Ghum
Ghum is a locality in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri, Darjeeling, West Bengal and has an elevation of 2,165 metres. Ghum is situated nearby to the locality Jorebungalow, as well as near Jorbangala.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ghum railway station and Ghum Monastery.
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.
Ghum Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0.
Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet -high statue of the Maitreya Buddha.
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.
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 5 km south of Ghum.
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 Ghum.
Pokhriabong
Town
Pokhriabong is a village in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India. Pokhriabong is situated 10 km southwest of Ghum.
Ghum
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Ghoom”
- Location: Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.00691° or 27° 0′ 25″ northLongitude
88.25768° or 88° 15′ 28″ eastElevation
2,165 metres (7,103 feet)Open location code
7MVC2745+Q3GeoNames ID
1271239
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