What are Dooars?

April 27, 2024

This year, 2024, marks 150 years of tea production in the Dooars area, as the first tea plantations in the region were set up in 1874, a few decades after Darjeeling.

About Dooars:

These are alluvial floodplains in northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and Brahmaputra plain.
It is about 30 km wide and stretches over about 350 km from the Teesta River in West Bengal to the Dhansiri River in Assam. It forms the gateway to Bhutan, Sikkim and Eastern Nepal.
It is divided by the Sankosh River into Eastern and Western Dooars, consisting of an area of 880 km2. The Western Dooars are also known as the Bengal Dooars and the Eastern Dooars also as the Assam Dooars.
Significance of Dooars:
- The deep, well drained and fertile soil rich in humus of the Dooars has been used for the developed for the tea plantations.