Rangli Rangliot Explained

Rangli Rangliot
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal # India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:27.0275°N 88.3559°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Drjeeling
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:2,616
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:734226
Area Code Type:Telephone/STD code
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Darjeeling
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Kurseong

Rangli Rangliot is a village in the Rangli Rangliot CD block in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Location

Rangli Rangliot is located at 27.0275°N 88.3559°W.

Area overview

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 in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Rangli Rangliot Tea Garden had a total population of 2,616 of which 1,230 (47%) were males and 1,386 (53%) were females. There were 181 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Rangli Rangliot was 1,969 (75.27% of the population over 6 years).[5]

Civic Administration

Police station

Rangli Rangliot police station has jurisdiction over the Rangli Rangliot CD block.[6] [7]

Economy

Rangli Rangliot Tea Garden of Duncan Industries Limited was awarded ISO:9002 certification from Det Norske Veritas.[8]

As of 2020, Rangli Rangliot Tea Garden has been facing numerous problems for the past two years or so.[9] [10]

Education

Jinglam Uday Higher Secondary School is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 1968. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[11]

Healthcare

Takdah Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Takdah, is the major government medical facility in the Rangli Rangliot CD block.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Darjeeling . District Profile - General Information . District administration . 21 March 2020 .
  2. 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 .
  3. Web site: Darjeeling Tea. District administration . 21 March 2020.
  4. Web site: 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables . West Bengal – District-wise . Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 21 March 2020 .
  5. Web site: 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables . West Bengal – District-wise . Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 22 February 2020 .
  6. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2013 Darjeeling . Tables 2.1, 2.2 . Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal . 22 February 2020.
  7. Web site: District Profile - Darjeeling. District administration . 22 February 2020.
  8. Web site: Tea Gardens. Duncans . 10 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Trade Union bats for sale of processed tea of Rangli-Rangliot tea estate to pay off dues . 8 May 2018 . Millennium Post, 8 May 2018 . 22 February 2020.
  10. Web site: Complaint lodged against Rangli Rangliot Tea Garden's manager and owner. Siliguri Times, 15 October 2019. 22 February 2020.
  11. Web site: Jinglam Uday Higher Secondary School. ICBSE . 27 February 2020.
  12. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals . Government of West Bengal. 28 February 2020.
  13. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres . Government of West Bengal . 28 February 2020.