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===Area overview===
===Area overview===
The map alongside shows the [[alluvium|alluvial]] [[floodplains]] south of the outer foothills of the [[Himalayas]]. The area is mostly flat, except for low hills in the northern portions.<ref>{{cite book |author=Debnath, S. |year=2010 |title=The Dooars in Historical Transition |publisher=Shiv Mandir: N. L. Publishers|url=http://14.139.206.50:8080/jspui/bitstream/1/885/1/THE%20DOOARS%20IN%20HISTORICAL%20TRANSITION.pdf}}</ref><ref>Dinerstein, E., Loucks, C. (2001). {{WWF ecoregion|name=Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands|id=im0701}}</ref> It is a primarily rural area with 62.01% of the population living in rural areas and a moderate 37.99% living in the urban areas.<ref name="admin">{{cite web  | url = http://jalpaiguri.gov.in/district-profile| title = Jalpaiguri | work =District Profile | publisher = District administration |access-date = 13 July 2020 }}</ref><ref name="handbook">{{cite web  |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook  |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri  |work = Tables 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal  |access-date = 13 July 2020}}</ref> Tea gardens in the [[Dooars]] and [[Terai]] regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.indiatea.org/tea_growing_regions |title = Tea Growing Regions | work= Dooars and Terai|publisher= Indian Tea Association  | access-date = 13 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.teaboard.gov.in/TEABOARDCSM/MTA=|title = Dooars-Terai |publisher= Tea Board India | access-date = 13 July 2020}}</ref>  Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as [[census town]]s or villages.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html  |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise  |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India  | access-date = 13 July 2020 }}</ref> Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.
The map alongside shows the [[alluvium|alluvial]] [[floodplains]] south of the outer foothills of the [[Himalayas]]. The area is mostly flat, except for low hills in the northern portions.<ref>{{cite book |author=Debnath, S. |year=2010 |title=The Dooars in Historical Transition |publisher=Shiv Mandir: N. L. Publishers|url=http://14.139.206.50:8080/jspui/bitstream/1/885/1/THE%20DOOARS%20IN%20HISTORICAL%20TRANSITION.pdf}}</ref><ref>Dinerstein, E., Loucks, C. (2001). {{WWF ecoregion|name=Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands|id=im0701}}</ref> It is a primarily rural area with 62.01% of the population living in rural areas and a moderate 37.99% living in the urban areas.<ref name="admin">{{cite web  | url = http://jalpaiguri.gov.in/district-profile| title = Jalpaiguri | work =District Profile | publisher = District administration |access-date = 13 July 2020 }}</ref><ref name="handbook">{{cite web  |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook  |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri  |work = Tables 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal  |access-date = 13 July 2020 |archive-date = 21 January 2019  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook  |url-status = dead  }}</ref> Tea gardens in the [[Dooars]] and [[Terai]] regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.indiatea.org/tea_growing_regions |title = Tea Growing Regions | work= Dooars and Terai|publisher= Indian Tea Association  | access-date = 13 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.teaboard.gov.in/TEABOARDCSM/MTA=|title = Dooars-Terai |publisher= Tea Board India | access-date = 13 July 2020}}</ref>  Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as [[census town]]s or villages.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html  |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise  |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India  | access-date = 13 July 2020 }}</ref> Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.


<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>
<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>


==Border crossing==
==Border crossing==
Border crossing of vehicles between Phulbari in [[India]] and [[Banglabandha]] in [[Bangladesh]] was inaugurated in January 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-171066|title=Banglabandha land port opens today|date=22 January 2011|work=The Daily Star|access-date=7 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> Earlier, [[Nepal]]-[[Bangladesh]] transit through the border started in a limited manner in 1997. Goods-laden trucks from both sides cross the border and unload the goods at warehouses in the other country. The Indian Finance Minister [[Pranab Mukherjee]] and Bangladesh's Agriculture Minister [[Matia Chowdhury]] attended the inauguration ceremony.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/india-bangladesh-open-new-land-port-to-boost-trade/articleshow/7343737.cms?intenttarget=no|title=India, Bangladesh open new land port to boost trade - The Economic Times|work=The Economic Times|access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref> This border crossing can also be used for the movement of people between [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/02/18/india-bangladesh-open-a-new-land-port-connecting-phulbari-banglabandha|title=India, Bangladesh open a new land port connecting Phulbari, Banglabandha|date=18 February 2016|website=banglanews24.com|access-date=8 May 2017}}</ref>
Border crossing of vehicles between Phulbari in [[India]] and [[Banglabandha]] in [[Bangladesh]] was inaugurated in January 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-171066|title=Banglabandha land port opens today|date=22 January 2011|work=The Daily Star|access-date=7 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> Earlier, [[Nepal]]-[[Bangladesh]] transit through the border started in a limited manner in 1997. Goods-laden trucks from both sides cross the border and unload the goods at warehouses in the other country. The Indian Finance Minister [[Pranab Mukherjee]] and Bangladesh's Agriculture Minister [[Matia Chowdhury]] attended the inauguration ceremony.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/india-bangladesh-open-new-land-port-to-boost-trade/articleshow/7343737.cms?intenttarget=no|title=India, Bangladesh open new land port to boost trade - The Economic Times|work=The Economic Times|access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref> This border crossing can also be used for the movement of people between [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/02/18/india-bangladesh-open-a-new-land-port-connecting-phulbari-banglabandha|title=India, Bangladesh open a new land port connecting Phulbari, Banglabandha|date=18 February 2016|website=banglanews24.com|access-date=8 May 2017}}</ref>


There are complaints about lack of proper facilities at the border, and condition of the road between Phulbari and India-Nepal border. India has taken steps to improve the {{convert|42|km}} road between [[Kankarbhitta]], where the Nepalese check-post is located, across the [[Mechi River]] from [[National Highway 31C (India)|NH 31C]] and Phulbari border post on State Highway 12.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://news.priyo.com/business/2011/08/03/banglabandha-port-prospects-di-33544.html| title = Banglabandha port prospects dim| publisher = Priyo Internet Life, 3 August 2011| access-date = 28 December 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120424173540/http://news.priyo.com/business/2011/08/03/banglabandha-port-prospects-di-33544.html| archive-date = 24 April 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2424/India.pdf | title = Priority Investment - India | access-date = 28 December 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130620050453/http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2424/India.pdf | archive-date = 20 June 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
There are complaints about lack of proper facilities at the border, and condition of the road between Phulbari and [[India-Nepal border]]. India has taken steps to improve the {{convert|42|km}} road between [[Kankarbhitta]], where the Nepalese check-post is located, across the [[Mechi River]] from [[National Highway 31C (India)|NH 31C]] and Phulbari border post on State Highway 12.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://news.priyo.com/business/2011/08/03/banglabandha-port-prospects-di-33544.html| title = Banglabandha port prospects dim| publisher = Priyo Internet Life, 3 August 2011| access-date = 28 December 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120424173540/http://news.priyo.com/business/2011/08/03/banglabandha-port-prospects-di-33544.html| archive-date = 24 April 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2424/India.pdf | title = Priority Investment - India | access-date = 28 December 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130620050453/http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2424/India.pdf | archive-date = 20 June 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Jalpaiguri district]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Jalpaiguri district]]
[[Category:Bangladesh–India border crossings]]
[[Category:Bangladesh–India border crossings]]
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Latest revision as of 06:00, 12 February 2026

Phulbari
Fulbari
Town
Location in West Bengal, India
Phulbari is located in India
Phulbari
Phulbari
Phulbari (India)
Coordinates: 26°38′11″N 88°25′00″E / 26.6363°N 88.4166°E / 26.6363; 88.4166
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictJalpaiguri
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationWB
Nearest citySiliguri / Jalpaiguri
Lok Sabha constituencyJalpaiguri
Vidhan Sabha constituencyDabgram-Phulbari
Websitewb.gov.in

Phulbari also known as Fulbari is a road border crossing for vehicles and people on the India-Bangladesh border and a proposed municipality in Rajganj community development block in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Bangladesh side of the border crossing is Banglabandha.

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Area overview[edit | edit source]

The map alongside shows the alluvial floodplains south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas. The area is mostly flat, except for low hills in the northern portions.[1][2] It is a primarily rural area with 62.01% of the population living in rural areas and a moderate 37.99% living in the urban areas.[3][4] Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop.[5][6] Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages.[7] Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Border crossing[edit | edit source]

Border crossing of vehicles between Phulbari in India and Banglabandha in Bangladesh was inaugurated in January 2011.[8] Earlier, Nepal-Bangladesh transit through the border started in a limited manner in 1997. Goods-laden trucks from both sides cross the border and unload the goods at warehouses in the other country. The Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Bangladesh's Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury attended the inauguration ceremony.[9] This border crossing can also be used for the movement of people between Bangladesh and India.[10]

There are complaints about lack of proper facilities at the border, and condition of the road between Phulbari and India-Nepal border. India has taken steps to improve the 42 kilometres (26 mi) road between Kankarbhitta, where the Nepalese check-post is located, across the Mechi River from NH 31C and Phulbari border post on State Highway 12.[11][12]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Debnath, S. (2010). The Dooars in Historical Transition (PDF). Shiv Mandir: N. L. Publishers.
  2. ↑ Dinerstein, E., Loucks, C. (2001). "Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  3. ↑ "Jalpaiguri". District Profile. District administration. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Tea Growing Regions". Dooars and Terai. Indian Tea Association. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Dooars-Terai". Tea Board India. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Banglabandha land port opens today". The Daily Star. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "India, Bangladesh open new land port to boost trade - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "India, Bangladesh open a new land port connecting Phulbari, Banglabandha". banglanews24.com. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Banglabandha port prospects dim". Priyo Internet Life, 3 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  12. ↑ "Priority Investment - India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2011.

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