Chalsa, India

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title: "Chalsa, India" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-jalpaiguri-district"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalsa,_India" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Geography

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Location

Chalsa is located at . It has an average elevation of 163 metres (535 feet).

It situated at the foot of the Himalayas in the Duars. This small town is surrounded by hills, tea gardens, rivers and forests. One part of the town is surrounded by Gorumara National Park and other part with Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary. Nearby forests are residence of a good collection of elephants and rhinos. It is situated on the way towards Birpara or Alipurduar from Siliguri via Malbazar. It takes around 1.5 hours from Siliguri both on road and railways. It is 60 km from Bagdogra airport.

According to the map of the Matiali CD block on page 165 in the District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011 census, Chalsa Mahabari is shown as being the headquarters of the block and Matiali police station is shown as being located in Chalsa Mahabari.

Area overview

Gorumara National Park has overtaken traditionally popular Jaldapara National Park in footfall and Malbazar has emerged as one of the most important towns in the Dooars. Malbazar subdivision is presented in the map alongside. It is a predominantly rural area with 88.62% of the population living in rural areas and 11.32% living in the urban areas. Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages. 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.

Civic administration

Police station

Mitiali police station has jurisdiction over the Matiali CD block.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the Matiali CD block are located at Chalsa Mahabari.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Chalsa Mahabari had a total population of 4,973 of which 2,461 (49%) were males and 2,512 (51%) were females. There were 489 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Chalsa Mahabari was 3,471 (77.41% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

Roadways

Siliguri is the best starting point. Siliguri is connected by air (Bagdogra) from New Delhi, Guwahati, Chennai and Kolkata and by rail (New Jalpaiguri) from Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata. Siliguri is about 10 hours by road from Kolkata. From Siliguri, Chapramari Sanctuary and Gorumara National Park are an hour and half away. And Chalsa is surrounded by these two forests. Road and rail transport are available choices. The National Highway is in very good condition and driving is comfortable.

Railway

Chalsa Railway Station is on the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road Line serves the town of Chalsa and nearby areas.

Tourism

Various resorts and lodges around Gorumara. The Forest department has two bungalows each at Chapramari and Gorumara. There should be prior booking to avail these bungalows. There are also many cottages, resorts all around Garumara national park. They are mainly at Chalsa, Lataguri and Dhupjhora. Book your places to stay prior to arrival.

References

Chalsa picture gallery

File:Jungle at Chalsa.jpg|Jungle at Chalsa Image:Hills in Chalsa.jpg|Hilly Chalsa

References

  1. [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Chalsa.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. - Rangpo]
  2. "District Census Handbook Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XII A , 2011 census". Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal.
  3. "Jalpaiguri". District administration.
  4. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal.
  5. "Tea Growing Regions". Indian Tea Association.
  6. "Dooars-Terai". Tea Board India.
  7. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  8. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  9. "Search a Police Station". Jalpaiguri Police.
  10. "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  11. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.

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