Matigara
Matigara is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Siliguri subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 197,000 residents
- Description: community development block in Darjeeling district
- Also known as: “Mātigara” and “Matigara community development block”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Matigara railway station and Siliguri Junction railway station.
Matigara railway station
Railway station
Matigara Railway Station is one of the railway stations that serve Siliguri in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The other stations are: Siliguri Junction, New Jalpaiguri, Siliguri Town, Gulma, Rangapani and Bagdogra.
Siliguri Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Siliguri Junction is one of the major and second largest railway station that serve the city of Siliguri located in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Siliguri Junction railway station is situated 3 km east of Matigara.
North Bengal Medical College and Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Subhamay Das, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Bengal Medical College and Hospital is a public medical college and hospital in Siliguri, West Bengal, India. Established in 1968, it is the first medical college in the northern region of West Bengal. North Bengal Medical College and Hospital is situated 3½ km south of Matigara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Siliguri and Bagdogra.
Siliguri
Photo: Wiki-uk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The largest city in northern West Bengal, Siliguri is a liberal and cosmopolitan city that is known for its vibrant music scene and strong youth culture.
Bagdogra
Town
Photo: Idk1989, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bagdogra, is a settlement in the Naxalbari CD block in the Siliguri subdivision of the Darjeeling district, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the Greater Siliguri Metropolitan Area. Bagdogra is situated 7 km west of Matigara.
Matigara
- Categories: community development block in West Bengal and locality
- Location: Matigara, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.72079° or 26° 43′ 15″ northLongitude
88.38421° or 88° 23′ 3″ eastPopulation
197,000Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)Open location code
7MRCP9CM+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 7156930490OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1263353Wikidata ID
Q6787438
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Santali—“Matigara” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “মাটিগাড়া সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক”
- Hindi: “माटीगौड़ा”
- Santali: “ᱢᱟᱴᱤᱜᱟᱲᱟ ᱵᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Matigara”. Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.