Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the largest city and 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. The city is located on the banks of the Teesta River which is the second largest river in West Bengal after the Ganges, on the foothills of the Himalayas. The city is the home to the circuit bench of the Kolkata High Court, the other seat being at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Jalpaiguri features the JGEC deemed University, the second campus of the University of North Bengal, the newly built Jalpaiguri Medical College and the Biswa Bangla Krirangan/ Jalpaiguri Sports Village. It lies 35 km away from its twin city, Siliguri which is the largest metropolis of the region.
Haldibari is a city and a municipality in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Barasat Kalikrishna Girls' High School is a high school for girls in Barasat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari that occurred on 20 November 2006, when the train was in a remote part of West Bengal State, India. Five people were killed, and between fifty and twenty-five were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray says officials believe there may in fact be as many as sixty-six injured. Two passenger cars were damaged. The explosion was due to a still-undetermined cause, but terrorism is suspected. The train was about 550 kilometres (340 mi) from Kolkata.
Calcutta Girls' High School is a private school for girls in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Mekhliganj subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Mekhliganj municipality, Haldibari municipality, and two community development blocks: Mekhliganj and Haldibari. The two blocks contain 14 gram panchayats. The subdivision has its headquarters at Mekhliganj.
Chittaranjan High School is located in Chittaranjan, West Bengal, India and it provides education from the primary level up to the Senior Secondary level. The school was established in 1967. It was named after the freedom fighter Chittaranjan Das. Chittaranjan High School is a state run English medium School in West burdwan, West Bengal. It was established in the year 1949.
Mekliganj is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
Haldibari is an administrative division in Mekhliganj subdivision of Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Haldibari police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Haldibari.
The Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line is a railway line connecting Howrah with New Jalpaiguri railway station in North Bengal in the Indian state of West Bengal. The line continues through North Bengal and western part of Assam to connect with Guwahati. The Naihati–Bandel link allows trains from another terminus Sealdah in Calcutta to use this route. The line uses a major part of the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop. Many trains use an alternative line between Howrah and New Farakka, via Bardhaman and Rampurhat. Other parts of West Bengal and Bihar are well-connected to this line. It is under the administrative jurisdiction of Eastern Railway and Northeast Frontier Railway.
The Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line connecting Haldibari in Cooch Behar district and New Jalpaiguri in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal, was since 1878 part of the Kolkata–Siliguri broad-gauge route. With the partition of India in 1947, while the main part of the route lay in Pakistan, later Bangladesh, the two ends of the route lying in India were detached.. However, the route continued to be operational till the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Thereafter, the route has been closed. The rest of the line has been in use in the respective countries.
Chilahati is a border railway station in Bangladesh, situated in Nilphamari District, in Rangpur Division. It is a defunct railway transit point on the Bangladesh-India border.
Netaji Subhas Mahavidyalaya, also known as Haldibari College, established in 1985, is general degree college in Haldibari. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and commerce. The campus is in the Cooch Behar district. It is affiliated to Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University.
Haldibari railway station serves Haldibari town in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a defunct railway transit point on the Bangladesh-India border.
Jalpaiguri railway station serves Jalpaiguri city in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Raninagar Jalpaiguri Junction is a railway station and railway junction in Raninagar, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India which serves the Indian city of Jalpaiguri.
Arambagh Girls' High School is a high school in Arambag, West Bengal, India. The Bengali-medium school also offers Sanskrit language as a subject option.
The 12363 / 64 Kolkata Haldibari Intercity Express is a Superfast express train of Indian Railways - Eastern Railway zone that runs between Kolkata and Haldibari in India.
Jalpaiguri Road railway station is one of the five railway stations which serves Jalpaiguri city in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The other four are: Jalpaiguri City, Mohitnagar/Jalpaiguri Halt, New Jalpaiguri and Jalpaiguri Junction. The station is a newly built up junction station connecting the Barauni-Guwahati line and the New Mal-Changrabandha-New Cooch Behar line with the New Jalpaiguri-Haldibari line.
The West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education is the state government administered autonomous examining authority for affiliated and recognized madrasahs in West Bengal, India. Perhaps among the oldest post-secondary boards in India, it is the only madrasah board that is recognized by the Government of India.
