Nagrakata

Nagrakata Nagarkatta
—  town  —
Nagrakata Location of Nagrakata in West Bengal and India
Coordinates	26°54′0″N 88°58′0″E / 26.9°N 88.966667°E / 26.9; 88.966667Coordinates: 26°54′0″N 88°58′0″E / 26.9°N 88.966667°E / 26.9; 88.966667
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District(s)	Jalpaiguri
Nearest city	Siliguri
Parliamentary constituency	Alipurduars
Assembly constituency	Nagrakata
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation • Coastline	• 214 metres (702 ft) • 0 kilometres (0 mi)
Codes • Pincode • 735225 • Telephone • +03565

Nagrakata (Nepali: नगरकट्टा) is head quarters of Nagrakata (Community development block) in Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India.

Tea Research Association is located here.

Geography

It is located at 26°54′0″N 88°55′0″E / 26.9°N 88.916667°E / 26.9; 88.916667 at an elevation of 214 m above MSL.^[1]

Location

National Highway 31C passes through Nagrakata.

Tea Garden

There are many tea gardens in this block, like Chengmari T.G, Kurti T.G, Bhagatpur T.G., Nagrakata T.G, Jiti TG, Hope TG, Naya Sailee TG, Hilla TG. etc.

Educational institutions

Nowadays there are many schools in this block. The main schools are.

1. Nagrakata High School (Co-ed,Bengali)
2. St. Capitanio Girls High School (Girls,Hindi)
3. St. Mary's Boarding High School (Boys,Hindi)
4. Chengmari Tea Estate High School (Co-ed,Hindi)
5. Nagrakata Hindi Madhaymik Vidyalaya (Co-ed,Hindi)
6. Sulkapara junior high school (Co-ed,Bengali)
7. Ekalavya School (Co-ed,Boarding school)

References

1. ^ http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Nagrakata.html Map and weather of Nagrakata

External links

• About Nagrakata
• Satellite map of Nagrakata