Jaigaon
Jaigaon is a city in the Dooars of West Bengal, India. It is a trading post for cross-border business with Bhutan. Unless you are planning to enter Bhutan or have an interest in construction material and fake branded clothes, there is no reason to visit Jaigaon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 159,000 residents
- Description: census town in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Jaygaon” and “Joygaon”
- Neighbors: Phuentsholing
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Phuentsholing.
Phuentsholing
Photo: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Phuentsholing, the second largest town in Bhutan, is on the Indian border, next to the town of Jaigaon.
Jaigaon
- Categories: census town of India, border city, and locality
- Location: Kalchini, Alipurduar, Northern Plains, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.8549° or 26° 51′ 18″ northLongitude
89.3767° or 89° 22′ 36″ eastPopulation
159,000Elevation
196 metres (643 feet)United Nations Location Code
IN JIGOpen location code
7MRFV93G+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 697274422OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Jaigaon” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “জয়গাঁও”
- Bishnupriya: “জয়গাঁ”
- Cebuano: “Jaigaon”
- Chinese: “Jaygaon”
- Chinese: “賈伊加奧恩”
- Chinese: “贾伊加奥恩”
- Dutch: “Jaigaon”
- French: “Jaigaon”
- German: “Jaigaon”
- German: “Jaigon”
- German: “Jaygon”
- Hebrew: “ג’ייגאון”
- Hindi: “जयगाँव”
- Hindi: “जयगांव”
- Italian: “Jaygaon”
- Kashmiri: “جیگاوں”
- Ladin: “Jaigaon”
- Malay: “Jaygaon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jaygaon”
- Newari: “जयगांव”
- Panjabi: “ਜੈਗਾਂਓ”
- Portuguese: “Jaygaon”
- Russian: “Джайгаон”
- Santali: “ᱡᱚᱭᱜᱟᱣ”
- Spanish: “Jaigaon”
- Swedish: “Jaigaon”
- Urdu: “جیگاؤں”
- Vietnamese: “Jaygaon”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jaigaon”. Photo: Palashiitd, CC BY-SA 4.0.