Why visit Mirik
Townapedia lists 2 parks and trails, 5 places to eat and 4 places to stay in and around town.
Weather in Mirik
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About Mirik
Mirik is a small town and a Notified Area of Darjeeling district ruled by Shri L.B.Rai since 30years in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Mirik subdivision. The name Mirik comes from the Lepcha words Mir-Yok meaning "place burnt by fire".
From the Wikipedia article Mirik (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Mirik on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Parks, trails and playgrounds2
Restaurants and cafes5
Where to stay4
Churches and places of worship1
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.
Mirik became the sub-divisional headquarters of Mirik subdivision on 30 March 2017.
From the History section of Mirik on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shopping1
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Map of Mirik
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bagdogra Airport (IXB) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 27 km away.
- Kurseong 9 km east, about 9 min by car
- Dārjiling 18 km northeast, about 18 min by car
- Naksalbāri 23 km south, about 23 min by car
- Bagdogra 24 km southeast, about 24 min by car
- Jorethang 28 km northeast, about 28 min by car
- Naya Bāzār 27 km north, about 27 min by car
- Siliguri 31 km southeast, about 31 min by car
- Nayabazar 30 km north, about 30 min by car
- Gangtok 64 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Jalpāiguri 68 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Mirik, West Bengal, SamuelDutta, CC BY 4.0
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