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{{See also|Ledo Road}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ledo
| other_name =
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27|18|0|N|95|44|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]]
| established_title = 
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| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 150
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = [786182]
| registration_plate =AS
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'''Ledo''' is a small town in [[Tinsukia district]], [[Assam]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india9.com/i9show/Ledo-62603.htm|title=Ledo|date=October 15, 2005|website=www.india9.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref> {{As of|2005||df=dmy}}, the Ledo railway station is the easternmost [[Broad-gauge railway|broad gauge]] railway station in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-trivia.html|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Trivia|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref> The town is also the starting point of [[Ledo Road]], also known as Stilwell Road, a highway built during [[World War II]] for use by Americans and British troops as a military supply route to China through Burma (Myanmar).

The first coal mine in Assam was started near Ledo in 1882 when the erstwhile Assam Railway & Trading Company was laying a [[Metre-gauge railway|metre gauge railway line]] in that region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kaziranganationalparkassam.in/makum-coalfields-an-insight-assam-2/|title=Makum Coalfields – an Insight – Assam|date=2018-09-06|website=Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve|language=en-US|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008115707/https://kaziranganationalparkassam.in/makum-coalfields-an-insight-assam-2/|archive-date=8 October 2019|access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/83187/16/16_chapter%207.pdf|title=Coal mining industry in Assam - a study of Tinsukia district - 1865-1940|last=Sen|first=Sanjay|year=2016}}</ref>

==Nearest Town and Villages==

* [[Tirap Gaon, Ledo|Tirap Gaon]]
* [[Lekhapani]]
* [[Margherita, Assam|Margherita]]
* [[Tipong]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Wikivoyage|Ledo}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Tinsukia district]]

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