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About Kumai Tea Garden Village

Kumai Tea Garden is a large village in Gorubathan tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,907, made up of 1,968 males and 1,939 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 807.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kumai Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumai Tea Garden village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Gorubathan
Pincode 735206
Area (hectares) 807.35 hectares
Population 3,907
Male Population 1,968
Female Population 1,939
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumai Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Kumai Tea Garden is the 5th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 807.35 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Kumai Tea Garden

Kumai Tea Garden is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kumai Tea Garden as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kumai Tea Garden from other places

Kumai Tea Garden lies about 46 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Damdim, about 1.7 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 Kumai Tea Garden
Nearest railway station Damdim 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Gorubathan 13 km
Nearest town Kālimpong 21 km
District headquarters Darjiling 46 km

Villages closest to Kumai Tea Garden

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gorubathan 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 Kumai Tea Garden

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumai Tea Garden village had a population of 3,907. That makes it the 5th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Kumai Tea Garden village has 1,968 males and 1,939 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumai Tea Garden has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Kumai Tea Garden is 735206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kumai Tea Garden covers 807.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kumai Tea Garden falls under Gorubathan tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kumai Tea Garden is Damdim, about 1.7 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kumai Tea Garden.

Kumai Tea Garden is about 46 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumai Tea Garden is in Gorubathan tehsil of Darjiling district. Damdim is about 1.7 km away. Gorubathan is about 13 km away. Kālimpong is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambeok Tea Garden (5.2 km), Manabari Khasmahal (7.6 km) and Darjiling Hilldoars Tea Garden (7.6 km).

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

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