Loleygaon
| Loleygaon | |
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| Village | |
  Loleygaon   Loleygaon Location in West Bengal, India | |
| Coordinates: 27°01′15″N 88°33′54″E / 27.02071°N 88.565018°ECoordinates: 27°01′15″N 88°33′54″E / 27.02071°N 88.565018°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Darjeeling |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Loleygaon (also spelt Lolaegaon or Lolegaon) is a small Lepcha village with a population of about 5000. It is situated in an extreme end of a Himalayan Ridge and located at a distance of 24 km from Lava, at an altitude of 1,675 meters. It comes under the Kalimpong I block in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal.[1]
Accessibility
Loleygaon can be reached from Siliguri with a four-hour drive covering 124 km via Kalimpong and Lava. Kalimpong, the nearest town, is 55 km from Loleygaon.
Tourism
Kafer, about 1 kilometers from Loleygaon, offers a panoramic view of the Kanchenjunga.[2] The sunrise can be viewed from Jhandi Dara. Other notable sites include Canopy Walk and Jhandi Dhara Sunrise Point.
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