Samdrup Jongkhar District
Southeastern border town bordering India's Assam
Samdrup Jongkhar District forms Eastern Bhutan's main border crossing into India's Assam state, centred on the trading town of Samdrup Jongkhar. It serves as an alternative overland entry point to Bhutan for travellers arriving from India's northeast rather than through Paro or Phuentsholing.
Southeast of Trashigang within Eastern Bhutan, the district connects the region to Guwahati and India's wider northeast.
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Samdrup Jongkhar's position on the Indian border has shaped it into a mixed trading town, similar in character to Phuentsholing in the west, with daily cross-border commerce and a more ethnically diverse population than Bhutan's interior valleys.
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Cross into India via the Samdrup Jongkhar border town
Use the town as an alternative overland gateway to Eastern Bhutan
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Best Time to Visit
October–March
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