[3] The Dooars in Jalpaiguri district were under the control of Kingdom of Bhutan from early 17th-century till 1865 when British East India company captured the area in the Duar War under the Treaty of Sinchula and were added to the district of Jalpaiguri in 1869 and later finally to the Indian Union in 1949.

National protected areas include the Gorumara National Park and the Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary, the Pakhibitan Wildlife Sanctuary, the Baikunthapur Forest, the Khuttimary Forest, etc.

Jalpaiguri is part of monsoon climate zone of South-Eastern Asia.

May is the hottest month of this region with average maximum temperature of about 32 °C whereas January is coldest with 11 °C.

Dhupguri, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri and Rajganj constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates.

Air travel is available up to Bagdogra Airport, and from there it is connected by a 20 km expressway from the district border.

According to the 2011 census Jalpaiguri district had a population of 3,872,846, roughly equal to the nation of Liberia.

Jalpaiguri has a sex ratio of 954 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79.79%.

[15] Kurukh and other tribal languages such as Kharia and Mundari were once more widespread among the tea tribes as late as the 1960s, but they have since rapidly shifted to Sadri as their mother tongue.

It is home to Gorumara National Park, which was established in 1994 and has an area of 79 km2 (30.5 sq mi).

[18][19][20][21] State Agricultural Management & Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) from Narendrapur, proposed the GI registration of Kalonunia rice.