Alipurduar is an important sub-divisional town of Jalpaiguri District which is located at the eastern end of the district and is situated on the east bank of Kaljani River on the foothills of the Himalayas. Alipurduar acts as a gateway to Bhutan and North Eastern states of India. This town Located in the Dooars region is known for its scenic beauty, since the colonial period.
The name Alipurduar has three parts. The first part 'Ali' is derived from the name of Col Hedayat Ali Khan who had leaved here and fought war with Bhutan 'Pur' meaning residence and word 'Duar' has its origin in the name of the region 'Dooars'. The original name was Alipur meaning the place where Ali lived; the Duar was added to distinguish it from the Alipore of Calcutta.
Although Alipurduar town is not a popular tourist destination by itself, but a number of interesting choices are available within a short traveling distance from the town. Dense forests and hills offering beautiful natural landscape surround the town. The most important forest in Alipurduar is Buxa Tiger Reserve, which attained much fame all over India for its enormous natural resources in terms of rare flora and fauna. The forest has got the status of a National Park and houses the maximum number of Royal Bengal Tiger Population in North Bengal. The Chilapata Forests provide an elephant corridor between the Buxa reserve and the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, another important eco-tourism destination. The highest peak of Jalpaiguri the Chota Sinchula is located in Alipurduar. Situated at an altitude of 1733m at about 12km from Buxa the peak offers beautiful sights of the impermeable forest covers of Buxa hills and Bhutan valley.
Rajabhatkhawa, Jayanti, Bhutanghat, Raimatang are some other major destinations in Alipurduar. Situated deep inside the forest all of these places offer very good scope for wildlife tourism. Each place having forest rest house offers accommodation for limited number of tourist. Alipurduar does not deprive the trek lovers. A day trek to Buxa hill through dense forest track reaches Buxa fort and further up to Rovers Point and then leads to Rupam Valley in Bhutan Hill. Jayanti Mahakal trek is another popular route that leads to a stalactite cave near Bhutan border. This trek is also very popular among the pilgrims who visit the cave to offer prayer to their deity (Lord Shiva). Alipurduar is the divisional headquarter of North-East frontier railway. It is a very important railway junction that connects Kolkata in the south and New Delhi and Guwahati in the north and east respectively.
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