Samsing

Samsing is a small hill village and tourist spot in the Matiali (community development block), Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal situated at an elevation of 3000 ft in the foothills in between Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts border.

It is known for its beautiful landscape with green tea garden scenery, hills and forests, which attract many tourists.

Neora Valley National Park is in a distance of an hour from here and has hills, plains, rivers, forest, tea-garden and villages.

Local people are mostly employed in tea garden and tourism, but many of the younger generation have migrated to bigger cities for greater opportunities.

The early settlers in this village worked as tea plantation labourers and were from Rangeli, Sikkim and Indo-Nepal Mountain (Madhesia) region.

They left for this place when they heard that people pluck leaves from tea plants bearing money.

The management of Samsing tea estate declared suspension of work from 28 November 2005 affecting 1,360 workers.