Gairkata is a census town in the Dhupguri subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India.

It is the native town of prominent Bengali writer Samaresh Majumdar, poet and journalist Bikash Sarkar and CPI leader Samar Ganguly.

Gairkata, home to Gosaihat Eco-Park (located in the Gairkata-Moraghat Range), features Telipara as its main industrial hub.

[9] Gairkata census town has total administration over 1,749 houses, to which it supplies basic amenities such as water and sewerage.

It is also authorized to build roads within Census Town limits and impose taxes on properties under its jurisdiction.

Among the civic amenities, it had 17 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tanks, uncovered wells.

It had 1 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institution, 2 non-formal education centres (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan).