Ledo, Assam

Semi-Rural in Assam, Margherita India

Ledo Lidu
Semi-Rural
Ledo
27°18′0″N 95°44′0″E / 27.30000°N 95.73333°E / 27.30000; 95.73333
Country	Margherita India
State	Assam
District	Tinsukia
Government
• Type	Panchayat Raj under State Government
• Body	Gaon Panchayat of Ledo
Elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	6,540
Languages
• Hindi, Assamese,Bengali etc	Assamese
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	[786182]
ISO 3166 code	IN-AS
Vehicle registration	AS
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Margherita
Avg. summer temperature	30 °C (86 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	6 °C (43 °F)

Ledo is a small town in Tinsukia district, Assam, India.^[1] As of 2005^[update], the Ledo railway station is the easternmost broad gauge railway station in India.^[2] The town is also the starting point of Ledo Road, also known as Stilwell Road, a highway built during World War II for use by American and British troops as a military supply route to China through Myanmar (Burma)

The first coal mine in Assam was started near Ledo in 1882 when the erstwhile Assam Railway & Trading Company was laying a metre gauge railway line in that region.And Ledo is famous for its high quality good coal^[3]^[4]

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References

^ "Ledo". www.india9.com. 15 October 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ "[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Trivia". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ "Makum Coalfields – an Insight – Assam". Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ Sen, Sanjay (2016). Coal mining industry in Assam - a study of Tinsukia district - 1865-1940 (PDF).