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About Marma Tea Garden Village

Marma Tea Garden is a large village in Mirik tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,077, made up of 1,531 males and 1,546 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 629.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marma Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marma Tea Garden village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Mirik
Pincode 734214
Area (hectares) 629.7 hectares
Population 3,077
Male Population 1,531
Female Population 1,546
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Marma Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Marma Tea Garden is the 8th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,208 residents. Its 629.7 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Marma Tea Garden

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

How far is Marma Tea Garden from other places

Marma 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 Marma Tea Garden
District headquarters Darjiling 13 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 13 km
Nearest railway station Sonada 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Mirik 25 km

Villages closest to Marma Tea Garden

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Marma Tea Garden village had a population of 3,077. That makes it the 8th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,208 residents.

Marma Tea Garden village has 1,531 males and 1,546 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marma Tea Garden has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Marma Tea Garden is 734214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marma Tea Garden covers 629.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Marma Tea Garden falls under Mirik tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Marma 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 - 10 km distance for Marma Tea Garden.

Marma 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.

Marma Tea Garden is in Mirik 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 Bukim Tea Garden (under 2 km), Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden (17 km) and Mirik Khasmahal (25 km).

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

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