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Gangtok district
District in Sikkim, India

Gangtok district

Gangtok district is an administrative district of the Indian state of Sikkim.

Plan a trip to Gangtok district→From Siliguri

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.

How locals move

Getting around Gangtok district the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ashinpt at enwiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), Wikimedia Commons.