Gangtok district
Gangtok district is an administrative district of the Indian state of Sikkim.
Gangtok district is an administrative district of the Indian state of Sikkim. It was renamed in 2021 as a result of administrative reorganisation of the state, which also saw three subdivisions of the East Sikkim district spawned off as a separate Pakyong district.
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Worth seeing in and around Gangtok district
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rumtek Monastery
Rumtek Monastery, also called the Dharma Chakra Centre, is a gompa located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok. It is the seat in exile of the Gyalwang Karmapa, inaugurated in 1966 by the 16th Karmapa.
1.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 02Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology is a Tibet museum in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, named after the 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, Sir Tashi Namgyal. The institute employs researchers and one of its new research programs is a project which seeks to document the social history of Sikkim's approximated 60 monasteries and record this on a computer.
600 m · Tibet museum in Gangtok, Sikkim, India · Wikipedia - 03Paljor Stadium
Paljor Stadium is a football stadium located in Gangtok, Sikkim, India. It can host 30,000 spectators.
2.3 km · stadium in India · Wikipedia - 04Enchey Monastery
The Enchey Monastery was established in 1909 above Gangtok, the capital city of Sikkim in the Northeastern Indian state. It belongs to the Nyingma order of Vajrayana Buddhism.
3.8 km · a monastery in Sikkim · Wikipedia - 05Thakurbari Temple, Gangtok
Thakurbari Temple is a Hindu temple located in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, in the heart of the town. It is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Sikkim built on land donated by the erstwhile Chogyal of Sikkim in 1935.
2 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia - 06Sikkim Manipal University
Sikkim Manipal University is a private university in Gangtok, India, first established in 1995 as the Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences, and adopted its current name in 2010.
300 m · state private university in Gangtok, Sikkim, India · Wikipedia - 07Tsuklakhang monastery
Tsuklakhang Palace or Tsuklakhang Royal Chapel and Monastery is a Buddhist palatial monastery in Gangtok, Sikkim, India. The Royal Chapel of the Chogyals is the main centre for prayers with an assembly hall in the centre and large depository of Buddhist scriptures and literature and contains altars which are orated with Buddha, Bodhisattvas and Tantric deities.
1.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 08Dimapur Government College
Dimapur Government College, established in 1966, is a general degree college located in Dimapur, Nagaland. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and commerce and is affiliated to Nagaland University.
300 m · college in Nagaland · Wikipedia - 09Sikkim Professional University
Sikkim Professional University, erstwhile Vinayaka Missions Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim, India is a State Private University founded in the year 2008 under Sikkim Professional University Act, Sikkim of Sikkim State Assembly.
800 m · state private university in Gangtok, Sikkim, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gangtok district
- Airports
- Bagdogra (IXB), 76 km · Paro (PBH), 82 km · Xigaze Peace / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ), 236 km
- Siliguri → Gangtok district65 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · ₹710–890
- Guwahati → Gangtok district293 km · quickest by road, 6h 58m · ₹2,650–3,310
- Kolkata → Gangtok district502 km · quickest by air, 8h 1m · ₹10,260–15,830
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Gangtok district
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 Gangtok district. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPick up a shared taxi or bus from Siliguri Bus Station, located on Hill Cart Road.
- Get inOnce you arrive in New Jalpaiguri, you can either hire a taxi from the station itself or take an auto-rickshaw to the Siliguri bus stand.
- Get inJeeps to Namchi, a nearby tourist destination with many holy sites, costs around ₹110 and takes about 3 hours.
- Get inFare of the shared taxis is generally fixed, around ₹400 to Gangtok from Siliguri.
- Get aroundHowever, most of these will be shared jeeps that are one-way so it would be prudent to inquire ahead of time.
From Wikivoyage: Gangtok, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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