Ghum

Ghum is a locality in , , and has an elevation of 2,165 metres. Ghum is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ghum railway station and Ghum Monastery.

Railway station
Photo: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is situated at an altitude of 2,258 metres. The place is the home of the and the , a bend of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

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.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Donvikro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a spiral railway created to lower the gradient of ascent of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in of West Bengal, India.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darjeeling and Sonada.

Photo: Anilbharadwaj125, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hill station in the northern region of . It used to be a lovely Victorian town built among the Himalayan foothills, the remnants of which are still visible around the Chowrasta.

Town
is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling District in , . is situated 5 km south of Ghum.

Town
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the in the state of . It is located 11 km from Ghum on the way to . is situated 9 km west of Ghum.

Ghum

Latitude
27.00691° or 27° 0′ 25″ north
Longitude
88.25768° or 88° 15′ 28″ east
Elevation
2,165 metres (7,103 feet)
Open location code
7MVC2745+Q3
Geo­Names ID
1271239
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