Nagrakata

Nagrakata.t.e
Nagrakata.t.e
Town
	Nagrakata.t.e Location in West Bengal, India Nagrakata.t.e Nagrakata.t.e (India)
	Coordinates: 26°54′0″N 88°58′0″E / 26.90000°N 88.96667°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Elevation	214 m (702 ft)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English, Gorkhali, Santhali,
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	735225
Telephone code	03565
Vehicle registration	WB
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Siliguri
Lok Sabha constituency	Alipurduars
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Nagrakata
Website	wb.gov.in

Nagrakata is headquarters of Nagrakata (Community development block) in Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India.

History

Nagrakata was a small location in the British period but there was 14 tea gardens together named as doors tea company. Nagrakata station was an important railway station for dispatching CTC tea all over the world. Tea Research Association is located here from that time. A big workshop was settled for all 14 tea gardens near the station. There is a club named European club from the British time, also a big play ground named club ground surrounding the club. The Bhutan border near Jiti T.G. is also an excellent of its kind.^{[original research?]} The natural environment of Nagrakata prompted the British to plant tea gardens, and build roads and train lines for development of the place.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

It is located at 26°54′0″N 88°55′0″E / 26.90000°N 88.91667°E / 26.90000; 88.91667 at an elevation of 214 m above MSL.^[1]

Location

National Highway 31C passes through Nagrakata. It is a station on the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road Line.

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, Grassmore TG, Ghatia TG, Looksan TG, Dharnipur TG. etc.

Ninety percent population of this block is completely dependent upon the Tea Gardens and the majority of the tea garden resident population is tribal.^{[citation needed]} So, the economy of this block is largely factorised by the Tea Gardens.