Jayanti, Alipurduar

For other uses, see Jayanthi.

Jayanti Jainti
Hills-cum-Village
Jayanti riverbed
Jayanti Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Jayanti Jayanti (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°42′26″N89°36′41″E / 26.7072°N 89.6113°E / 26.7072; 89.6113
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Alipurduar
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB
Nearest city	Alipurduar
Lok Sabha constituency	Alipurduar
Website	alipurduar.gov.in

Jayanti is a village in the Kumargram CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in West Bengal, India. It is a tourist destination of Dooars. Jayanti borders India and Bhutan.

Geography

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5miles

A

S

S

A

M

B

H

U

T

A

N

Madhu TG

R

Buxa Hill Forest

Raydak
Forest

Chikjora River

Raydak River

Sakos River

Jayanti River

Dima River

Kaljani River

Torsha River

Chilapata
Forest

NP

Buxa
Tiger
Reserve

NPV

Buxa Fort

H

Sankos TE

TE

Kumargram TE

TE

Uttar Mandabari

R

Raimatang

R

Rajabhatkhawa

R

Kumargram

R

Jayanti

R

Jashodanga

R

Kalchini

R

Alipurduar

M

Hasimara

A

Uttar Satali

CT

Dakshin Rampur

CT

Uttar Latabari

CT

Uttar Kamakhyaguri

CT

Sobhaganj

CT

Samuktala

CT

Mechiabasti

CT

Laskarpara

CT

Jaigaon

CT

  

Places and tea estates in the eastern portion of Alipurdar subdivision (including Kalchini, Kumargram and Alipuduar II CD blocks) in Alipurduar district
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, A: Air Force Station, NP: national park/ wildlife sanctuary, TE: tea estate, H: historical site
Abbreviations used in names – TG for Tea Garden (town/village), TE for Tea Estate
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Jayanti is located at 26°42′26″N89°36′41″E / 26.7072°N 89.6113°E / 26.7072; 89.6113 .

Jayanti is a small forest village within Buxa Tiger Reserve. It is located along the Jayanti River, forming a natural border with the Bhutan hills. It is popular with hikers for its views of the surrounding landscape and wild fountains. ^[1] A 13 km trek from Buxaduar to Jayanti passes through the dense forest of the Buxa Tiger Reserve. ^[2]

Jayanti also features a stalactite cave known as Mahakal cave. ^[3]

Area overview

Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the Dooars in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the Himalayas in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns; 20.62% of the population lives in the urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Transport

The nearest railway station is Rajabhatkhawa Railway Station on the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road Line. The nearest airport is Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri.

Gallery

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  Jayanti Hills
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  At the river bed for their daily needs
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  The Jayanti river
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  Jayanti forest in Buxa

References

1. "Buxa Tiger Reserve". 2002. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
2. "Buxa Tiger Reserve: Jayanti". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
3. "Buxa National Park & Tiger Reserve" . Retrieved 1 February 2009.
4. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
5. "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
6. "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, page 13 Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

External links

• Everything about Jayanti
• Media related to Birds of Jayanti at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Butterflies of Jayanti & Samsing at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Flora of Jayanti & Samsing at Wikimedia Commons