Ledo
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Ledo | |
Coordinates: 27°18′0″N 95°44′0″E / 27.30000°N 95.73333°E | |
Country | Margherita ![]() |
State | Assam |
District | Tinsukia |
Government | |
• Type | Panchayat Raj under State Government |
• Body | Gaon Panchayat of Ledo |
Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,540 |
Languages | |
• Hindi,Bengali etc | Assamese |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | [786182] |
ISO 3166 code | IN-AS |
Vehicle registration | AS |
Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
Nearest city | Margherita |
Avg. summer temperature | 30 °C (86 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 6 °C (43 °F) |
Ledo is a small town in Tinsukia district, Assam, India.[1] As of 2005[update], the Ledo railway station is the easternmost broad gauge railway station in India.[2] The town is also the starting point of Ledo Road, also known as Stilwell Road, a highway built during World War II for use by American and British troops as a military supply route to China through Myanmar (Burma)
The first coal mine in Assam was started near Ledo in 1882 when the erstwhile Assam Railway & Trading Company was laying a metre gauge railway line in that region.And Ledo is famous for its high quality good coal[3][4]
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