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Saktigarh

Saktigarh is a developing part of Siliguri, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal.-Education:The major Schools in Saktigarh include Saktigarh Vidyapith , Saktigarh Balika Bidyalaya and several primary schools.-Transport:...

 for disambiguation

Saktigarh is a developing part of 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,...

, Jalpaiguri district

Jalpaiguri District

Jalpaiguri district is the largest district of North Bengal, covering an area 6,245 km2. It is situated between 26° 16' and 27° 0' North latitudes and 88° 4' and 89° 53' East longitudes...

, West Bengal.

Education

The major Schools in Saktigarh include Saktigarh Vidyapith (H.S)

Saktigarh Bidyapith

Saktigarh Vidyapith , Saktigarh is one of the first schools of Saktigarh, in the sub-Himalayan part of West Bengal, India.-History:The school was established in 1953 as a Primary School...

, Saktigarh Balika Bidyalaya and several primary schools.

Transport

A new road, named the third Mahananda Bridge, has been rebuilt connecting Burdwan Road (Nowkagath More) and Medical More. The road is planned to join to the west with Matigara

Matigara

Matigara is an administrative division in Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Matigara Investigation Centre and Siliguri police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Kadamtala...

, providing seamless communication from the Station Feeder Road in the south and Deshbandhu Road in the east to the Hill Cart Road in the central part of the city.

National Highway no. 31, 31A passes through Siliguri.

Sport

Cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, Kho Kho

Kho Kho

Kho Kho is an Indian and Pakistani sport played by teams of twelve players who try to avoid being touched by members of the opposing team, only 9 players of the team enter the field...

, Taekwon-Do, chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 and football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 are the five most popular sports here. The Saktigarh ground is the only cricket ground and matches are regularly held here.

The city is known for being the training ground for many Kho Kho

Kho Kho

Kho Kho is an Indian and Pakistani sport played by teams of twelve players who try to avoid being touched by members of the opposing team, only 9 players of the team enter the field...

 players & cricketer

Cricketer

A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....

s, including Wriddhiman Saha

Wriddhiman Saha

Wriddhiman Prasanta Saha is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and specialist wicket-keeper. Saha has played Test cricket for India and represents Bengal and the Chennai Super Kings in Indian domestic cricket.-Bengal:...

.