Bagrakote

Bagrakote
Bagrakot Tea Garden
Village
Bagrakote bus stand
Bagrakote
Location in West Bengal, India
Bagrakote
Bagrakote (India)
Coordinates: 26°53′58″N 88°35′05″E / 26.8994°N 88.5846°E / 26.8994; 88.5846
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictJalpaiguri
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
9,971
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
734501
Telephone/STD code03562
Vehicle registrationWB
Lok Sabha constituencyJalpaiguri
Vidhan Sabha constituencyMal
Websitejalpaiguri.gov.in

Bagrakote is a village in the Mal CD block in the Malbazar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. The main reason behind Bagrakote being called as a Tea Garden is that it was by the virtue of the Duncan Goenka Group that established a tea garden in Bagrakote providing a stable livelihood. People from neighbouring villages and even some far off places like Sikkim have migrated to Bagrakote (mainly post independence). Bagrakote is the starting point of NH 717A, which traverses out of NH 17.