Ledo
Lidu | |
|---|---|
Semi-Rural | |
| Ledo | |
  Ledo Location in Assam, India  Ledo Ledo (India) | |
| Coordinates: 27°18′0″N 95°44′0″E / 27.30000°N 95.73333°E | |
| Country | Margherita  India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Tinsukia |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat Raj under State Government |
| • Body | Gaon Panchayat of Ledo |
| Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,540 |
| Languages | |
| • Hindi,Bengali etc | Assamese |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | [786182] |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-AS |
| Vehicle registration | AS |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Margherita |
| Avg. summer temperature | 30 °C (86 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 6 °C (43 °F) |
Ledo is a small town in Tinsukia district, Assam, India.[1] As of 2005[update], the Ledo railway station is the easternmost broad gauge railway station in India.[2] The town is also the starting point of Ledo Road, also known as Stilwell Road, a highway built during World War II for use by American and British troops as a military supply route to China through Myanmar (Burma)
The first coal mine in Assam was started near Ledo in 1882 when the erstwhile Assam Railway & Trading Company was laying a metre gauge railway line in that region.And Ledo is famous for its high quality good coal[3][4]
- ^ "Ledo". www.india9.com. 15 October 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Trivia". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Makum Coalfields – an Insight – Assam". Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ Sen, Sanjay (2016). Coal mining industry in Assam - a study of Tinsukia district - 1865-1940 (PDF).