Chākung Reserved Forest

Chākung Reserved Forest is a forest reserve in Sikkim, Eastern India and has an elevation of 1,077 metres. Chākung Reserved Forest is situated nearby to the locality Geling, as well as near Kāmīgaon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, West Sikkim.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, West Sikkim

School

There are 661 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya schools in India. These JNVs are governed by ten different regions. These Regional Offices are at Bhopal, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna, Pune, Shillong, Ahmedabad and Bhubaneshwar region which have jurisdiction over different states and union territories of India. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, West Sikkim is situated 3 km east of Chākung Reserved Forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nayabazar and Jorethang.

Nayabazar

Village

Nayabazar is a in West Sikkim District of the Indian state of Sikkim. Covering an urban area of 0.12 kilometres, it lies close to the confluence of Rangeet River and Rammam River some 109 kilometres by road from the state capital Gangtok and 25km from Darjeeling. Nayabazar is situated 3½ km south of Chākung Reserved Forest.

Jorethang

Photo: Sharada Prasad CS, CC BY 2.0.

Jorethang is a major town in Namchi district in the Indian state of Sikkim. Jorethang lies on the bank of Rangeet River, which is a tributary of the Teesta River, on the way to Pelling from Darjeeling, Siliguri and Kalimpong.

Namchi

Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Namchi is the capital of South Sikkim. It resembles Gangtok in many ways, but is considerably more quiet and local in character, spared of the flood of domestic tourists and the catering industry that comes with it.

Chākung Reserved Forest

Type: Forest reserve
Also known as: “Chakung Reserved Forest”
Location: Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

27.16359° or 27° 9′ 49″ north

Longitude

88.26618° or 88° 15′ 58″ east

Elevation

1,077 metres (3,533 feet)

Open location code

7MVC5778+CF

GeoNames ID

10408487

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Geling and Kāmīgaon.

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