Loleygaon

Loleygaon
Village
Loleygaon
Loleygaon

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 27°01′15″N 88°33′54″E / 27.02071°N 88.565018°E / 27.02071; 88.565018Coordinates: 27°01′15″N 88°33′54″E / 27.02071°N 88.565018°E / 27.02071; 88.565018
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Darjeeling
Languages
  Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Loleygaon (also spelt Lolaegaon or Lolegaon) is a small Lepcha village with a population of about 5000. It is situated in an extreme end of a Himalayan Ridge and located at a distance of 24 km from Lava, at an altitude of 1,675 meters. It comes under the Kalimpong I block in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal.[1]

Accessibility

Loleygaon can be reached from Siliguri with a four-hour drive covering 124 km via Kalimpong and Lava. Kalimpong, the nearest town, is 55 km from Loleygaon.

Tourism

Kafer, about 1 kilometers from Loleygaon, offers a panoramic view of the Kanchenjunga.[2] The sunrise can be viewed from Jhandi Dara. Other notable sites include Canopy Walk and Jhandi Dhara Sunrise Point.

References

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