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About Simulbari Tea Garden Village

Simulbari Tea Garden is a large village in Kurseong tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,160, made up of 2,079 males and 2,081 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 743.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734009, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simulbari Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simulbari Tea Garden village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kurseong
Pincode 734009
Area (hectares) 743.82 hectares
Population 4,160
Male Population 2,079
Female Population 2,081
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,001
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 Simulbari Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Simulbari Tea Garden is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents. Its 743.82 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 993.

Getting to Simulbari Tea Garden

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

Simulbari Tea Garden lies about 42 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Oodlabari, about 4.1 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 Simulbari Tea Garden
Nearest railway station Oodlabari 4.1 km
Nearest town Kālimpong 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Kurseong 34 km
District headquarters Darjiling 42 km

Villages closest to Simulbari 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 Simulbari Tea Garden

As per the Census of India 2011, Simulbari Tea Garden village had a population of 4,160. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents.

Simulbari Tea Garden village has 2,079 males and 2,081 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simulbari Tea Garden has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Simulbari Tea Garden is 734009. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Simulbari Tea Garden covers 743.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Simulbari Tea Garden is Oodlabari, about 4.1 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 Simulbari Tea Garden.

Simulbari Tea Garden is about 42 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simulbari Tea Garden is in Kurseong tehsil of Darjiling district. Oodlabari is about 4.1 km away. Kālimpong is about 23 km away. Kurseong is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gayabari Tea Garden (5.2 km), Mahanadi Tea Garden (5.2 km) and Maharani Tea Garden (5.2 km).

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

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