Dooars is the gate way to the North Eastern
part of India and Bhutan where nature is just awesome and have all
the potential to rejuvenate one with its natural beauty and climate . Duar
means 'door’ in Assamese, Bengali, Nepali
& Telugu languages. The altitude of Dooars varies from 90 m to 1750
m.The area spread across 5200 sq km (approx) and a major part falls in
Jalpaiguri district. From
beautiful hills to evergreen forests and from wonderful river banks to
marvelous teagardens the dooars is always a center of attraction for
the tourist from almost every part of the world.
The major river is Tista. Among other rivers
are like the Jaldhaka, Murti, Torsha, Sankosh, Dyna,Karatoya,
Raidak, and Kaljani. The temperature varies from 10-190 C
during winter to 25-330 c during summer and The average
rainfall is about 3,500 mm. Monsoon generally starts from the middle of
May and continues till the end of September. Any season is best to visit Dooars
except monsoon. All the wildlife sanctuary/forest are generally remain closed
between mid June(15th June) to mid September(15th September).
The native people in this area are mostly
tribals like the Rabha, the Mech, the Toto, the Kooch
Rajbongshi (Coochbehari), the Tamang/Murmi, the Limbu, the Lepcha in
Bengal. Apart from the tribal population, a large Bengali population
(mostly displaced from the Bangladesh) also populate the Dooars.
The Oraons, Mundas, Kharia
Mahali, Lohara and Chik Baraik are the tribals from
these areas who are generally employed at the various tea gardens of Dooars.
The most important city near Dooars is
Siliguri which is well connected to rest of the country by air, road, railways
etc. The other Major cities are like Cooch behar,Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri,
Malbazar, Mainaguri, Birpara, Falakata, Also, the one of the commercial capital
of Bhutan, Phuentsholing, near Jaigaon, can be considered a part of
this region.
It is almost impossible to explore the Dooars and its adjacent area in a single trip, but one can plan well before travelling in this area so that most of the part of a certain area can be covered in a single trip.
One is recommended to have local foods specially river fish and fresh vegetables while travelling this area.
It is almost impossible to explore the Dooars and its adjacent area in a single trip, but one can plan well before travelling in this area so that most of the part of a certain area can be covered in a single trip.
One is recommended to have local foods specially river fish and fresh vegetables while travelling this area.
