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Alipurduar
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| ?Alipurduar West Bengal • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
?? km² (Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "?" sq mi) • 125 m (410 ft) |
| District(s) | Jalpaiguri district |
| Population • Density |
73,047 (2001) • ??/km² (Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "?"/sq mi) |
| Chairman | Dipak Dey |
| Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle |
• 736 121 • +03564 • WB-70 |
Alipurduar (Bengali: আলীপুর দুয়ার) is a sub-divisional town of Jalpaiguri district, and is located at the eastern end of the district. The suffix "duar" (that is a door) has been added to the original name Alipur to differentiate it from the more well known Alipore in Kolkata and because it is located in the Duars region.
This town is an important division of the Northeast Frontier Railway.
As of 2001 India census,[1] Alipurduar had a population of 73,047. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Alipurduar has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.The town is surrounded by deep forest and tea garden. While there are two rivers flowing across the town namely kaljani and nonai.
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| Jalpaiguri | Alipurduar · Alipurduar Railway Junction · Banarhat Tea Garden · Bholar Dabri · Binnaguri · Chechakhata · Dhupguri · Falakata · Gairkata · Hasimara · Jaigaon · Jalpaiguri · Mainaguri · Malbazar · New Jalpaiguri · Paschim Jitpur · Sobhaganj · Teesta Bazaar · Uttar Kamakhyaguri · Uttar Latabari |
| Cities and towns in other districts |
Bankura · Bardhaman · Birbhum · Cooch Behar · Dakshin Dinajpur · Darjeeling · Hooghly · Howrah · Malda · Murshidabad · Nadia · North 24 Parganas · Paschim Medinipur · Purba Medinipur · Purulia · South 24 Parganas · Uttar Dinajpur |
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
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