Pedong (community development block)

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Pedong
Community development block
Pedong in Kalimpong (West Bengal).svg
Coordinates: 27°05′N88°22′E / 27.09°N 88.36°E / 27.09; 88.36
Country India
State West Bengal
District Kalimpong
Languages
 • Official Nepali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency Darjeeling
Vidhan Sabha constituency Kalimpong
Website kalimpong.gov.in

Pedong is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Kalimpong subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal. [1]

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History

In July 2021, the Kalimpong II CD block was bifurcated into two blocks – Pedong CD block with headquarters at Pedong and the Lava CD block with headquarters at Algarah. [2]

Geography

To the north of the Pedong block is the East Sikkim district of the Sikkim state, to the south and west is the Lava CD block and to the east is the Gorubathan CD block.

The block has one Panchayat Samiti and 6 Gram Panchayats. [3]

The Gram Panchayats of Pedong Block are: Lingsey, Lingseykha, Kagey, Kasyong, Sakyong and Pedong gram panchayat.

References

  1. ↑ "Kalimpong District". District Profile. District administration. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Kalimpong gets new block in Pedong". The Telegraph. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Kalimpong district gets a Pedong Block". Millennium Post. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2025.


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