Mane Bhanjyang is a village in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision, Darjeeling district

Darjeeling district

Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its beautiful hill stations and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters...

 in the state of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

 in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is located at the gateway of the Singalila National Park

Singalila National Park

Singalila National Park is a national park of India located on the Singalila Ridge at an altitude of more than 7000 feet above sea level, in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It is well known for the trekking route to Sandakphu that runs through it....

, 28 km away from Darjeeling town. The income of the local residents is geared towards tourism, especially foreign trekkers. Mane Bhanjyang is the start of the trailhead for the trek to Sandakphu on the Singalila Ridge

Singalila Ridge

The Singalila Ridge is a North - South running mountain ridge in Northwestern West Bengal, India.The district of Ilam falls on the western part of this ridge and the northern ridge ends up in Sikkim Part of the Himalayas, it separates other mountain ranges of West Bengal from other Himalayan...

, the highest point in West Bengal. Conveyance for Sandakphu is also available mainly from Mane Bhanjyang.

Mane Bhanjyang lies on the border between India and Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

. The two countries are separated by a small drain covered with a culvert, which also acts as a motor stand for vehicles carrying people to Sukhiapokhri

Sukhiapokhri

Sukhiapokhri is a small hilly locality in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. Located almost on the India-Nepal border, it is 11 km from Ghum on the way to Mirik....

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The village has a large playground where a football tournament is organised every year during the Independence Day of India

Independence Day (India)

The Independence Day of India is celebrated on the fifteenth of August to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation in 1947. The day is a national holiday in India. All over the country, flag-hoisting ceremonies are conducted by the local administration in...

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Transport

Mane Bhanjyang can be reached directly from New Jalpaiguri

New Jalpaiguri

New Jalpaiguri is a major railway station of the city of Siliguri in the Indian state of West Bengal. The station is popularly known by its acronym NJP...

 railway station where hired vehicles are available, although the number of vehicles are limited. From Siliguri

Siliguri

Siliguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the Siliguri Corridor or Chicken's Neck - a very narrow strip of land linking mainland India to its north-eastern states. It is also the transit point for air, road and rail traffic to the neighbouring countries of Nepal,...

, shared and non-shared taxis operate directly for Mane Bhanjyang. One can also avail taxis for Rimbick from Siliguri and Darjeeling, which pass through Mane Bhanjyang. Another option is to take vehicle en route to Darjeeling and drop at Ghoom. Conveyance is available from Ghoom to Sukhiapokhri and then from Sukhiapokhri to Mane Bhanjyang.

Education

Mane Bhanjyang has several schools. Mane Bhanjyang High School has classes from Grade V to Grade X and students attend their matriculation examination with affiliation to Sukhiapokhri Higher Secondary School. The course curriculum followed is that of the West Bengal Board Of Secondary Education. Other schools are Rhododendron Integratus Boarding School, Highland School and R.C. Mission Public School which are primary schools that teach from the kindergarten level to Grade V.