Lataguri is located outside the Gorumara National Park on National Highway No. 31. Permits for entering Gorumara and Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary are given from Lataguri. The village also contains a "Nature Interpretation Center", which gives information about the flora and fauna of the area. A few roadside restaurants and hotels cater for tourists.
Area overview
has overtaken traditionally popular Jaldapara National Park in footfall and Malbazar has emerged as one of the most important towns in the Dooars. Malbazar subdivision is presented in the map alongside.It is a predominantly rural area with 88.62% of the population living in rural areas and 11.32% living in the urban areas.Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages. Such places are marked in the map as CT or R. Specific tea estate pages are marked TE. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Lataguri had a total population of 4,981 of which 2,517 were males and 2,464 were females. There were 578 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Lataguri was 3,522.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri, Lataguri covered an area of 3.0268 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 5 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved river infiltration gallery, service reservoir, overhead tank. It had 548 domestic electric connections, 250 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 3 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 public library, 1 reading room. It had branch of 1 nationalised bank..
Education
There are two high school one is Lataguri High School and other one is Lataguri Girl's High School. Padamati Union Rahimuddin High School of Helapakri High School named after the eminent Bengali great man Rahimuddin, was established on 24 January 1949 at Padamati two no gram panchayet P.O. Helapakri. It is a government aided school affiliated to the Board of WBBSE. It is situated on the Maynaguri-Mekhliganj Road and reachable from the District town Jalpaiguri in one hour journey by bus or train. The school is situated in an area known as Dooars which is the tea-belt of North Bengal other than Darjeeling.
