# Rishihat Tea Garden Village, Darjeeling Pulbazar – Population

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Village · Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjiling 

# Rishihat Tea Garden

Rishihat Tea Garden is a village in Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,651 people in 407 households**, the 25th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 1,651people (2011)
- 407households
- 74.5%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rishihat Tea Garden

Of every 100 households in Rishihat Tea Garden in 2011, 97 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rishihat Tea Garden · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**34%

Tap water ****41%**

**31%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**75%

Use banking services ****29%**

**47%

Television ****79%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**28%

Own their home ****7%**

**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 Rishihat Tea Garden?

■ Rishihat Tea Garden · ■ Darjeeling Pulbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**940

Working population ****39.6%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 68.0% for women. 41% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 178 (27%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 383 (59%) · **■** Marginal 75 (11%)

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

- Murmidong2,181 people
- Samalbong2,077 people
- Dangia1,768 people
- Banockburn Tea Garden1,725 people
- Singalila Forest1,632 people
- Jhepi1,576 people
- Liza Hill Tea Garden1,439 people
- Barnesbeg Tea Garden1,381 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rishihat Tea Garden?1,651 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rishihat Tea Garden in?Darjiling district (Darjeeling Pulbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rishihat Tea Garden?74.5% (Census 2011)