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About Gatia Tea Garden Village

Gatia Tea Garden is one of the larger villages in Nagrakata tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,855, made up of 2,850 males and 3,005 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 866.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gatia Tea Garden Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gatia Tea Garden village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Jalpaiguri
Tehsil Nagrakata
Pincode 735225
Area (hectares) 866.03 hectares
Population 5,855
Male Population 2,850
Female Population 3,005
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gatia Tea Garden compares

By the 2011 count Gatia Tea Garden is the 4th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,861 residents. Its 866.03 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Gatia Tea Garden

Gatia Tea Garden is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gatia Tea Garden as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gatia Tea Garden from other places

Gatia Tea Garden lies about 43 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is New Mal Junction, about 3.4 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 Gatia Tea Garden
Nearest railway station New Mal Junction 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrakata 17 km
Nearest town Kālimpong 18 km
District headquarters Jalpaiguri 43 km

Villages closest to Gatia Tea Garden

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gatia Tea Garden village had a population of 5,855. That makes it the 4th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,861 residents.

Gatia Tea Garden village has 2,850 males and 3,005 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gatia Tea Garden has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Gatia Tea Garden is 735225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gatia Tea Garden covers 866.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gatia Tea Garden falls under Nagrakata tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gatia Tea Garden is New Mal Junction, about 3.4 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 village for Gatia Tea Garden.

Gatia Tea Garden is about 43 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gatia Tea Garden is in Nagrakata tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. New Mal Junction is about 3.4 km away. Nagrakata is about 17 km away. Kālimpong is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Caron Tea Garden (under 2 km), Hila Tea Garden (under 2 km) and Hope Tea Garden (under 2 km).

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

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