# Banockburn Tea Garden Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Banockburn Tea Garden

Banockburn Tea Garden is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,725 people in 354 households**, the 24th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 1,725people (2011)
- 354households
- 84.4%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banockburn Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Banockburn Tea Garden in 2011, 98 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Banockburn Tea Garden · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**34%

Tap water ****1%**

**31%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**75%

Use banking services ****61%**

**47%

Television ****59%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**83%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Banockburn Tea Garden?

■ Banockburn Tea Garden · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1286**

**940

Working population ****32.4%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 76.1% for women. 35% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 481 (86%) · **■** Marginal 70 (13%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Darjeeling Pulbazar

- Singbhumdera2,192 people
- Murmidong2,181 people
- Samalbong2,077 people
- Dangia1,768 people
- Rishihat Tea Garden1,651 people
- Singalila Forest1,632 people
- Jhepi1,576 people
- Liza Hill Tea Garden1,439 people

[All 43 villages in Darjeeling Pulbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/darjeeling-pulbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banockburn Tea Garden?1,725 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banockburn Tea Garden in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Banockburn Tea Garden?84.4% (Census 2011)