Jalpaiguri Zilla School

Jalpaiguri Zilla School
Jalpaiguri Zilla School
Location
	Senpara Road, Hakim Para; Jalpaiguri, West Bengal , 735101; India
Coordinates	26°31′48″N88°43′54″E / 26.5299479°N 88.7317109°E
Information
Type	Government school
Motto	Find a Way or Make It
Established	1876
Principal	Dharma Chand Barai
Number of students	1700 (approximate)
Language	Bengali & English
Campus	Urban
Campus size	c. 33538 – c. m2
Colour(s)	White and black
Affiliation	WBBSE and WBCHSE

Last updated September 16, 2025

Jalpaiguri Zilla School was established in 1876 and is an educational institution of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. The landmark red brick main building is located on the bank of River Teesta.

Infrastructure

Jalpaiguri Zilla School has about 30 classrooms and six laboratories. Five of these are for physics, chemistry, biology, computer (Linux) and geography. The last is ATL Lab (Atal Bihari Vajpayee science lab). It is a sophisticated science laboratory, the first ATL lab made in Jalpaiguri district.

The school has two playgrounds. The larger is used for cricket, football, and athletics.

A mid-day meal is served to the students.

Awards and recognition

On January 30, 2019, Jalpaiguri Zilla School became the 1st runners up in the 10th All Bengal Inter Government Schools' Sports Meet, 2018–2019, in Salt Lake, Kolkata, with 4 golds, 6 silvers and 2 bronze medals.^[1]
A student became champion in U-17 School Badminton Championships in October 2019. He took part in the national level, with becoming the leader of the West Bengal team.^[2]
Jalpaiguri Zilla School won the state level YPC (Youth Parliament Competition) on January 13, 2020, in Kolkata.^[1]
On February 2, 2020, Jalpaiguri Zilla School became the 1st runners up in the 11th All Bengal Inter Government Schools' Sports Meet, 2019–2020, in Murshidabad, with 4 golds, 5 silvers and 4 bronze medals.^[1]

Notable alumni

Pradip Kumar Banerjee — Indian footballer and football manager
Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar — Indian footballer of the 1970s
Samaresh Majumdar — Bengali novelist
Debesh Roy — Bengali novelist

References

1 2 3 "Jalpaiguri Zilla School Facebook page". Facebook . Retrieved 9 October 2020.
↑ "Ayushman Nandi departed today" . Retrieved 10 October 2020.

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[auto-1] 1 2 3 "Jalpaiguri Zilla School Facebook page". Facebook . Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[2] "Ayushman Nandi departed today" . Retrieved 10 October 2020.

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