Pattabong Tea Garden Explained

Pattabong Tea Garden
Other Name:Puttabong (Tukvar) Tea Estate
Settlement Type:Village
Image Alt:Pattabong Tea Garden
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:27.0676°N 88.2595°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Darjeeling
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1,633
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Nepali, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Registration Plate:WB

Pattabong Tea Garden (also spelled Puttabong) is a village in the Darjeeling Pulbazar CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Tea estate

Puttabong Tea Estate is one of the largest tea gardens in Darjeeling with an area under tea plantation of 4.37km² while the gross area is 8.92km².[1] [2]

Area overview

The map alongside shows the northern portion of the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region. Kangchenjunga, which rises with an elevation of is located further north of the area shown.[3] Sandakphu, rising to a height of, on the Singalila Ridge, is the highest point in West Bengal.[4] In Darjeeling Sadar subdivision 61% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39% of the population lives in the urban areas.[5] [6] There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), producing and largely exporting Darjeeling tea in the district. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly.[7] Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages.[8] 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 in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Pattabong Tea Garden had a total population of 2,347 of which 1,137 (48%) were males and 1,210 (52%) were females. There were 153 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Pattagong Tea Garden was 2,012 (85.73% of the population over 6 years).[9]

India census,[10] Puttabong Tea Estate had a population of 1633. Males constituted 49% of the population and females 51%. Puttabong Tea Estate has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 66%. In Puttabong Tea Estate, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Notable persons

Phiroj Shyangden. Songwriter, singer, guitarist, composer. Former founding member of 1974 AD and The Original Duo.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tukvar (Puttabong) Tea Estate, Darjeeling . Visit North East . 8 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Tukvar (Puttabong) . 29 November 2013 . Jay Shree Tea & Industries Ltd. . 8 March 2020.
  3. Book: Gurung, H. . Shrestha, R. K. . amp . 1994 . Nepal Himalaya Inventory . Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation . Kathmandu.
  4. Web site: Sandakphu-Phalut Trek. Himalayan High . 21 March 2020.
  5. Web site: Darjeeling . District Profile - General Information . District administration . 21 March 2020 . 21 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161953/http://darjeeling.gov.in/dist-prof.html . dead .
  6. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2013 Darjeeling . Tables 2.2, 2.4b . Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal . 21 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
  7. Web site: Darjeeling Tea. District administration . 21 March 2020.
  8. Web site: 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables . West Bengal – District-wise . Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 21 March 2020 .
  9. Web site: 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables . West Bengal – District-wise . Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 10 March 2020 .
  10. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.