Bagrakote (also known as Bagrakote/Bagrakot Tea Garden) is a village in the Mal CD block in the Malbazar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India.

One of the reasons for the adverse situation in the tea gardens is that India is losing out in the international market to other countries, such as Kenya, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and even Bangladesh, who have lower cost of production.

[9] Bagrakot and 13 other tea gardens belonging to the Goenka Duncan group have virtually been closed down or “abandoned” as some say.

[11] Bagrakote is a village, 4 km from Odlabari, surrounded by forests and tea gardens, with an exquisite view of the Himalayan mountains.

However There is a downward trend in Tourist citings around the region as the main attraction for them, i.e. the Tea Garden has not been doing soo well and the area is predominantly covered with huge bushes and uncleaned vegetation.

Given the increasing military activity over the last decade by China north and north-east of the Sino-Indian border from Sikkim, Indian authorities have initiated parallel upgrades of men and materiel in the area by strengthening the road network to and along the border in the east and the northeast sectors.

[12] An ordnance depot has been set up by the Indian Army at Bagrakote Military Station and land acquired by them to build an airstrip there.