Mekhliganj is a city and a municipality in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Earlier it was a Zamindari divided mainly in 3 parts under the Cooch Behar Kingdom.

It is said that the elephant in the Royal Symbol of Koch Kingdom, was a gift from the Sikarwar Rajputs to the Koch King, Shri Shri Maharaja Shivendra Narayan, in return of fertile land near the Teesta River and 2 Rupees as nazrana.

Also it is situated very near to Saniajan River According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Koch Bihar, Mekliganj covered an area of 3.88 km2.

[6] The entire district forms the flat alluvial flood plains of mighty rivers.