Alipurduar

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Alipurduar is a town in northeastern West Bengal, India, known as a gateway to the Dooars region and several nearby wildlife sanctuaries and national parks.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Alipurduar canonical 4
Alipurduar Municipality 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
additionalOfficialLanguage English
areaCode +91-3564
climate humid subtropical climate
country India
distanceFrom about 160 km from Siliguri
about 20 km from the Bhutan border
division Jalpaiguri division
governingBody Alipurduar self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alipurduar Municipality
hasClimateFeature heavy monsoon rainfall
hasForestTypeNearby tropical moist deciduous forest
hasLokSabhaConstituency Alipurduar (Lok Sabha constituency)
hasMunicipalStatus municipality
hasNearbyRiver Raidak River
Torsha River
hasRailwayStation Alipurduar Junction
New Alipurduar
hasVidhanSabhaConstituency Alipurduar (Lok Sabha constituency)
surface form: Alipurduar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
hasWildlifeTourism elephant safaris in nearby parks
historicalRegion North Bengal
surface form: Cooch Behar–Jalpaiguri area of North Bengal
knownAs gateway to the Dooars
locatedIn Alipurduar district
West Bengal
locatedInPartOf northeastern West Bengal
locatedInRegion Dooars
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time
locatedNearBorderWith Assam
Bhutan
locatedOn eastern bank of the Kaljani River
nearbyProtectedArea Buxa Tiger Reserve
Chilapata Forest
Gorumara National Park
Jaldapara National Park
nearestAirport Bagdogra Airport
officialLanguage Bengali
postalCode 736121
primaryEconomicActivity tea industry
tourism
trade in agricultural products
railwayDivisionHeadquartersOf Alipurduar railway division
railwayZone Northeast Frontier Railway (partly)
surface form: Northeast Frontier Railway zone
region Terai
surface form: Terai-Dooars region
regionType foothills of the eastern Himalayas
river Kaljani River
stateCapitalOf Alipurduar district
UTCOffset +5:30
vehicleRegistrationCode WB

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Bengal containsTown Alipurduar
Alipurduar governingBody Alipurduar self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alipurduar Municipality
Buxa Tiger Reserve nearestTown Alipurduar
North Bengal hasCity Alipurduar
subject surface form: North Bengal (India)