Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. 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. 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 Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, the second campus of the University of North Bengal and the Biswa Bangla Krirangan/ Jalpaiguri Sports Village. 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.
Jamia Hamdard is an institute of higher education deemed to be university located in New Delhi, India. Established in 1989, it is a government-funded university and was formally inaugurated by then Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. In 2019, it was awarded Institute of Eminence status by Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Mainaguri is a Town and a Municipality in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is known as the "Gateway of the Dooars" and is a regionally significant tourist destination for "Jalpesh Temple" of Lord Shiva and nearby Gorumara National Park.
The West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences (WBUAFS) is a public state veterinary university in West Bengal, India. It was established on 2 January 1995 by an Act of the West Bengal legislature. It imparts education and training in veterinary and animal sciences, dairy sciences, and fishery sciences.
North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) is located in Sushrutanagar, on the outskirts of Siliguri, West Bengal, India. It is the largest and the oldest healthcare teaching institute in North Bengal region of West Bengal, serving as a tertiary referral institute. The college has teaching programs for graduation and postgraduation. It is one of the 26 government medical colleges in West Bengal and the largest in terms of area. Patient influx is also huge .The hospital has a bed strength of approx 1,500 of which 843 are officially sanctioned and caters to a large population of 15 million in North Bengal, from the surrounding states of north east India and the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. It has a Bed Occupancy Rate (BOR) of 137%, which is highest in the state.
Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision is an administrative division of the Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Jalpaiguri is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Maynaguri is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Rajganj is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kumargram is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital (CMSDH), also known as Sagar Dutta Medical College, is a tertiary referral government hospital, medical college and research institute in the state of West Bengal, India. It is situated at Kamarhati, in the suburbs of Kolkata. It has been set up by the Government of West Bengal in 2010 and started M.B.B.S. courses from 2011 to reduce the shortfall of doctors in the state. It is affiliated to the West Bengal University of Health Sciences and recognised by Medical Council of India.
The Indian state of West Bengal is the site of India's first modern university and 33 universities are listed under the University Grants Commission (India).
Jalpaiguri Polytechnic Institute is one of the oldest government polytechnic located in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India.
Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology is a central government funded engineering college, one of the 35 GFTIs under Ministry of the Education located in the Malda district of West Bengal, India. This institute was established in 2010, in the memory of A.B.A Ghani Khan Chowdhury.
Jalpaiguri Law College is a college imparting legal education in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. It was established in the year 1981. It is the only government aided Law College in the entire District and its neighboring District of Cooch Behar. The college is affiliated to University of North Bengal. This college is also approved by the Bar Council of India.
Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) conducts competitive examinations and counsellings every year for admissions in various courses of Medical, Engineering and Agricultural streams in the Institutions of Bihar. It is constituted under Bihar Acts, 1995. Office of the board is situated in IAS Association Building, Patna.
Nischintapur is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Budge Budge police station in the Budge Budge I CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Government Pharmacy Institute, Patna is a pharmacy college situated in Patna, Bihar.
Rajganj is a neighbourhood in the Rajganj CD block in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Dakshin Rampur is a census town in the Kumargram CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India.
