From Kangchenjunga the Singalila Ridge slopes down southward forming the border between India and Nepal.

It continues south and south-east through Tunglu and Senchal and other spurs that form the Darjeeling Hills west of the Teesta.

To the east of the Teesta, a lofty ridge runs south of Dongkya, bifurcating at Gipmochi 11,518 ft (3,511 m), forming two spurs that contain the valley of the Jaldhaka.

[1] Rangli Rangliot CD block is part of the Darjeeling Himalayas physiographic region.

The Singalila Ridge, the highest mountain range in the district and the state, is part of this region.

[2] The Rammam flows along the northern border with Sikkim covering both Darjeeling Pulbazar and Rangli Rangliot CD blocks, before it joins the Teesta.

[9] According to the 2011 Census of India, the Rangli Rangliot CD block had a total population of 70,125, all of which were rural.

[10] Other villages in the Rangli Rangliot CD block include (2011 census figures in brackets): Manedara (1,376), Tukdah (3,061), Labdah Khasmahal (1,431), Reshop Bazar (856), Rangli Rangliot Tea Garden (2,616), Pubong Khasmahal (1,637), Kambal Tea Garden (3,896), Lapchu Tea Garden (1,809) and Tukdh Tea Garden (3,861),[10] According to the 2011 census the total number of literate persons in the Rangli Rangliot CD block was 51,492 (80.50% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 27,950 (87.68% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 23,542 (73.38% of the female population over 6 years).

[10] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data

In the 2011 census, Hindus numbered 41,365 and formed 58.99% of the population in the Rangli Rangliot CD block.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

[18] There are 29 inhabited villages in the Rangli Rangliot CD block, as per the District Census Handbook, Darjiling, 2011.

26 villages (89.66%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

The average annual production including those from the plain areas, exceeds 10 million kg.

Rangli Rangliot CD block had 186 institutions for special and non-formal education with 6,273 students.