Sonada
Sonada is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling District in West Bengal, India.
Sonada is a census town in the Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling District in West Bengal, India.
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Worth seeing in and around Sonada
4 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.
- 01Tiger Hill, Darjeeling
Tiger Hill ) is a mountain located in Darjeeling, in the Indian State of West Bengal. It has a panoramic view of Mount Everest and Mount Kanchenjunga together.
4 km · Hill in India with views of the Himalayas · Wikipedia - 02Senchal Lake
Senchal lake, located 10 km to the south-east of Darjeeling, is the main reservoir of potable water for the town of Darjeeling, India. The water body is actually a twin lake: North Senchal lake, built in 1910 and South Senchal lake, built in 1932.
3.6 km · lake in India · Wikipedia - 03Yiga Choeling Monastery
Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet -high statue of the Maitreya Buddha.
5.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 04Salesian College
Salesian College, Sonada & Siliguri is a Government recognized, minority educational institution of the Catholic Church, run by Salesians of Don Bosco, Kolkata Province where over 1800 students do their Arts/Humanities, Commerce, Science and Professional Courses under the North Bengal University. SC was established in Shillong in 1933, before being shifted to Sonada, in 1938.
1.8 km · college in Sonada, Darjeeling, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sonada
- Airports
- Bagdogra (IXB), 32 km · Paro (PBH), 124 km · Xigaze Peace / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ), 284 km
- Stations
- Ghum railway station, 5.4 km
- Guwahati → Sonada356 km · quickest by road, 7h 12m · ₹3,010–3,760
- Kolkata → Sonada489 km · quickest by air, 5h 33m · ₹6,590–9,930
- Varanasi → Sonada556 km · quickest by air, 7h 47m · ₹7,550–11,410
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Sonada
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 Sonada. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Sonada
Sonada is 32 km from Siliguri, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cart RoadCensus town in West Bengal4.8 km
- Rongmook Ceder Tea GardenCensus town in West Bengal3.3 km
- Jorebungalowvillage in West Bengal, India5.7 km