Purba Madarihat
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| Purba Madarihat | |
|---|---|
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | The Dooars |
| Growing Area | Alipurduar |
| Geography | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | West Bengal |
| District | Alipurduar District |
| Coordinates | 26.6548, 89.2714 |
| Settlement | |
| Type | Village |
| Population | 2,042 (2011) |
| Landscape | |
| Elevation | 88–108 m |
| Terrain | Alluvial plain west of the Torsa |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | Jaldapara |
| Accessions | 2 |
Purba Madarihat ("east Madarihat") is a village in Alipurduar District, West Bengal, India, south of the town of Madarihat, in the Alipurduar growing area of The Dooars and the Jaldapara appellation. Two accessions collected in June 2025 carry it as their locality: a cultivated landrace and a feral selection.
People
In 2011 Purba Madarihat, a census village in Madarihat block, had 2,042 people in 485 households. Of them, 1,217 belonged to Scheduled Castes and 345 to Scheduled Tribes.[1]
Cannabis
The Zomia Collective collected the landrace accession on 26 June 2025, a general population stored at 108 m with the local name ganja. The feral selection was collected on 21 June 2025 and is stored at 99 m, at the same point as the feral accessions of Madarihat.
Accessions
| Name | ID | Type | Elevation (m) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZOM-IND-WEB-0620250043 | Jaldapara 'Purba Madarihat' Feral Selection 2025 | ZOM-IND-WEB-0620250043 | Selection | 99 |
| ZOM-IND-WEB-0620250069 | Jaldapara 'Purba Madarihat' #2 Selection 2025 | ZOM-IND-WEB-0620250069 | General population | 108 |
See also
References
- ↑ Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. PCA: Primary Census Abstract C.D. Block wise, West Bengal - District Jalpaiguri - 2011 (Spreadsheet (PCA_CDB-1902-F-Census.xlsx)). Retrieved 9 November 2026.