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About Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden Village

Paschim Phuguri 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 2,889, made up of 1,425 males and 1,464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 526.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Mirik
Pincode 734218
Area (hectares) 526.5 hectares
Population 2,889
Male Population 1,425
Female Population 1,464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden is the 9th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,208 residents. Its 526.5 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden

Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden from other places

Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden lies about 28 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Sivok, about 1.9 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 Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden
Nearest railway station Sivok 1.9 km
Nearest town Siliguri 19 km
District headquarters Darjiling 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Mirik 29 km

Villages closest to Paschim Phuguri 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 Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden

As per the Census of India 2011, Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden village had a population of 2,889. That makes it the 9th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,208 residents.

Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden village has 1,425 males and 1,464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden is 734218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden covers 526.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden is Sivok, about 1.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden.

Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden is about 28 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paschim Phuguri Tea Garden is in Mirik tehsil of Darjiling district. Sivok is about 1.9 km away. Siliguri is about 19 km away. Darjiling is about 28 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 (17 km), Marma Tea Garden (17 km) and Panighata (26 km).

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

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