Simulbari Tea Garden
Simulbari Tea Garden | |
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Village | |
  Simulbari Tea Garden Location in West Bengal, India  Simulbari Tea Garden Simulbari Tea Garden (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°47′47″N 88°18′30″E / 26.796478°N 88.308452°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Darjeeling |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,160 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Darjeeling |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kurseong |
| Website | darjeeling |
Simulbari Tea Garden is a village in the Kurseong CD block in the Kurseong subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
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Wildlife
Sanctuary
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, H: hill centre, NP: national park/ wildlife sanctuary, TE: tea estate, TA: tourist attraction
Abbreviations used in names – TG for Tea Garden (town/village), TE for Tea Estate
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
[edit]Simulbari Tea Garden is located at 26°47′47″N 88°18′30″E / 26.796478°N 88.308452°E.
Area overview
[edit]The map alongside shows the eastern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region and a small portion of the terai region in its eastern and southern fringes, all of it in the Darjeeling district. In the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision 61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39.00% of the population lives in the urban areas. In the Kurseong subdivision 58.41% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 41.59% lives in the urban areas.[1][2] There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), in the district, producing and largely exporting Darjeeling tea. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly.[3] Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages.[4] Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked on the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2011 Census of India, Simulbari Tea Garden had a total population of 4,160 of which 2,079 (50%) were males and 2,081 (50%) were females. There were 499 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Simulbari Tea Garden was 2,039 (49.01% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Economy
[edit]Simulbari Tea Garden, located in the terai region, was locked out in February 2019.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Darjeeling". District Profile - General Information. District administration. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2013 Darjeeling". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Darjeeling Tea". District administration. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Siliguri Tea Garden Lockout Leaves 1200 Jobless". Newsmen, 25 February 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
External links
[edit]Kurseong travel guide from Wikivoyage
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