Binnaguri
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| Binnaguri | |
  Binnaguri
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West Bengal - Jalpaiguri |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
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Binnaguri is a cantonment town located in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal state, India. It is located at 26° 46' 0N latitude and 89° 2' 60E longitude at an altitude of 216 metres above sea level.
Binnaguri lies pretty close to the Bhutan border. The Bhutanese town of Samchi is about 10 km from Binnaguri. Also because Binnaguri lies in deep Dooars country one can find a lot of tea gardens nearby. The Banarhat Tea Garden, Karbala Tea Garden are large ones.
The town has good educational facilities in the form of the Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School) and the St James’ School.
The Army Camp provides most of the employment opportunities apart from the Tea Gradens in this town.
[edit] Transport
Binnaguri is well connected by road to the district town of Jalpaiguri and other nearby towns of Hasimara, Siliguri, Gairkata, Dhupguri, etc.
Binnaguri is also a railway station (Code: BNV) on the Siliguri-Alipurduar route.
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