Cooch Behar Sadar (appellation)
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| Cooch Behar Sadar | |
|---|---|
| Koch Bihar Sadar | |
| ActiveRecorded as grown here since 2000 | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Gene Pool | South Asian Gene Pool |
| Regional Complex | Eastern Plains |
| Growing Region | North Bengal Plains |
| Growing Area | Koch Bihar |
| Geography | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar District |
| Coordinates | 26.34, 89.42 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 750 km² |
| Terrain | Approximately the Cooch Behar I and II blocks: alluvial plain round Cooch Behar town |
| Climate | |
| Climate Type | Subtropical humid |
| Seasons | Monsoon (Jun–Sep), Winter (Nov–Feb) |
| Growing history | |
| Dated accessions | 2025 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Cooch Behar Sadar is a landrace cannabis appellation in the Koch Bihar growing area of the North Bengal Plains, in Cooch Behar District, West Bengal, India. It covers the Cooch Behar I and II community development blocks around the town of Cooch Behar. Six seed lots were collected in the Cooch Behar II block in 2025.
Cultivation and enforcement
In September 2024 the district police destroyed cannabis growing at Manghpala, under Cooch Behar Kotwali police station, in a day of operations across the district.[1]
Police seized about 400 kg of ganja from a lorry from Tripura at Chakchaka, near Cooch Behar town, in September 2023,[2] and the Bengal Special Task Force 354 kg from a pickup van at Baburhat in March 2025.[3]
Accessions
| Accession ID | Name | Collected | Locality |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZOM-IND-WEB-0720250017 | Gopalpur General Population #2 2024 | ||
| ZOM-IND-WEB-0720250018 | Gopalpur General Population #1 2024 | ||
| ZOM-IND-WEB-0720250019 | Gopalpur 'Bhutani' General Population 2024 | ||
| ZOM-IND-WEB-0720250020 | Cooch Behar 'Khagrabari' General Population 2025 | ||
| ZOM-IND-WEB-0720250021 | Baneswar General Population 2024 | ||
| ZOM-IND-WEB-0720250022 | Baneswar 'Sarkar's' Selection 2024 |
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References
- ↑ [Behar district police destroy marijuana cultivation across multiple locations in coordinated operation]. Landrace.Wiki News, 24 September 2024.
- ↑ [Behar police seize about 400 kg of ganja from a lorry at Chakchaka on National Highway 17]. Landrace.Wiki News, 19 September 2023.
- ↑ [STF seize 354 kg of ganja from a pickup van at Baburhat in Cooch Behar]. Landrace.Wiki News, 26 March 2025.