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destination- the dooars. Not so much known to the world.The dooars valley stretching from river teesta on the west to river sankosh on the east,over a span of 130km by 40km, forms a major part of Jalpaiguri district.
Derieved from the word ‘doors’ (doors to bhutan ),this region also forms
a gayewayto the hill stations of north Bengal, Sikkim, Bhutan & the north eastern states. The dense natural forests interwoven with lush green tea gardens are crisscrossed by Teesta.
Raidhak, Toorsha, Jaldhaka, kaljani and other rivers & theirinnumerable tributaries trotting and rolling down from yhe hills.The entire region is served with a network of motorable roads running through the deep forests and tera gardens. A meter gauge railway service connects siliguri and cooch behar via alipurduar. A journeu itself by rail or on road through this region gives immense delight to both the mind and the eyes.
WILDLIFE SANCTUARIESJaldapara wildlife sanctuary situated in Alipurduar sub-division of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal is about 124kms from Siliguri. This sanctuary was constituted in the year 1941 for the protection of wild life, particularly one horned rhinoceros..The forest is mainly savannah covered with tall elephant grasses.The wild life in addition to one horned rhinos, consists of royal bengal tigers, wild elephants, deer , sambhar, barking deer, spotted deer and hog deer, wild pig, bisons and a number of birds, peafowls.

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Old rava ladies of dooarsPeople of Dooars
Dooars region of Jalpaiguri has a great importance from anthropological point of view. The geographical diversity combining forests, hills and tea gardens houses a large number of ethnic groups - a prominent feature of Dooars.
Majority of people falls under schedule cast and tribes having identical culture, language, custom and religion. Toto- a primitive tribe has its only settlement in Toto Para in Dooars. Rava, Mech, Turi, Drukpa are among the other majore tribes in the region. With the introduction of tea gardens in Dooars plains during the 19th century there has been a steady local people of dooarsmigration from the neighboring states like Bihar and Assam and also from Nepal.
Oraon, Munda, Santhal from Bihar started to settle in the tea gardens as daily labors. Slowly they together formed a broader society knows as Madesia and became one of the majore ethnic group in the region mostly in tea gardens. Rajbansi, a schedule cast group under broader Bengali group, is the largest population in Dooars.
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