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About Soom Tea Garden Village

Soom Tea Garden is a large village in Darjeeling Pulbazar tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,578, made up of 1,757 males and 1,821 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 636.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soom Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soom Tea Garden village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Darjeeling Pulbazar
Pincode 734104
Area (hectares) 636.98 hectares
Population 3,578
Male Population 1,757
Female Population 1,821
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Soom Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Soom Tea Garden is the 9th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,445 residents. Its 636.98 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 Soom Tea Garden

Soom Tea Garden is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Soom Tea Garden as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Soom Tea Garden from other places

Soom Tea Garden lies about 13 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Sonada, about 14 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 Soom Tea Garden
Tehsil headquarters Darjeeling Pulbazar 13 km
District headquarters Darjiling 13 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 13 km
Nearest railway station Sonada 14 km

Villages closest to Soom 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.

Common questions about Soom Tea Garden

As per the Census of India 2011, Soom Tea Garden village had a population of 3,578. That makes it the 9th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,445 residents.

Soom Tea Garden village has 1,757 males and 1,821 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soom Tea Garden has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Soom Tea Garden is 734104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soom Tea Garden covers 636.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Soom Tea Garden is Sonada, about 14 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Soom Tea Garden.

Soom Tea Garden is about 13 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soom Tea Garden is in Darjeeling Pulbazar tehsil of Darjiling district. Darjeeling Pulbazar is about 13 km away. Darjiling is about 13 km away. Dārjiling is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arya Tea Garden (under 2 km), Ging Tea Garden (under 2 km) and Pattabong Tea Garden (9.3 km).

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

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