Rangpo is a Municipal town in Pakyong district in the Indian state of Sikkim.

It is the first town of Sikkim lying on National Highway 10 that links Siliguri to Gangtok.

Foreign tourists require documents to enter Sikkim state and have to show them at the police check post.

The conjunction point is named as Indrakil Prayag and is considered as a holy place by Hindus.

As Rangpo lies on NH-10, so frequent service jeeps and taxis are available to almost all cities and towns of Sikkim and cities/towns of West Bengal like Siliguri, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Kurseong, Jaigaon, Malbazar, Bagdogra, Panitanki etc.

[citation needed] Religious Demographic in Rangpo Nagar-Panchayat (2011)[7] Languages spoken in Rangpo Nagar-Panchayat (2011)[8] The foundation stone for construction of a new railway line from Sevoke railway station (station code SVQ) to proposed Rangpo railway station on the border of Sikkim and West Bengal was laid in October 2009 by the vice president of India.

[10][11] The track will be constructed through the foothills of the Kanchanjungha mountain range and the Teesta river valley.

[citation needed] New railway stations will be constructed at Riayang, Geil Khola, Teesta Bazaar, Melli and Rangpo.[speculation?]

The Indian Railways signed a contract with the construction company, IRCON, only in May 2010 though the foundation stone had been laid in October 2009.

[14] The Supreme Court of India approved the project in February 2016 with strict guidelines of the National Wildlife Board that cleared the project in June 2015 but ordered restricted speed, wireless animal tracking sensors and allowed digging of tunnels only during daytime.

However, the Gram Sabhas do not exist due to non-holding of rural elections in the Hills for the past several years and therefore no NOC could be obtained.

The railway line will help troops and armaments move faster towards the Indo-Tibet border.

[citation needed] The new railway line allow easier access to the rest of India through Siliguri.