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About Chamu Tea Garden Village

Chamu Tea Garden is a large village in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,352, made up of 1,163 males and 1,189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamu Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamu Tea Garden village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri
Pincode 734216
Area (hectares) 476.46 hectares
Population 2,352
Male Population 1,163
Female Population 1,189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chamu Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Chamu Tea Garden is the 15th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents. Its 476.46 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Chamu Tea Garden

Chamu Tea Garden is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chamu Tea Garden as Available within 5 - 10 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 Chamu Tea Garden from other places

Chamu 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 Chamu Tea Garden
Tehsil headquarters Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri 13 km
District headquarters Darjiling 13 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 13 km
Nearest railway station Sonada 14 km

Villages closest to Chamu Tea Garden

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri 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 Chamu Tea Garden

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamu Tea Garden village had a population of 2,352. That makes it the 15th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents.

Chamu Tea Garden village has 1,163 males and 1,189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamu Tea Garden has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Chamu Tea Garden is 734216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamu Tea Garden covers 476.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chamu Tea Garden falls under Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chamu 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chamu Tea Garden.

Chamu 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.

Chamu Tea Garden is in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil of Darjiling district. Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri 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 Kacel Tea Garden (under 2 km), Mim Tea Garden (under 2 km) and Okas Tea Garden (under 2 km).

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

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