Jalapahar
Jalapahar is a ridge as well as a locality in the hilly town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. There was a British military camp in this locality in the Raj days.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Jālāpahār”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Batasia Loop and Peace Pagoda.
Batasia Loop
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Donvikro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Batasia Loop is a spiral railway created to lower the gradient of ascent of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.
Peace Pagoda
Buddhist temple
Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0.
Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling or Darjeeling Peace Pagoda is one of the Peace Pagodas designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds to help unite them in their search for world peace.
Ghum railway station
Railway station
Photo: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ghum railway station of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is situated at an altitude of 2,258 metres. The place is the home of the Ghum Monastery and the Batasia Loop, a bend of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonada and Sukhia Pokhri.
Sonada
Town
Sonada is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling District in West Bengal, India. Sonada is situated 7 km south of Jalapahar.
Sukhia Pokhri
Town
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sukhia Pokhri is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the indian state of West Bengal. It is located 11 km from Ghum on the way to Mirik. Sukhia Pokhri is situated 9 km west of Jalapahar.
Jalapahar
- Category: cantonment town
- Location: Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Dutch—“Jalapahar” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Jalapahar”
- Bengali: “জলাপাহাড়”
- Dutch: “Jalapahar”
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