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About Salu Tea Garden Village

Salu 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 677, made up of 325 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salu Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salu Tea Garden village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri
Pincode 734102
Area (hectares) 121.41 hectares
Population 677
Male Population 325
Female Population 352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Salu Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Salu Tea Garden is the 35th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents. Its 121.41 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 1018.

Getting to Salu Tea Garden

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

Salu 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 Salu 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 Salu 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 Salu Tea Garden

As per the Census of India 2011, Salu Tea Garden village had a population of 677. That makes it the 35th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents.

Salu Tea Garden village has 325 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salu Tea Garden has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Salu Tea Garden is 734102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salu Tea Garden covers 121.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

Salu 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.

Salu 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 Salu Tea Garden today is likely to be higher.

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