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About Majua Tea Garden Village

Majua Tea Garden is a mid sized village in Kurseong tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 677, made up of 351 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majua Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majua Tea Garden village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kurseong
Pincode 734220
Area (hectares) 259.62 hectares
Population 677
Male Population 351
Female Population 326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Majua Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Majua Tea Garden is the 41st largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents. Its 259.62 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Majua Tea Garden

Majua Tea Garden is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Majua 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majua Tea Garden from other places

Majua 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 Majua Tea Garden
District headquarters Darjiling 13 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 13 km
Nearest railway station Sonada 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Kurseong 18 km

Villages closest to Majua Tea Garden

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majua Tea Garden village had a population of 677. That makes it the 41st largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents.

Majua Tea Garden village has 351 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majua Tea Garden has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Majua Tea Garden is 734220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majua Tea Garden covers 259.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majua Tea Garden falls under Kurseong tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

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

Majua 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.

Majua Tea Garden is in Kurseong tehsil of Darjiling district. Darjiling is about 13 km away. Dārjiling is about 13 km away. Sonada is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangpu Cinchona Plantation (4.6 km), Bara Shibkhola Forest (6.7 km) and Tindharia Tea Garden (18 km).

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

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