Ledo, Assam
Ledo
Lidu | |
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Semi-Rural | |
| Ledo | |
| Coordinates: 27°18′0″N 95°44′0″E / 27.30000°N 95.73333°E | |
| 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,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. As of 2005, the Ledo railway station is the easternmost broad gauge railway station in India. 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