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.
Jayanti
Jainti | |
|---|---|
Hills-cum-Village | |
 Jayanti riverbed | |
  Jayanti Location in West Bengal, India  Jayanti Jayanti (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°42′26″N 89°36′41″E / 26.7072°N 89.6113°E | |
| 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 |
Geography edit
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Forest
Forest
Tiger
Reserve
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 edit
Jayanti is located at 26°42′26″N 89°36′41″E / 26.7072°N 89.6113°E.
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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Jayanti Hills -
At the river bed for their daily needs -
The Jayanti river -
Jayanti forest in Buxa
References edit
- ^ "Buxa Tiger Reserve". 2002. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ "Buxa Tiger Reserve: Jayanti". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ "Buxa National Park & Tiger Reserve". Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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 edit
- 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
