Kalimpong

Kalimpong is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located at an average elevation of . The town is the headquarters of the Kalimpong district. The region comes under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration which is a semi-autonomous governing body within the state of West Bengal. The Indian Army's 27 Mountain Division is located on the outskirts of the city.

Key facts

Settlement.utc_offset1: +5:30
Settlement.name: Kalimpong
Settlement.native_name_lang: bn and ne
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: View of Kalimpong, India.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of Kalimpong town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India West Bengal#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: West Bengal
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kalimpong
Settlement.named_for: Kaley Bung
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.governing_body: Kalimpong Municipality
Settlement.leader_title: Chairman
Settlement.leader_name: Rabi Pradhan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Country: India
Population: 40143
Area: 1056.5
Elevation: 1247
Time zone: UTC+05:30
Image: View of Kalimpong, India.jpg
Households: 10113
Dialing code: 3552

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Commons category: Kalimpong
topic's main category: Category:Kalimpong
postal code: 734301
male population: 25100
illiterate population: 8219
literate population: 41184
female population: 24303
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

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Encyclopedic overview

20 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Geography
Climate
Economy
Transport
Roadways
Airways
Railway
Demographics
Religion
Civic administration
People, culture, and cuisine
Media
Flora and fauna
Notable people
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

Kalimpong is known for its educational institutions, many of which were established during the British colonial period. It used to be a gateway in the trade between Tibet and India before China's annexation of Tibet and the Sino-Indian War. Kalimpong and neighbouring Darjeeling were major centres calling for a separate Gorkhaland state in the 1980s, and more recently in 2010.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalimpong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.