Mirik

Key facts

Settlement.name: Mirik
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Mirik Sumendu Lake.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Mirik town with a view of Sumendu Lake
Settlement.pushpin_map: India West Bengal#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in West Bengal, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: West Bengal
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Darjeeling
Settlement.government_type: Notified Area
Settlement.governing_body: Mirik Notified Area
Settlement.leader_title: Chairman
Settlement.leader_name: L.B. Rai (TMC)
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 6.50

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Wikidata facts

Population: 11513
Elevation: 1495
Image: Mirik, West Bengal.jpg
Households: 2465
Dialing code: 354

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postal code: 734214
Commons category: Mirik
male population: 5688
illiterate population: 2119
literate population: 9394
female population: 5825

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History
Geography
Area overview
Demographics
Administration and health care
Legislative segment
Transportation
Accommodation
Getting around
CBSE affiliated Schools
CISCE Affiliated Schools
WBBSE and WBCHSE affiliated Schools
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Mirik is a small town and a Notified Area of Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Mirik subdivision. The name Mirik comes from the Lepcha words Mir-Yok meaning "place burnt by fire".

==History== Mirik Bazar began a commercial centre of the region where people from the surrounding villages and tea gardens came to trade and buy their necessities. The present lake area was a marshland with thick growth of sweet flag (Acorus calamus, locally called bojho). A playground stood in the present garden area where the British officers played polo.