Sitai (appellation)
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| Sitai | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 26.08, 89.34 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 155 km² |
| Terrain | Approximately the Sitai block: alluvial plain on the Bangladesh border |
| Climate | |
| Climate Type | Subtropical humid |
| Seasons | Monsoon (Jun–Sep), Winter (Nov–Feb) |
| Growing history | |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Sitai 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 Sitai community development block on the Bangladesh border, where police destroyed cannabis fields in 2023 and 2025.
Cultivation and enforcement
Sitai police, with Excise and Land department officials, destroyed about 20 bighas of cannabis at Singimari in November 2023.[1] In December 2023 Sitai and Dinhata police cut about 22 bighas at Takimari and Natunbas.[2] In November 2025 Sitai police and the Border Security Force cut cannabis on about 16 bighas in the Kanjlikura border area with a tractor; police sources spoke of long-standing complaints about cultivation there.[3]
Accessions
No accessions documented yet.
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References
- ↑ [police destroy about 20 bighas of cannabis cultivation at Singimari in Cooch Behar]. Landrace.Wiki News, 15 November 2023.
- ↑ [and Dinhata police destroy cannabis across about 22 bighas at Takimari and Natunbas]. Landrace.Wiki News, 4 December 2023.
- ↑ [police and BSF destroy cannabis across about 16 bighas at Kanjlikura in Cooch Behar]. Landrace.Wiki News, 20 November 2025.