Uttar Kanya (<small>Bengali</small>: à ¦Âà ¦¤à §Âà ¦¤à ¦° à ¦Âà ¦¨à §Âà ¦¯à ¦¾; lit. "<small>The Northern Maiden</small>" ) is a building in satellite township of which houses the temporary State Secretariat for North Bengal Development Department of West Bengal. It was inaugurated on 20 January 2014 by Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee.
Uttar Kanya is located at in Siliguri, West Bengal, India.
On 20 January 2014, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had inaugurated the mini-state secretariat for North Bengal in Siliguri, in a bid to expedite development in the region and remove bottlenecks in governance.
North Bengal comprises eight districts- Darjeeling district, Kalimpong district, Jalpaiguri district, Alipurduar district, Coochbehar district, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Malda district.