Lava
Lava is a town in the Kalimpong II CD block in the Kalimpong subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As it lies in the high altitude, so it is also visible from high altitude towns and villages of East Sikkim, high areas of Bhutan and also from Pakyong Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,840 residents
- Description: village in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Lava Bazar D.I.F.” and “Lava, West Bengal”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rishop and Rhenock.
Rishop
Hamlet
Photo: Arindamphotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rishop, also spelt Rishyap, is a Himalayan hamlet in the Darjeeling Hills of West Bengal. At 2591 m above sea level, it's a nice quaint village away from city crowds, with picturesque views of snow-capped mountains. Rishop is situated 3 km north of Lava.
Rhenock
Town
Photo: Masoom321, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rhenock is a town, just 29 km from Pakyong City in the Pakyong district in Sikkim, India, located on the border with the Kalimpong district of West Bengal. Rhenock is situated 10 km north of Lava.
Lava
- Categories: village in India and locality
- Location: Lava, Kalimpong, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.08646° or 27° 5′ 11″ northLongitude
88.66131° or 88° 39′ 41″ eastPopulation
1,840Elevation
2,037 metres (6,683 feet)Open location code
7MVC3MP6+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 420210807OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8659167Wikidata ID
Q6502159
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ladin—“Lava” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Lava Bazar D.I.F.”
- Asturian: “Lava”
- Bengali: “লাভা, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ”
- Bengali: “লাভা”
- Dutch: “Lava Bazar D.I.F.”
- Dutch: “Lava, West Bengal”
- French: “Lava (Bengale-Occidental)”
- French: “Lava”
- Ladin: “Lava”
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