Lataguri is a census town in the Mal CD block in the Malbazar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1]

Lataguri
Census Town
National Highway 717 at Lataguri
Lataguri Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Lataguri Lataguri (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26.706283°N 88.766085°E / 26.706283; 88.766085
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	735219
Telephone code	+91-3561-
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB
Nearest city	Maynaguri to the South / Chalsa to the North
Lok Sabha constituency	Jalpaiguri
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Mal
Website	jalpaiguri.gov.in

Geography

Location

Lataguri is located outside the Gorumara National Park on National Highway No. 31. Permits for entering Gorumara and Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary are given from Lataguri. The village also contains a "Nature Interpretation Center", which gives information about the flora and fauna of the area. A few roadside restaurants ("Dhabas") and hotels cater to tourists.

Area overview

Gorumara National Park has overtaken traditionally popular Jaldapara National Park in footfall and Malbazar has emerged as one of the most important towns in the Dooars. Malbazar subdivision is presented in the map alongside.[2][3] It is a predominantly rural area with 88.62% of the population living in rural areas and 11.32% living in the urban areas.[4][5] Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop.[6][7] Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages.[8] Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full-screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Lataguri had a total population of 4,981 of which 2,517 (51%) were males and 2,464 (49%) were females. There were 578 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Lataguri was 3,522 (79.99% of the population over 6 years).[9]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri, Lataguri covered an area of 3.0268 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 5 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved river infiltration gallery, service reservoir, overhead tank. It had 548 domestic electric connections, 250 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities, it had 3 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school. Among the social, cultural, and recreational facilities, it had 1 public library, 1 reading room. It had a branch of 1 nationalised bank.[10]

Education

There are two high school one is Lataguri High School(Co-ed) and other one is Lataguri Girl's High School.

Transport

Railway

Lataguri railway station serves the town of Lataguri from where trains are available towards nearby towns and cities like Malbazar, Siliguri, Maynaguri, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar etc.

Roadways

National Highway 717 connects Lataguri with other towns and cities of West Bengal and other nearby states like Assam, Sikkim, Bihar etc

References

External links

• Gorumara National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Jaldapara travel guide from Wikivoyage