About Lower Fagu Tea Garden Village

Lower Fagu 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 2,070, made up of 1,017 males and 1,053 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lower Fagu Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lower Fagu Tea Garden village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Gorubathan
Pincode	735231
Area (hectares)	232.29 hectares
Population	2,070
Male Population	1,017
Female Population	1,053
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lower Fagu Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Lower Fagu Tea Garden is the 10th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 232.29 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Lower Fagu Tea Garden

Lower Fagu Tea Garden is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lower Fagu Tea Garden as Available within 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 Lower Fagu Tea Garden from other places

Lower Fagu Tea Garden lies about 44 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is New Mal Junction, about 8.9 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 Lower Fagu Tea Garden
Tehsil headquarters	Gorubathan	2.9 km
Nearest railway station	New Mal Junction	8.9 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	12 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	44 km

Villages closest to Lower Fagu 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.

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Common questions about Lower Fagu Tea Garden

As per the Census of India 2011, Lower Fagu Tea Garden village had a population of 2,070. That makes it the 10th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Lower Fagu Tea Garden village has 1,017 males and 1,053 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lower Fagu Tea Garden has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Lower Fagu Tea Garden is 735231. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lower Fagu Tea Garden covers 232.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Lower Fagu Tea Garden is New Mal Junction, about 8.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Lower Fagu Tea Garden.

Lower Fagu Tea Garden is about 44 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lower Fagu Tea Garden is in Gorubathan tehsil of Darjiling district. Gorubathan is about 2.9 km away. New Mal Junction is about 8.9 km away. Kālimpong is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Upper Fagu Tea Garden (under 2 km), Gorubathan Khasmahal (2.9 km) and Darjiling Hilldoars Tea Garden (3.9 km).

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