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Margherita
Coal, the Ledo road and the Singpho edge.
- Heritage
- Coal mining, Ledo-Stilwell Road
- Nearby
- Ledo, Mounglang monastery, Singpho villages
- Rail
- On the Dibrugarh-Tinsukia-Ledo line
Margherita is Upper Assam’s coal-heritage town: open-cut mine country, a heritage coal museum, and the starting stretch of the historic Ledo-Stilwell Road toward Myanmar. The Mounglang Buddhist Monastery near Ledo and Singpho villages add a cultural layer.
It is the eastern anchor of an Upper Assam loop with Digboi and Namphake.
Quick answers
Margherita at a glance
What is Margherita known for?
Coal heritage, the Ledo-Stilwell Road start, and the Singpho-Buddhist cultural edge of Assam.
When to go
Plan around these months
Nearby
Close enough to combine
Things to do
What you're here for
Coal museum
The story of Assam’s mining frontier.
Ledo
Kilometre zero of the wartime road to China.
Facts checked against the official Assam tourism portal · Last verified 2026-09-26