Mirik Tourism, West Bengal India
(Mirik is also known as Mir-Yok)
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Mirik Fast Facts
- State: West Bengal
- District: Darjeeling
- Famous for/as: Hill Station
- Population: 16,000 (approx)
- Area: 335 ACRES
- Altitude: 1700 metres (5800 ft)
- Language: Gorkha, Bengali, Hindi, English.
- Best Season: March to Middle June and October to December.
- Weather: Summer: 14.9 - 8.6C Winter: 6.11 - 1.50 C
- Clothing: Tropicals
- Local Transport:
- Pincode:
- STDCode: 0354
Mirik Info
Tourist Bureau, Government of West Bengal,
1 Nehru Road,
Darjiling-734101,
Tel: 2254-050/ 2254-102.
Mirik, India Overview
The beautiful 1.25 km. long lake is the most attractive spot of the Mirik Tourism Project. The depth of the lake water varies from a minimum of 3 ft. to maximum of 26 ft. The walks on the 3.5 km. long promenade around the lake is a fascinating one. The 80 ft. long arch-type overbridge across the lake is a wonderful engineering skill of the project. Arrangements of fishing in the lake is to be implemented soon. Boating facility is also available in the lake.
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Mirik, India History
Mirik Bazar began a commercial centre of the region where people from the surrounding villages and tea gardens came to trade and buy their necessities. The present lake area was a marshland with thick growth of sweet flag (Acorus calamus, locally called bojho). A playground stood in the present garden area where the British officers played polo. In 1969, the West Bengal tourism department began the process of acquiring 335 acres of land from the neighbouring Thurbo tea estate. The work of developing this land into a tourist spot began in 1974 when Siddhartha Shankar Ray was the chief minister of West Bengal. The tourist spot, which included the newly built lake and the Day Centre, was inaugurated by the next chief minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu, in April 1979. With the flourishing of tourism, Krishnanagar developed on the other end of the lake with hotels and restaurants catering to tourists.