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About Okas Tea Garden Village

Okas Tea Garden is a mid sized village in Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,262, made up of 614 males and 648 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okas Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okas Tea Garden village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri
Pincode 734215
Area (hectares) 221.36 hectares
Population 1,262
Male Population 614
Female Population 648
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,055
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Okas Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Okas Tea Garden is the 31st largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents. Its 221.36 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Okas Tea Garden

The census records public bus service for Okas 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Okas Tea Garden from other places

Okas 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 Okas 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 Okas 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 Okas Tea Garden

As per the Census of India 2011, Okas Tea Garden village had a population of 1,262. That makes it the 31st largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents.

Okas Tea Garden village has 614 males and 648 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okas Tea Garden has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Okas Tea Garden is 734215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okas Tea Garden covers 221.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Okas Tea Garden is Sonada, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Okas Tea Garden.

Okas 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.

Okas 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 Chamu Tea Garden (under 2 km), Kacel Tea Garden (under 2 km) and Mim Tea Garden (under 2 km).

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

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