title="مقاطعه دارجيلنج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مقاطعه دارجيلنج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_(district)" title="Darjeeling (district) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Darjeeling (district)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%99_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="दार्जिलिङ जिल्ला – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="दार्जिलिङ जिल्ला" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%99_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="दार्जिलिङ जिल्ला – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="दार्जिलिङ जिल्ला" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_(Distrikt)" title="Darjeeling (Distrikt) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Darjeeling (Distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_(distrikt)" title="Darjeeling (distrikt) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Darjeeling (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%DA%AF" title="ضلع دارجیلنگ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع دارجیلنگ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_(distrito)" title="Darjeeling (distrito) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Darjeeling (distrito)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Дарджилинг (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Дарджилинг (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="दार्जिलिङ्गमण्डलम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="दार्जिलिङ्गमण्डलम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%9D_%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9B" title="ᱫᱟᱨᱡᱤᱞᱤᱝ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱫᱟᱨᱡᱤᱞᱤᱝ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_destrict" title="Darjeeling destrict – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Darjeeling destrict" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_(distrikt)" title="Darjeeling (distrikt) – Swedish" 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href="/wiki/File:Siliguri_view_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Siliguri_view_2.jpg/300px-Siliguri_view_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Siliguri_view_2.jpg/450px-Siliguri_view_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Siliguri_view_2.jpg/600px-Siliguri_view_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1065" data-file-height="722" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Darjeeling_%26_Mt_Kangjenjunga_(8131820332).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Darjeeling_%26_Mt_Kangjenjunga_%288131820332%29.jpg/300px-Darjeeling_%26_Mt_Kangjenjunga_%288131820332%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Darjeeling_%26_Mt_Kangjenjunga_%288131820332%29.jpg/450px-Darjeeling_%26_Mt_Kangjenjunga_%288131820332%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Darjeeling_%26_Mt_Kangjenjunga_%288131820332%29.jpg/600px-Darjeeling_%26_Mt_Kangjenjunga_%288131820332%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div style="font-size:95%">Clockwise from top-left: Tea estate in Darjeeling, <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway" title="Darjeeling Himalayan Railway">Darjeeling Himalayan Railway</a>, View of <a href="/wiki/Kangchenjunga" title="Kangchenjunga">Kangchenjunga</a> from <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Hill,_Darjeeling" title="Tiger Hill, Darjeeling">Tiger Hill</a>, View of <a href="/wiki/Siliguri" title="Siliguri">Siliguri</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Darjeeling_in_West_Bengal_(India).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Darjeeling district in West Bengal"><img alt="Location of Darjeeling district in West Bengal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Darjeeling_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg/300px-Darjeeling_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="458" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Darjeeling_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg/450px-Darjeeling_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Darjeeling_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg/600px-Darjeeling_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1039" data-file-height="1585" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Darjeeling district in West Bengal</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Darjeeling_district&params=26_52_N_88_18_E_type:adm3rd_region:IN-WB_dim:100000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°52′N</span> <span class="longitude">88°18′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.867°N 88.300°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.867; 88.300</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_West_Bengal" title="Administrative divisions of West Bengal">Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_division" title="Jalpaiguri division">Jalpaiguri</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_subdivisions_of_West_Bengal" title="List of subdivisions of West Bengal">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Sadar_subdivision" title="Darjeeling Sadar subdivision">Darjeeling Sadar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mirik_subdivision" title="Mirik subdivision">Mirik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siliguri_subdivision" title="Siliguri subdivision">Siliguri</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Community_Development_Block" class="mw-redirect" title="Community Development Block">CD Blocks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Pulbazar_(community_development_block)" title="Darjeeling Pulbazar (community development block)">Darjeeling Pulbazar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jorebunglow_Sukhiapokhri_(community_development_block)" title="Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri (community development block)">Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rangli_Rangliot_(community_development_block)" title="Rangli Rangliot (community development block)">Rangli Rangliot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mirik_(community_development_block)" title="Mirik (community development block)">Mirik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naxalbari_(community_development_block)" title="Naxalbari (community development block)">Naxalbari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kharibari_(community_development_block)" title="Kharibari (community development block)">Kharibari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phansidewa" title="Phansidewa">Phansidewa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matigara_(community_development_block)" title="Matigara (community development block)">Matigara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurseong_(community_development_block)" title="Kurseong (community development block)">Kurseong</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)">Darjeeling</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Vidhan Sabha constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Darjeeling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurseong_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurseong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Kurseong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matigara-Naxalbari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matigara-Naxalbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Matigara-Naxalbari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siliguri_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Siliguri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phansidewa_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phansidewa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Phansidewa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,149 km<sup>2</sup> (1,216 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,595,181</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">510/km<sup>2</sup> (1,300/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">727,963</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">Literacy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">79.56 per cent</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">Sex ratio</a></th><td class="infobox-data">970 <a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">♂</a>/<a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">♀</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wblangoff_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wblangoff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-minority_report_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minority_report-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a><sup id="cite_ref-minority_report_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minority_report-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Additional official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a><sup id="cite_ref-wblangoff_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wblangoff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://darjeeling.gov.in/">darjeeling<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Darjeeling District</b> is the northernmost district of the state of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> in eastern <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> in the foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>. The district is famous for its <a href="/wiki/Hill_station" title="Hill station">hill station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_tea" title="Darjeeling tea">Darjeeling tea</a>. <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a> is the district headquarters. <a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siliguri" title="Siliguri">Siliguri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mirik" title="Mirik">Mirik</a>, three major towns in the district, are the subdivisional headquarters of the district. <a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong</a> was one of the subdivisions but on 14 February 2017, it officially became a separate <a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geographically, the district can be divided into two broad divisions: the hills and the plains. The entire hilly region of the district comes under the <a href="/wiki/Gorkhaland_Territorial_Administration" title="Gorkhaland Territorial Administration">Gorkhaland Territorial Administration</a>, a semi-autonomous administrative body under the state government of West Bengal. This body covers the three hill subdivisions of Darjeeling, Kurseong and Mirik and the district of Kalimpong. The foothills of Darjeeling Himalayas, which comes under the Siliguri subdivision, is known as the <a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a>. The district is bounded on the north by <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a>, on the south by <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Dinajpur_district" title="Uttar Dinajpur district">Uttar Dinajpur district</a> of West Bengal, southwest by <a href="/wiki/Kishanganj_district" title="Kishanganj district">Kishanganj district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> state, on the southeast by <a href="/wiki/Panchagarh_District" title="Panchagarh District">Panchagarh district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, on the east by <a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_district" title="Jalpaiguri district">Jalpaiguri</a> districts, and on the west by easternmost <a href="/wiki/Koshi_Province" title="Koshi Province">Koshi Province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>. 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). As of 2011, it was the second least populous district of West Bengal (out of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of West Bengal">19</a>), after <a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Dinajpur_district" title="Dakshin Dinajpur district">Dakshin Dinajpur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The etymological term of Darjeeling is denoted "Tajenglung", a <a href="/wiki/Limbu_language" title="Limbu language">Limbu language</a> terminology that means the stones that "talk to each other", according to the historian Sankarhang Subba of Darjeeling.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name Darjeeling acclaimed from the <a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a> words <i>Dorje</i>, which is the <a href="/wiki/Vajra" title="Vajra">thunderbolt sceptre</a> of the Hindu deity <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>, and <i>ling</i>, which means "a place" or "land".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ancient inhabitants of Darjeeling are the <a href="/wiki/Lepcha_people" title="Lepcha people">Lepcha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limbu_people" title="Limbu people">Limbu</a>. </p><p>Most of Darjeeling formed a part of dominions of the <a href="/wiki/Chogyal" title="Chogyal">Chogyal</a> of Sikkim, who had been engaged in an unsuccessful warfare against the <a href="/wiki/Gurkha" title="Gurkha">Gorkhas</a> of Nepal. From 1780, the Gorkhas made several attempts to capture the entire region of Darjeeling. By the beginning of the 19th century, they had overrun Sikkim as far eastward as the <a href="/wiki/Teesta_River" title="Teesta River">Teesta River</a> and had conquered and annexed the entire <a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a>. </p><p>In the meantime, the British were engaged in preventing the Gorkhas from over-running the whole of the northern frontier. The <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Nepalese_War" title="Anglo-Nepalese War">Anglo-Gorkha</a> war broke out in 1814, which resulted in the defeat of the Gorkhas and subsequently led to the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Sugauli_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugauli Treaty">Sugauli Treaty</a> in 1815. According to the treaty, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> had to cede all those territories which the Gorkhas had annexed from the Chogyal of Sikkim to the British East India Company (i.e., the area between <a href="/wiki/Mechi_River" title="Mechi River">Mechi River</a> and Teesta River). In 1817, through the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Titalia" title="Treaty of Titalia">Treaty of Titalia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British East India Company">British East India Company</a> reinstated the Chogyal of Sikkim, restored all the tracts of land between the Mechi and the Teesta rivers to the Chogyal of Sikkim and guaranteed his sovereignty. In 1835, the hill of Darjeeling, including an enclave of 138 square miles (360 km<sup>2</sup>), was given to the British East India Company by Sikkim. </p><p>In November 1864, the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Sinchula" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Sinchula">Treaty of Sinchula</a> was executed in which the <a href="/wiki/Dooars" title="Dooars">Bhutan Dooars</a> with the passes leading into the hills and <a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong</a> were ceded to the British by <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>. The Darjeeling district can be said to have assumed its present shape and size in 1866 with an area of 1234 sq. miles. </p><p>Before 1861 and from 1870 to 1874, Darjeeling District was a "Non-Regulated Area" (where acts and regulations of the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a> did not automatically apply in the district in line with rest of the country, unless specifically extended). From 1862 to 1870, it was considered a "Regulated Area". The phrase "Non-Regulated Area" was changed to "Scheduled District" in 1874 and again to "Backward Tracts" in 1919. The status was known as "Partially Excluded Area" from 1935 until the <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence of India">independence of India</a>. </p><p>On 14 February 2017, <a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong district</a> was carved out of Darjeeling district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gorkhaland_Movement">Gorkhaland Movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gorkhaland Movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gorkhaland_movement" title="Gorkhaland movement">Gorkhaland movement</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Gurkhaland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Gurkhaland.svg/150px-Flag_of_Gurkhaland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Gurkhaland.svg/225px-Flag_of_Gurkhaland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Gurkhaland.svg/300px-Flag_of_Gurkhaland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The GNLF flag.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 1980s, the <a href="/wiki/Gorkha_National_Liberation_Front" title="Gorkha National Liberation Front">Gorkha National Liberation Front</a> led an intensive and often violent campaign for the creation of a separate <a href="/wiki/Gorkhaland" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorkhaland">Gorkhaland</a> state within India, across the <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>-speaking areas in northern West Bengal. The movement reached its peak around 1986–1988 but ended with the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Gorkha_Hill_Council" title="Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council">Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council</a> in 1988. </p><p>The hill areas of Darjeeling enjoyed some measure of autonomy under the <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Gorkha_Hill_Council" title="Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council">Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council</a>. However, the demand for full statehood within India has emerged once again, with the <a href="/wiki/Gorkha_Janmukti_Morcha" title="Gorkha Janmukti Morcha">Gorkha Janmukti Morcha</a> as its chief proponent.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Gorkhaland_Territorial_Administration" title="Gorkhaland Territorial Administration">Gorkhaland Territorial Administration</a> replaced the DGHC in August 2012 after the GJM signed an agreement with the government.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Batasia_Loop_of_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Batasia_Loop_of_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg/220px-Batasia_Loop_of_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Batasia_Loop_of_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg/330px-Batasia_Loop_of_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Batasia_Loop_of_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg/440px-Batasia_Loop_of_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1020" /></a><figcaption>Batasia Loop, Darjeeling</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darjeeling_Tea_Garden.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Darjeeling_Tea_Garden.JPG/200px-Darjeeling_Tea_Garden.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Darjeeling_Tea_Garden.JPG/300px-Darjeeling_Tea_Garden.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Darjeeling_Tea_Garden.JPG/400px-Darjeeling_Tea_Garden.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>A tea garden in Darjeeling.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Darjeeling hill area is formed of comparatively recent rock structure that has a direct bearing on landslides. Heavy monsoon precipitation contributes to the landslides. Soils of Darjeeling hill areas are extremely varied, depending on elevation, degree of slope, vegetative cover and geolithology. </p><p> The Himalayas serve as the source of natural resources for the population residing in the hills as well as in the plains. As human population expands in the hills, forests are being depleted for the extension of agricultural lands, introduction of new settlements, roadways, etc. The growing changes coming in the wake of urbanisation and industrialisation leave deep impressions on the hill ecosystem.</p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bridge_at_Teesta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bridge_at_Teesta.jpg/200px-Bridge_at_Teesta.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bridge_at_Teesta.jpg/300px-Bridge_at_Teesta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Bridge_at_Teesta.jpg/400px-Bridge_at_Teesta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Coronation_Bridge" title="Coronation Bridge">Coronation Bridge</a> over <a href="/wiki/Teesta_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Teesta river">Teesta river</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The economy of Darjeeling hill area depends on tea production, horticulture, agriculture, forestry and tourism. The major portions of the forests are today found at elevations of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) and above. The area in between 1,000 and 2,000 metres (3,300 and 6,600 ft) is cleared either for tea plantation or cultivation. About 30 per cent of the forest covers found in the lower hills are deciduous. Evergreen forest constitutes only about 6 per cent of the total forest coverage. <i><a href="/wiki/Shorea_robusta" title="Shorea robusta">Shorea robusta</a></i> remains the most prominent species of tropical moist deciduous forest along with heavy undergrowth. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Teesta_River" title="Teesta River">Teesta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rangeet_River" title="Rangeet River">Rangeet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mechi_River" title="Mechi River">Mechi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balason_River" title="Balason River">Balason</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahananda_River" title="Mahananda River">Mahananda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rammam_river" title="Rammam river">Rammam</a> are the important rivers of the district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Darjeeling </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16<br />(61) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16<br />(61) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15<br />(58) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(52) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−3<br />(27) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(0.5) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(4.1) </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">216<br />(8.5) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">589<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">798<br />(31.4) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">638<br />(25.1) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">447<br />(17.6) </td> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">130<br />(5.1) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(0.3) </td> <td style="background: #00007D; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,037<br />(119.6) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT004930">http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT004930</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Area">Area</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darjeeling_Town_109.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Darjeeling_Town_109.jpg/220px-Darjeeling_Town_109.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Darjeeling_Town_109.jpg/330px-Darjeeling_Town_109.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Darjeeling_Town_109.jpg/440px-Darjeeling_Town_109.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Darjeeling Municipal Area</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subdivisions">Subdivisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darjeeling District comprises four subdivisions: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Sadar_subdivision" title="Darjeeling Sadar subdivision">Darjeeling Sadar subdivision</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurseong_subdivision&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kurseong subdivision (page does not exist)">Kurseong subdivision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirik_subdivision" title="Mirik subdivision">Mirik subdivision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_subdivision" title="Siliguri subdivision">Siliguri subdivision</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assembly_constituencies">Assembly constituencies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Assembly constituencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurseong_Station,_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway_1031.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Kurseong_Station%2C_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway_1031.jpg/220px-Kurseong_Station%2C_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway_1031.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Kurseong_Station%2C_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway_1031.jpg/330px-Kurseong_Station%2C_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway_1031.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Kurseong_Station%2C_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway_1031.jpg/440px-Kurseong_Station%2C_Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway_1031.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Kurseong Station, <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway" title="Darjeeling Himalayan Railway">Darjeeling Himalayan Railway</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The district was previously divided into six <a href="/wiki/Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Assembly constituency">assembly constituencies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per the order of the <a href="/wiki/Delimitation_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Delimitation Commission">Delimitation Commission</a> in respect of the <a href="/wiki/Delimitation_of_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Delimitation of constituencies">delimitation of constituencies</a> in West Bengal, the district had been divided into six assembly constituencies.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kalimpong has become a separate district from 14 February 2017, so the number of assembly constituencies in Darjeeling district is now five. </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Darjeeling</a> (assembly constituency no. 23)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurseong_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurseong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Kurseong</a> (assembly constituency no. 24)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matigara-Naxalbari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matigara-Naxalbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Matigara-Naxalbari (SC)</a> (assembly constituency no. 25)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Siliguri</a> (assembly constituency no. 26)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phansidewa_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phansidewa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Phansidewa (ST)</a> (assembly constituency no. 27)</li></ol> <p>Phansidewa constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. Matigara-Naxalbari constituency is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. Along with one assembly constituency from <a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong district</a> and one assembly constituency from <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Dinajpur_district" title="Uttar Dinajpur district">Uttar Dinajpur district</a>, the five assembly constituencies of this district form the <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)">Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;margin:0.5em auto;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">265,780</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">279,899</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.52%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">294,237</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.50%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">332,061</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.22%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">390,899</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.64%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">459,617</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.63%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">624,640</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.12%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">781,777</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.27%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,024,269</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.74%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,299,919</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+2.41%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,609,172</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.16%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,846,823</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.39%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">source:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg/200px-Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg/300px-Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg/400px-Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway" title="Darjeeling Himalayan Railway">Darjeeling Toy Train</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darjeeling_railway_station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Darjeeling_railway_station.jpg/200px-Darjeeling_railway_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Darjeeling_railway_station.jpg/300px-Darjeeling_railway_station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Darjeeling_railway_station.jpg/400px-Darjeeling_railway_station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_railway_station" title="Darjeeling railway station">Darjeeling railway station</a> an outside view</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurseong_Toy_train.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Kurseong_Toy_train.jpg/200px-Kurseong_Toy_train.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Kurseong_Toy_train.jpg/300px-Kurseong_Toy_train.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Kurseong_Toy_train.jpg/400px-Kurseong_Toy_train.jpg 2x" data-file-width="929" data-file-height="622" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway" title="Darjeeling Himalayan Railway">Darjeeling Himalayan Railway</a> toy train at <a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a> station</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_census_of_India" title="2011 census of India">2011 census</a> Darjeeling district has a <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">population</a> of 1,846,823,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly equal to the population of <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cia_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gives it a ranking of 257th in India (out of a total of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">640</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district has a population density of 586 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,520/sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Family_planning_in_India" title="Family planning in India">population growth rate</a> over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.77%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darjeeling has a <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 970 <a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">females</a> for every 1000 males,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">literacy rate</a> of 79.56%.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Kalimpong district was separated its population was 1,595,181, of which 671,1771 (42.11%) live in urban areas. The residual district has a sex ratio of 972 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.86% and 20.21% of the population respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_West_Bengal_districts_ranked_by_literacy_rate" title="List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate">List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate</a></div> <p>In 2001, the population of the district was 1,609,172. The rural population was 1,088,740 and urban population was 520,432. Total males were 830,644 and females were 778,528. The density of population was 511 per km<sup>2</sup>. The decennial population growth rate (1991–2001) was 23.79%.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The hills have a population of 624,061 which is nearly 40% of the population. The original inhabitants of the Darjeeling Hills were the <a href="/wiki/Lepcha_people" title="Lepcha people">Lepcha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limbu_people" title="Limbu people">Limbu</a> (the ravine people, as they prefer themselves to be known as). Other communities with a long history in the district include the <a href="/wiki/Tamang_people" title="Tamang people">Tamang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yakkha_people" title="Yakkha people">Yakkha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rai_people" title="Rai people">Rai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gurung" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurung">Gurung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magar_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Magar people">Magar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newar" class="mw-redirect" title="Newar">Newar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thami" title="Thami">Thami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chettri" title="Chettri">Chettri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahun" title="Bahun">Bahun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kami_people" title="Kami people">Kami</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Damai" title="Damai">Damai</a>. There is also a sizeable population of <a href="/wiki/Tibetans" title="Tibetans">Tibetans</a> who arrived from <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a> since the 1950s. Over time, the ethnic distinctions between the hill people have blurred and today most identify as Gorkha and speak <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a> only as mother tongue.<sup id="cite_ref-darjgov_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-darjgov-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the plains, the <a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengalis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rajbanshi_people" title="Rajbanshi people">Rajbongshis</a> are in majority while there are large numbers of Gorkhas and <a href="/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi">Adivasis</a>, the latter of which migrated from <a href="/wiki/Chota_Nagpur_Plateau" title="Chota Nagpur Plateau">Chotanagpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Santhal_Parganas" class="mw-redirect" title="Santhal Parganas">Santhal Parganas</a> during British rule as tea garden workers. Both in the hills and plains are various migrants from other regions including <a href="/wiki/Biharis" title="Biharis">Biharis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marwaris" class="mw-redirect" title="Marwaris">Marwaris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punjabis" title="Punjabis">Punjabis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-darjgov_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-darjgov-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religion in Darjeeling district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_West_Bengal" title="Hinduism in West Bengal">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:76.06%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">76.06%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:yellow; width:9.81%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">9.81%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_West_Bengal" title="Christianity in West Bengal">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:dodgerblue; width:6.54%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.54%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_West_Bengal" title="Islam in West Bengal">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:6.34%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.34%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others*</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:red; width:0.78%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.78%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.47%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.47%</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="padding:5px; text-align:left;"><small>Others includes faiths like <a href="/wiki/Kirat_Mundhum" title="Kirat Mundhum">Kirat Mundhum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bon" title="Bon">Bon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mun_(religion)" title="Mun (religion)">Mun</a></small></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion in present-day Darjeeling district </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion </th> <th>Population (1941)<sup id="cite_ref-1941religion_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1941religion-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 90–91">: 90–91 </span></sup> </th> <th>Percentage (1941) </th> <th>Population (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Percentage (2011) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_West_Bengal" title="Hinduism in West Bengal">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/31px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </td> <td>142,568 </td> <td>47.95% </td> <td>1,213,326 </td> <td>76.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tribal religion <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirat_flag-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Kirat_flag-02.jpg/15px-Kirat_flag-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Kirat_flag-02.jpg/23px-Kirat_flag-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Kirat_flag-02.jpg/30px-Kirat_flag-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="2625" /></a></span> </td> <td>109,627 </td> <td>36.87% </td> <td>12,460 </td> <td>0.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_West_Bengal" title="Islam in West Bengal">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </td> <td>8,801 </td> <td>2.96% </td> <td>101,088 </td> <td>6.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_West_Bengal" title="Christianity in West Bengal">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </td> <td>1,885 </td> <td>0.63% </td> <td>104,395 </td> <td>6.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/15px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/23px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/30px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="697" /></a></span> </td> <td>--- </td> <td>--- </td> <td>156,552 </td> <td>9.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>34,446 </td> <td>11.59% </td> <td>7,360 </td> <td>0.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total Population</b> </td> <td><b>297,327</b> </td> <td><b>100%</b> </td> <td><b>1,595,181</b> </td> <td><b>100%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Hinduism is the majority religion in both the hills and plains. Buddhism and Kirat Mudhum are almost entirely present in the hills. Christianity is primarily in the hills, although there are significant numbers among the tea tribes in the plains. Islam is almost entirely found in the plains.<sup id="cite_ref-religion_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; 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top:100px; border-width:85.720325505394px 51.497823208844px 0 0; border-top-color:orchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orchid"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 135.47821991755px 100px 0; border-right-color:lightcoral"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:lightcoral"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages spoken in Darjeeling district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-languages_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:lightcoral; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a> (39.88%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orchid; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> (26.51%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> (10.95%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:plum; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Rangpuri_language" title="Rangpuri language">Rajbongshi</a> (6.17%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:burlywood; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sadri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadri language">Sadri</a> (5.38%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:mediumseagreen; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Kurukh_language" title="Kurukh language">Kurukh</a> (2.52%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a> (1.50%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:darkturquoise; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a> (1.15%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:mediumpurple; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> 'Other' Bengali (1.04%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Others (4.90%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>At the time of the 2011 census, 39.88% of the population spoke <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>, 26.51% <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, 10.95% <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, 6.17% <a href="/wiki/Rangpuri_language" title="Rangpuri language">Rajbongshi</a>, 5.38% <a href="/wiki/Sadri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadri language">Sadri</a>, 2.52% <a href="/wiki/Kurukh_language" title="Kurukh language">Kurukh</a>, 1.50% <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a> and 1.15% <a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a> as their first language. 1.04% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Bengali.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to 1951 Census, about 26% of the population in the three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling district (including Kalimpong) spoke Nepali as mother language.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other languages formerly spoken in the hills included <a href="/wiki/Limbu_language" title="Limbu language">Limbu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamang_language" title="Tamang language">Tamang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magar_language" title="Magar language">Magar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gurung_language" title="Gurung language">Gurung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rai_people" title="Rai people">Rai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunwar_language" title="Sunwar language">Sunuwar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yakkha_language" title="Yakkha language">Yakkha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newar_language" title="Newar language">Newar</a>. </p><p>Bengali is the official language of the district, with <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a> declared as co-official only in <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Sadar_subdivision" title="Darjeeling Sadar subdivision">Darjeeling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a> subdivisions.<sup id="cite_ref-nclm50_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nclm50-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-darjgov_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-darjgov-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nepali is the dominant language in the hill divisions, spoken by more than 90% of the people in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Mirik subdivisions, although most hill inhabitants are not from <a href="/wiki/Khas_people" title="Khas people">Khas</a> communities. Several hundred of the original hill inhabitants still speak their original languages although the vast majority now speak only Nepali.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main language of the <a href="/wiki/Siliguri_subdivision" title="Siliguri subdivision">Siliguri subdivision</a> is Bengali. It is followed by a sizeable number of <a href="/wiki/Rangpuri_language" title="Rangpuri language">Kamatpuri</a> or Rajbongshi speakers. Among the Adivasis, Sadri is the main language although some still speak their original languages like Kurukh, <a href="/wiki/Mundari_language" title="Mundari language">Mundari</a> and Santali.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darjeeling district is home to <a href="/wiki/Singalila_National_Park" title="Singalila National Park">Singalila National Park</a>, which was set up in 1986 as a wildlife sanctuary and converted to a <a href="/wiki/National_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="National parks">national park</a> in 1992. It has an area of 78.60 km<sup>2</sup> (30.3 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Darjeeling district has three <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_Sanctuaries_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildlife Sanctuaries in India">wildlife sanctuaries</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jore_Pokhri_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Jore Pokhri Wildlife Sanctuary">Jorepokhri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahananda_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary">Mahananda</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Senchal_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary">Senchal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographical_indication">Geographical indication</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Geographical indication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kalonunia_rice" title="Kalonunia rice">Kalonunia rice</a> was awarded the <a href="/wiki/List_of_geographical_indications_in_India" title="List of geographical indications in India">Geographical Indication</a> (GI) status tag from the <a href="/wiki/Geographical_Indication_Registry_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographical Indication Registry (India)">Geographical Indications Registry</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Union Government of India</a> on 2 January 2024 (valid until 11 March 2034). It is a common and widely cultivated crop in districts of <a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_district" title="Cooch Behar district">Cooch Behar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_district" title="Jalpaiguri district">Jalpaiguri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alipurduar_district" title="Alipurduar district">Alipurduar</a> along with some parts of Darjeeling and <a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong</a> districts of West Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>State Agricultural Management & Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) from <a href="/wiki/Narendrapur" title="Narendrapur">Narendrapur</a>, proposed the GI registration of Kalonunia rice. After filing the application in March 2021, the rice was granted the GI tag in 2024 by the Geographical Indication Registry in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, making the name "Kalonunia rice" exclusive to the rice grown in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It thus became the third rice variety from West Bengal after <a href="/wiki/Tulaipanji_rice" title="Tulaipanji rice">Tulaipanji rice</a> and the 26th type of goods from West Bengal to earn the GI tag. </p><p>The GI tag protects the rice from illegal selling and marketing, and gives it legal protection and a unique identity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gorkhaland_Territorial_Administration" title="Gorkhaland Territorial Administration">Gorkhaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorkha_Janmukti_Morcha" title="Gorkha Janmukti Morcha">Gorkha Janmukti Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorkha_National_Liberation_Front" title="Gorkha National Liberation Front">Gorkha National Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Darjeeling_Limited" title="The Darjeeling Limited">The Darjeeling Limited</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darjeeling_district&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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of Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bengal" title="History of Bengal">History of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Nepal" title="History of Nepal">History of Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorkha_National_Liberation_Front" title="Gorkha National Liberation Front">Gorkha National Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorkhaland" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorkhaland">Gorkhaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Gorkha_Hill_Council" title="Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council">Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Municipality" title="Darjeeling Municipality">Darjeeling Municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)">Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td 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and Transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_tea" title="Darjeeling tea">Darjeeling tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrace_(earthworks)" title="Terrace (earthworks)">Terrace fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattabong_Tea_Garden" title="Pattabong Tea Garden">Pattabong Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Valley_Tea_Estate" title="Happy Valley Tea Estate">Happy Valley Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_India" title="Tourism in India">Tourism in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal#Economy" title="West Bengal">Economy of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Darjeeling" title="Transport in Darjeeling">Transport in Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway" title="Darjeeling Himalayan Railway">Darjeeling Himalayan Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katihar%E2%80%93Siliguri_line" title="Katihar–Siliguri line">Katihar–Siliguri line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagdogra_Airport" title="Bagdogra Airport">Bagdogra Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Ropeway" title="Darjeeling Ropeway">Darjeeling Ropeway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamang_people" title="Tamang people">Tamang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherpa_people" title="Sherpa people">Sherpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rai_people" title="Rai people">Rai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lepcha_people" title="Lepcha people">Lepcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutia" title="Bhutia">Bhutia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolmo_people" title="Yolmo people">Yolmo/Yamloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miji_people" title="Miji people">Miji/Damai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kami_(caste)" title="Kami 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Rumfaat">Tendong Lho Rumfaat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maghe_Sankranti" title="Maghe Sankranti">Maghe Sankranti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chotrul_Duchen" title="Chotrul Duchen">Chotrul Duchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Refugee_Self_Help_Centre" title="Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre">Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghum_Monastery" title="Ghum Monastery">Ghum Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutia_Busty_Monastery" title="Bhutia Busty Monastery">Bhutia Busty Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mag-Dhog_Yolmowa_Monastery" title="Mag-Dhog Yolmowa Monastery">Mag-Dhog Yolmowa Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_Pagoda,_Darjeeling" title="Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling">Peace Pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahakal_Temple,_Darjeeling" title="Mahakal Temple, Darjeeling">Mahakal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chowrasta_(Darjeeling)" title="Chowrasta (Darjeeling)">Chowrasta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_development_blocks_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Community development blocks in India">Community development<br />blocks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Sadar_subdivision" title="Darjeeling Sadar subdivision">Darjeeling Sadar subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Pulbazar_(community_development_block)" title="Darjeeling Pulbazar (community development block)">Darjeeling Pulbazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorebunglow_Sukhiapokhri_(community_development_block)" title="Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri (community development block)">Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangli_Rangliot_(community_development_block)" title="Rangli Rangliot (community development block)">Rangli Rangliot</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurseong_subdivision&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kurseong subdivision (page does not exist)">Kurseong subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mirik_(community_development_block)" title="Mirik (community development block)">Mirik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurseong_(community_development_block)" title="Kurseong (community development block)">Kurseong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_subdivision" title="Siliguri subdivision">Siliguri subdivision</a></th><td 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Sadar_subdivision" title="Darjeeling Sadar subdivision">Darjeeling Sadar subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badamtam_Tea_Garden" title="Badamtam Tea Garden">Badamtam Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chongtong_Tea_Garden" title="Chongtong Tea Garden">Chongtong Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ging_Tea_Garden" title="Ging Tea Garden">Ging Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangarjung_Tea_Garden_(Nagri)" title="Mangarjung Tea Garden (Nagri)">Mangarjung Tea Garden (Nagri)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rongmook_Ceder_Tea_Garden" title="Rongmook Ceder Tea Garden">Rongmook Ceder Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singtam_Tea_Garden" title="Singtam Tea Garden">Singtam Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonada" title="Sonada">Sonada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhiapokhri" class="mw-redirect" title="Sukhiapokhri">Sukhiapokhri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurseong_subdivision&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kurseong subdivision (page does not exist)">Kurseong subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cart_Road" title="Cart Road">Cart Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mirik_subdivision" title="Mirik subdivision">Mirik subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mirik" title="Mirik">Mirik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_subdivision" title="Siliguri subdivision">Siliguri subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bara_Mohansingh" title="Bara Mohansingh">Bara Mohansingh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bairatisal" title="Bairatisal">Bairatisal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimram" title="Bhimram">Bhimram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Bagdogra" title="Dakshin Bagdogra">Dakshin Bagdogra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumriguri" title="Dumriguri">Dumriguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geni,_Siliguri" title="Geni, Siliguri">Geni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jitu,_Siliguri" title="Jitu, Siliguri">Jitu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalkut,_Siliguri" title="Kalkut, Siliguri">Kalkut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharibari" title="Kharibari">Kharibari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalman" title="Lalman">Lalman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathapari" title="Mathapari">Mathapari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyamdhan" title="Shyamdhan">Shyamdhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri" title="Siliguri">Siliguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tari,_Siliguri" title="Tari, Siliguri">Tari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Bagdogra" title="Uttar Bagdogra">Uttar Bagdogra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Locations<br /><small>other than cities and towns</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Sadar_subdivision" title="Darjeeling Sadar subdivision">Darjeeling Sadar subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bijanbari" title="Bijanbari">Bijanbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamong_Tea_Garden" title="Chamong Tea Garden">Chamong Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhajea_Tea_Garden" title="Dhajea Tea Garden">Dhajea Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghum,_West_Bengal" title="Ghum, West Bengal">Ghum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorebungalow" title="Jorebungalow">Jorebungalow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebong_%26_Mineral_Spring_Tea_Garden" title="Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden">Lebong & Mineral Spring Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodhoma" title="Lodhoma">Lodhoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manebhanjyang,_Darjeeling" title="Manebhanjyang, Darjeeling">Manebhanjyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariabong_Tea_Garden" title="Mariabong Tea Garden">Mariabong Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagri_Farm_Tea_Garden" title="Nagri Farm Tea Garden">Nagri Farm Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Valley_Tea_Garden" title="Orange Valley Tea Garden">Orange Valley Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peshok_Tea_Garden" title="Peshok Tea Garden">Peshok Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pokhriabong" title="Pokhriabong">Pokhriabong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poobong_Tea_Garden" title="Poobong Tea Garden">Poobong Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattabong_Tea_Garden" title="Pattabong Tea Garden">Pattabong Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangli_Rangliot" title="Rangli Rangliot">Rangli Rangliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rimbick" title="Rimbick">Rimbick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishihat_Tea_Garden" title="Rishihat Tea Garden">Rishihat Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandakphu" title="Sandakphu">Sandakphu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singla_Tea_Garden" title="Singla Tea Garden">Singla Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soom_Tea_Garden" title="Soom Tea Garden">Soom Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungma_Tea_Garden" title="Sungma Tea Garden">Sungma Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takdah" title="Takdah">Takdah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teesta_Valley_Tea_Garden" title="Teesta Valley Tea Garden">Teesta Valley Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonglu,_West_Bengal" title="Tonglu, West Bengal">Tonglu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumsong_Tea_Garden" title="Tumsong Tea Garden">Tumsong Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tukvar_Tea_Garden" title="Tukvar Tea Garden">Tukvar Tea Garden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurseong_subdivision&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kurseong subdivision (page does not exist)">Kurseong subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambootia" title="Ambootia">Ambootia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giddapahar" title="Giddapahar">Giddapahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayabari" title="Gayabari">Gayabari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longview_Tea_Garden" title="Longview Tea Garden">Longview Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangpu" title="Mangpu">Mangpu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monteviot_Tea_Garden" title="Monteviot Tea Garden">Monteviot Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohini_Tea_Garden" title="Rohini Tea Garden">Rohini Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simulbari_Tea_Garden" title="Simulbari Tea Garden">Simulbari Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sittong" title="Sittong">Sittong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukna,_Darjeeling" title="Sukna, Darjeeling">Sukna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tindharia" title="Tindharia">Tindharia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mirik_subdivision" title="Mirik subdivision">Mirik subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Panighatta" title="Panighatta">Panighatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singbulli_Tea_Garden" title="Singbulli Tea Garden">Singbulli Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soureni" title="Soureni">Soureni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_subdivision" title="Siliguri subdivision">Siliguri subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagdogra" title="Bagdogra">Bagdogra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batasi" title="Batasi">Batasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengdubi" title="Bengdubi">Bengdubi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matigarahat" title="Matigarahat">Matigarahat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohorgon_Tea_Garden" title="Mohorgon Tea Garden">Mohorgon Tea Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxalbari" title="Naxalbari">Naxalbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panitanki" title="Panitanki">Panitanki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phansidewa,_Darjeeling" title="Phansidewa, Darjeeling">Phansidewa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tea estates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arya_Tea_Estate" title="Arya Tea Estate">Arya Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avongrove_Tea_Estate" title="Avongrove Tea Estate">Avongrove Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badamtam_Tea_Estate" title="Badamtam Tea Estate">Badamtam Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balasun_Tea_Estate" title="Balasun Tea Estate">Balasun Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castleton_Tea_Estate" title="Castleton Tea Estate">Castleton Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenburn_Tea_Estate" title="Glenburn Tea Estate">Glenburn Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopaldhara_Tea_Estate" title="Gopaldhara Tea Estate">Gopaldhara Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goomtee_Tea_Estate" title="Goomtee Tea Estate">Goomtee Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Valley_Tea_Estate" title="Happy Valley Tea Estate">Happy Valley Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jungpana_Tea_Estate" title="Jungpana Tea Estate">Jungpana Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lopchu_Tea_Estate" title="Lopchu Tea Estate">Lopchu Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makaibari_Tea_Estate" title="Makaibari Tea Estate">Makaibari Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret%27s_Hope_Tea_Estate" title="Margaret's Hope Tea Estate">Margaret's Hope Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Tukvar_Tea_Estate" title="North Tukvar Tea Estate">North Tukvar Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okayti_Tea_Estate" title="Okayti Tea Estate">Okayti Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoobsering_Tea_Estate" title="Phoobsering Tea Estate">Phoobsering Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phuguri_Tea_Estate" title="Phuguri Tea Estate">Phuguri Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pussimbing_Tea_Estate" title="Pussimbing Tea Estate">Pussimbing Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puttabong_Tea_Estate" title="Puttabong Tea Estate">Puttabong Tea Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurbo_Tea_Estate" title="Thurbo Tea Estate">Thurbo Tea Estate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Template"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Symbol_template_class_pink.svg/16px-Symbol_template_class_pink.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" 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href="/wiki/Banglar_Mati_Banglar_Jol" title="Banglar Mati Banglar Jol">Banglar Mati Banglar Jol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_animals" title="List of Indian state animals">Animal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fishing_cat" title="Fishing cat">Fishing cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_birds" title="List of Indian state birds">Bird</a>: <a href="/wiki/White-throated_kingfisher" title="White-throated kingfisher">White-throated kingfisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_flowers" title="List of Indian state flowers">Flower</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis" title="Nyctanthes arbor-tristis">Night-flowering jasmine (Shiuli)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_trees" title="List of Indian state trees">Tree</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alstonia_scholaris" title="Alstonia scholaris">Devil's tree (Saptaparni)</a></li> <li>Fish: <a href="/wiki/Ilish" title="Ilish">Ilish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bengal" title="History of Bengal">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gauda_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauda Kingdom">Gauda Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shashanka" title="Shashanka">Shashanka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sena_dynasty" title="Sena dynasty">Sena dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallabhum_kingdom" title="Mallabhum kingdom">Mallabhum kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_State" title="Cooch Behar State">Cooch Behar State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bengal" title="Nawabs of Bengal">Nawabs of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle of Plassey">Battle of Plassey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Bengal_famine_of_1770" title="Great Bengal famine of 1770">Great Bengal famine of 1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_Raj" title="Bardhaman Raj">Bardhaman Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadia_Raj" title="Nadia Raj">Nadia Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_Raj" title="Jhargram Raj">Jhargram Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovabazar_Raj" title="Sovabazar Raj">Sovabazar Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)" title="Partition of Bengal (1905)">Partition of Bengal (1905)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_movement_for_Indian_independence" title="Revolutionary movement for Indian independence">Revolutionary movement for Indian independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anushilan_Samiti" title="Anushilan Samiti">Anushilan Samiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugantar" title="Jugantar">Jugantar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_Action_Day" title="Direct Action Day">Direct Action Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noakhali_riots" title="Noakhali riots">Noakhali riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1947)" title="Partition of Bengal (1947)">Partition of Bengal (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement_(Manbhum)" title="Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)">Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxalite%E2%80%93Maoist_insurgency" title="Naxalite–Maoist insurgency">Naxalite–Maoist insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_history_of_Bengal" title="Maritime history of Bengal">Maritime history of Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_West_Bengal" title="Geography of West Bengal">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Basin" title="Bengal Basin">Bengal Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_hill_region" title="Darjeeling Himalayan hill region">Darjeeling Himalayan hill region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bengal_plains" title="North Bengal plains">North Bengal plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dooars" title="Dooars">Dooars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rarh_region" title="Rarh region">Rarh region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans" title="Sundarbans">Sundarbans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajjabhumi" title="Vajjabhumi">Western plateau and high lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganges_Delta" title="Ganges Delta">Ganges Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_West_Bengal" title="Climate of West Bengal">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandakphu" title="Sandakphu">Sandakphu (Highest point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_West_Bengal" title="List of protected areas of West Bengal">Protected areas of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_West_Bengal" title="Category:Rivers of West Bengal">Rivers of West Bengal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_River" title="Brahmaputra River">Brahmaputra River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teesta_River" title="Teesta River">Teesta River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoai" title="Khoai">Khoai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Hill,_Darjeeling" title="Tiger Hill, Darjeeling">Tiger Hill, Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_Corridor" title="Siliguri Corridor">Siliguri Corridor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_West_Bengal" title="Government of West Bengal">Governance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_West_Bengal" title="List of chief ministers of West Bengal">Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_West_Bengal" title="List of governors of West Bengal">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Human_Rights_Commission" title="West Bengal Human Rights Commission">Human Rights Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_parties_in_West_Bengal" title="Category:Political parties in West Bengal">Political parties</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party (Marxist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee">Indian National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party,_West_Bengal" title="Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Lok_Sabha_constituencies_of_West_Bengal" title="Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal">Parliamentary constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Assembly constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CID_West_Bengal" title="CID West Bengal">CID West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Police" title="Kolkata Police">Kolkata Police</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">Rights groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matua_Mahasangha" title="Matua Mahasangha">Matua Mahasangha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangla_Pokkho" title="Bangla Pokkho">Bangla Pokkho</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_West_Bengal" title="Administrative divisions of West Bengal">Divisions</a> and <br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_West_Bengal" title="List of districts of West Bengal">districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Burdwan_division" title="Burdwan division">Burdwan division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birbhum_district" title="Birbhum district">Birbhum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_district" title="Hooghly district">Hooghly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschim_Bardhaman_district" title="Paschim Bardhaman district">Paschim Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purba_Bardhaman_district" title="Purba Bardhaman district">Purba Bardhaman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_division" title="Jalpaiguri division">Jalpaiguri division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alipurduar_district" title="Alipurduar district">Alipurduar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_district" title="Cooch Behar district">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_district" title="Jalpaiguri district">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Malda_division" title="Malda division">Malda division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore_district" title="Berhampore district">Berhampore</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Dinajpur_district" title="Dakshin Dinajpur district">Dakshin Dinajpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipur_district" title="Jangipur district">Jangipur</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malda_district" title="Malda district">Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_district" title="Murshidabad district">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Dinajpur_district" title="Uttar Dinajpur district">Uttar Dinajpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Medinipur_division" title="Medinipur division">Medinipur division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_district" title="Bankura district">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_district,_West_Bengal" title="Bishnupur district, West Bengal">Bishnupur</a> (declared)</li> 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