Kalimpong II

Kalimpong II
Location of Kalimpong II
Coordinates: 27°07′12″N 88°35′35″E / 27.120°N 88.593°E / 27.120; 88.593
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKalimpong
Government
 • TypeCommunity development block
Area
 • Total241.26 km2 (93.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total66,830
 • Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituencyDarjeeling
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKalimpong

Kalimpong II was a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Kalimpong subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

In July 2021, the Kalimpong II block was bifurcated into two blocks – Pedong block with headquarters at Pedong and the Lava block with headquarters at Algarah.[1]

  1. ^ "Kalimpong gets new block in Pedong". The Telegraph, 6 July 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.