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Town in West Bengal, India

Bijanbari

Bijanbari is a small town in Darjeeling district with Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block being the headquarters of the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision in West Bengal, India.

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Bijanbari is a small town in Darjeeling district with Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block being the headquarters of the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision in West Bengal, India. It contains the Block Divisional Office and the Hydel Power Plant. It is 1.5 hours away from Darjeeling.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Bijanbari

Airports
Bagdogra (IXB), 45 km · Paro (PBH), 127 km · Xigaze Peace / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ), 276 km
  • Siliguri → Bijanbari
    46 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · ₹590–730
  • Guwahati → Bijanbari
    366 km · quickest by air, 6h 17m · ₹6,070–9,050
  • Kolkata → Bijanbari
    502 km · quickest by air, 6h 11m · ₹6,800–10,180
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bijanbari

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bijanbari. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThe road however is rough and not paved, so trekking is the better option.
  • Get inYou can also opt for package tours conducted by India Beacons Sojourn can customize your stay and arrange for transport.
  • Get inIf you plan to trek to Rishop from Lava, the driver will take care of parking it at Lava, which you can avail on return.
  • Get inYou should trek the way from Lava and back, as the path is just 4 km amidst mountain forests.

From Wikivoyage: Rishop, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-11.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    367 km
  2. 02
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    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    404 km
  3. 03
    Dawki and ShnongpdengIN

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    436 km
  4. 04
    GhandrukNP

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    455 km
  5. 05
    ZiroIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    570 km

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Next door to Bijanbari

Bijanbari is 46 km from Siliguri, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.