Darjeeling District, WB

Darjeeling district is the northernmost district of West Bengal state in eastern India.

The district is famous for its beautiful hill station, Darjeeling, often referred as the queen of the Himalayas and Darjeeling tea and its aroma. Kalimpong, Kurseong and Siliguri, three other major towns in the district, are the sub divisional headquarters of the district.

Geographically the district can be divided into two broad divisions, the hills and the plains.

The foot-hills of Darjeeling Himalayas, which coming under the Siliguri subdivision, is known as Terai.

Wikipedia Page for Darjeeling District : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_district

Web : http://www.darjeeling.gov.in/

Date added : November 8th, 2009