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LATPANCHAR:::the name is followed from the name word bunger the british officers from the historical point of view the Latpanchar is lepchas word and it is also believed lepchas were the original resident of the Latpanchar Latkhoti that was once a british residence is now a forest department bunglow.the british strted cinchona plantation were also behind the establishment of Latpanchar is 1920.the plantation is spread over 1400 acres.Latpanchar is widely famous for cinchona is use for the precaution of malaria.Latpanchar is located near by kurseong 37km from it and it is 41km from the heart of siliguri.it is located at the height of 4500 feet from sea level.it actually from the heigest part of the mahananda wild life sanctuary with an average altitude of about 5000 feet.Latpanchar is a mesmerzing mirror of natural beauty cover with dense forest and cinchona plantation we can see a beautiful views of teesta river,kanchanjunga mountain,doors and plains.The place is not plageled by pollution and reveged by human activities the air remain heavy with overwhelming fregrance of flowers through all seasons.Among the many villages covered with lush and lavish greenery Latkhoti,Namthing pokharimana hills.Aahal view point deserve to be visited,the narrow hilly route passing through Latpanchar is covered by seal teak pine and cinchona trees Latpanchar is the home to varied species of Animals and approximetely 240 species of birds are found. at Latpanchar Barking deer,mountain goats,elephant,tiger,leopard,etc and birds black bulbul,himalayan phesent,wood peacker spotted eagles kingfisher hornbill etc.at the present time animals are in highly in danger and includes "selemender & Hornbill"but "but this selemender & hornbill is out here, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OF THE PEOPLES OF LATPANCHAR:::peoples residing out there belongs to middle class family GOvt. has provided a small small acres of land for constructing a house for the workers despite the land provided by the Govt.they didn"t have any other land for the means of production so they begen to start the deforesting and strted agriculture.out there the provisions of west bengal plantation labour rules 1986 the cinchona plantation workers are provided with pukka house and ration for the workers,hospitals drinking water.after providing all the facilities to the workers their lifestyle changed they didn't have to pay money to built house for themselves for the upliftment of private school at Latpanchar peoples gave their sincere effort.Almost every peoples are educated a littrate for higher studies students generally go to the bigger towns for better studies