Kalimpong
Kalimpong district is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. In 2017, it was carved out as a separate district to become the 21st district of West Bengal.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Top destinations include Kalimpong and Rishop.
Kalimpong
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Kalimpong is a hill station in North Bengal, and the headquarters of the Kalimpong district of West Bengal. It has less to see than Darjeeling, but it is, in comparison, quiet and pleasant to walk around and explore.
Rishop
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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.
Deolo Hill
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Deolo, also spelt Dello, is a low-lying hill in West Bengal. At a height of 1914 m and 6 km away from Kalimpong, it is a getaway from that city amidst majestic mountains.
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Loleygaon
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Loleygaon is a village lying on NH 717A in the Kalimpong II CD block in the Kalimpong Sadar subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Jhalong
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Jhalong, also spelt Jholong or Jholung, is a village along the Jaldhaka River, in the Kalimpong district of West Bengal, near the border to Bhutan. It is popular among bird lovers, as it is home to a varied collection of hill birds as well as migratory waterfowl.
Kalimpong
- Type: district of India with 252,000 residents
- Description: district in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Kalimpong district”
- Neighbors: Darjeeling, East Sikkim, and South Sikkim
- Location: North Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
27.06° or 27° 3′ 36″ northLongitude of center
88.47° or 88° 28′ 12″ eastPopulation
252,000Wikidata ID
Q28769140
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Kalimpong” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “distritu de Kalimpong”
- Asturian: “Kalimpong (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Kalimpong”
- Bengali: “কালিম্পং জেলা”
- Bengali: “কালিম্পং”
- Catalan: “districte de Kalimpong”
- Dutch: “Kalimpong district”
- French: “district de Kalimpong”
- French: “District de Kalimpong”
- German: “Kalimpong”
- Gujarati: “કાલિમ્પોંગ જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “कालिम्पोंग ज़िला”
- Kashmiri: “کالِمپونٛگ ضِلہٕ”
- Malayalam: “കാലിമ്പോങ് ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “कालिंपाँग जिल्हा”
- Nepali: “कालिम्पोङ जिल्ला”
- Persian: “بخش کالیمپونگ”
- Persian: “ناحیه کالیمپونگ”
- Santali: “ᱠᱟᱞᱤᱢᱯᱚᱝ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Slovenian: “distrikt Kalimpong”
- Slovenian: “Kalimpong”
- Tamil: “காளிம்பொங் மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “కాలింపాంగ్ జిల్లా”
- Urdu: “کالمپونگ ضلع”
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