About Rishihat Tea Garden Village

Rishihat Tea Garden is a mid sized village in Darjeeling Pulbazar tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,651, made up of 815 males and 836 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rishihat Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rishihat Tea Garden village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Darjeeling Pulbazar
Pincode	734102
Area (hectares)	276.4 hectares
Population	1,651
Male Population	815
Female Population	836
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rishihat Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Rishihat Tea Garden is the 25th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,445 residents. Its 276.4 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Rishihat Tea Garden

Rishihat Tea Garden is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rishihat Tea Garden as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rishihat Tea Garden from other places

Rishihat Tea Garden lies about 4.7 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Ghoom, about 4.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Rishihat Tea Garden
Nearest railway station	Ghoom	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Darjeeling Pulbazar	4.7 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	4.7 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	4.7 km

Villages closest to Rishihat Tea Garden

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Darjeeling Pulbazar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Rishihat Tea Garden

As per the Census of India 2011, Rishihat Tea Garden village had a population of 1,651. That makes it the 25th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,445 residents.

Rishihat Tea Garden village has 815 males and 836 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rishihat Tea Garden has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Rishihat Tea Garden is 734102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rishihat Tea Garden covers 276.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rishihat Tea Garden falls under Darjeeling Pulbazar tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Rishihat Tea Garden is Ghoom, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rishihat Tea Garden.

Rishihat Tea Garden is about 4.7 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rishihat Tea Garden is in Darjeeling Pulbazar tehsil of Darjiling district. Ghoom is about 4.1 km away. Darjeeling Pulbazar is about 4.7 km away. Darjiling is about 4.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rishihat Khasmahal (under 2 km), Barbatia Khasmahal (under 2 km) and Darjiling (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Rishihat Tea Garden today is likely to be higher.