Mirik
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- 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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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.