Jalpaiguri

Jalpaiguri
From top, left-to-right:
Kanchenjunga from outskirts of Jalpaiguri city,Jalpaiguri Rajbari Gate, Raikat Temple
Jalpaiguri is located in West Bengal
Jalpaiguri
Jalpaiguri
Location in West Bengal, India
Jalpaiguri is located in India
Jalpaiguri
Jalpaiguri
Jalpaiguri (India)
Coordinates: 26°31′N 88°44′E / 26.52°N 88.73°E / 26.52; 88.73
CountryIndia
StateWest Bengal
DistrictJalpaiguri
Founded1869
Founded byBritish India
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Body
 • Chairman of Jalpaiguri MunicipalityPapia Pal
 • Chairman of SJDASourav Chakraborty
 • Sahakari Sabadhipati of Jalpaiguri Zilla ParishadSima Chowdhury
(Since 14 August 2023)
Area
 • City
12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)
Elevation
89 m (292 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • City
107,341
 • Rank19th in West Bengal
 • Density8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
 • Metro169,002
Demonym(s)Jalpaigurians, Jalpaiguribashi
Languages
 • OfficialBengali[5][6]
 • Additional officialEnglish[5]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
735101 - 735 110 (city limits), 735120 - 735134 (suburbs)
Telephone code+913561
Vehicle registrationWB - 71, WB - 72 2
Lok Sabha constituencyJalpaiguri
Vidhan Sabha constituencyJalpaiguri, Rajganj, Maynaguri, Mal, Dabgram-Fulbari, Dhupguri, Nagrakata
Per Capita Income193,726 (US$2,300) Increase (2024-25)
Precipitation3,395 mm (134 in)
Avg. annual temperature24.8 °C (77 °F)
Websitejalpaigurimunicipality.org jalpaiguri.gov.in jalpaigurizp.in
1The coordinates given here are in metric system and based upon the Microsoft Encarta Reference Library Map Center 2005 2 The Vehicle Code given here based upon the Jalpaiguri District Court documentations.

Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal.[7] It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal.[8] The city is located on the banks of the Teesta River and Karala River, on the foothills of the Himalayas.[9] The city is home to the circuit bench of the Kolkata High Court, the other seat being at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[2][3] Jalpaiguri features the Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, the second campus of the University of North Bengal and the Biswa Bangla Krirangan/ Jalpaiguri Sports Village.[10][11] It lies 35 km (22 mi) east of its twin city, Siliguri. The merging of the two cities makes it the largest metropolis of the region.

  1. ^ "History of Municipality". jalpaigurimunicipality.org. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Jalpaiguri Metropolitan Region". Jalpaiguri City Census 2011 data. Census 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Census India. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference CensusTable3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  6. ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Jalpaiguri: সিলিংয়ের দিকে তাকাতেই শরীরে হিমস্রোত জলপাইগুড়ির বিডিও কর্মীর! শুয়ে বিরাট এক ……". The Bengali Chronicle (in Bengali). 5 July 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Official Website of Jalpaiguri". jalpaiguri.gov.in. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Official Website of Jalpaiguri". jalpaiguri.gov.in. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Sports Village for Jalpaiguri". aitcofficial.org. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) on 22 March 2021
  11. ^ "Biswa Bangla Krirangan in Jalpaiguri". m.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

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