Madarihat

Madarihat
মাদারিহাট
village
Madarihat

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 26°42′00″N 89°17′00″E / 26.7000°N 89.2833°E / 26.7000; 89.2833Coordinates: 26°42′00″N 89°17′00″E / 26.7000°N 89.2833°E / 26.7000; 89.2833
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Alipurduar district
Talukas Alipurduar subdivision
Population
  Total 47,187
Languages
  Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 735220
Lok Sabha constituency Alipurduars (ST)
Vidhan Sabha constituency Madarihat (ST)

Madarihat (Bengali: মাদারিহাট Nepali: मदारीहाट) is a small village located in the Alipurduar subdivision of Alipurduar district, West Bengal, India. This village is situated on the outskirts of Jaldapara National Park which is famous for Indian rhinoceros. This is one of the main tourist spot in North Bengal surrounded by tea gardens, forests, hill and small rivers and also having a great diversity in the population. Madarihat is also world famous for the local wooden furniture.

Transport

The local train station, Madarihat, is connected by the newly converted broad gauge New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road Line. The train line leads through the forests and tea gardens of North Bengal. This train line is also connected to the major cities of India like Delhi, Kolkata, Ranchi and Patna. However, the important stations are Birpara, Hasimara both of which are 20 km away and New Alipurduar (50 km away), New Cooch Behar (80 km) and New Jalpaiguri (140 km). Bagdogra Airport is the nearest airport.(140 km) It is located on the NH 31 (Siliguri-Hasimara) and is connected with Siliguri and other places in North Bengal. North Bengal State Transport Corporation buses, Bhutan Government buses, minibuses are available from Siliguri to Alipurduar via Madarihat. Private cars can be hired at Siliguri.

External links

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